White County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 16,883 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.3%	2,609	14,136	16,883
2020	R	−66.2%	2,411	12,222	14,816
2016	R	−67.9%	1,674	9,761	11,912
2012	R	−66.3%	1,671	8,651	10,523
2008	R	−58.5%	2,174	8,467	10,761
2004	R	−56.7%	2,016	7,403	9,504
2000	R	−40.4%	2,014	4,857	7,043
1996	R	−20.2%	1,864	2,959	5,420
1992	R	−13.8%	1,756	2,477	5,229
1988	R	−43.8%	1,028	2,648	3,696
1984	R	−37.0%	1,090	2,369	3,459
1980	D	+25.6%	2,017	1,175	3,287
1976	D	+54.5%	2,125	625	2,750
1972	R	−63.5%	343	1,537	1,880
1968	R	−13.9%	435	762	2,355
1964	D	+28.8%	1,520	840	2,363
1960	D	+45.9%	1,784	662	2,446
1956	D	+40.2%	1,099	469	1,568
1952	D	+60.3%	1,139	282	1,421
1948	D	+69.5%	497	59	630
1944	D	+62.7%	706	161	869
1940	D	+74.3%	754	111	865
1936	D	+57.6%	599	161	760
1932	D	+89.1%	936	53	991
1928	R	−34.9%	274	568	842
1924	D	+48.9%	476	158	650
1920	R	−11.6%	209	264	473
1916	D	+74.9%	639	6	845
1912	D	+51.6%	152	11	273
1908	R	−18.2%	121	183	340
1904	D	+17.0%	297	179	694
1900	D	+27.6%	191	100	330
1896	D	+24.8%	274	159	464
1892	D	+37.3%	390	92	800
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Irish

0.7%

African American

1.5%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 45.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.6%

3.8%

75–84

4.5%

6.8%

65–74

7.1%

6.9%

55–64

8.2%

5.9%

45–54

6.6%

5.2%

35–44

5.1%

25–34

5.0%

4.7%

18–24

4.6%

7.6%

5–17

7.0%

2.5%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,666

White County ranks near the middle of US counties.

White County$70,666

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

17.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.2%

Other Christian

7.6%

Methodist

6.0%

Mainline Protestant

3.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge foothills northeast of Atlanta, White County has recorded some of the widest Republican presidential margins in a state that has become a closely watched battleground, reflecting its overwhelmingly rural, white, non-college demographic profile.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in White County peaked at eighty-nine points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. White County's median household income of $70,666 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walton County and Coffee County.

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