† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
7 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SCUnited States
American9.8%5.3%
English9.4%9.5%
German7.5%12.5%
Irish6.8%9.4%
Italian2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.6%1.3%
French1.2%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.7%—
African American†33.0%9.9%
African1.1%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.4%
Mexican2.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.8%
Dominican0.3%0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.3%
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Panamanian0.2%—
Spaniard0.2%—
Asian Indian0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.3%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
United States
Median age
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
United States
Median household income
$70,929
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
United States
Catholic
5.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
30.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
5.2%
Black Protestant
6.4%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+44.0%
1896
+47.1%
1900
+74.6%
1904
+73.6%
1908
+68.6%
1912
+83.6%
1916
+83.2%
1920
+81.3%
1924
+53.2%
1928
−2.5%
1932
+86.3%
1936
+89.0%
1940
+85.7%
1944
+74.0%
1948
+7.9%
1952
−1.4%
1956
−9.2%
1960
−12.4%
1964
−32.0%
1968
−12.4%
1972
−50.4%
1976
+11.7%
1980
+1.6%
1984
−28.1%
1988
−30.4%
1992
−9.2%
1996
−11.1%
2000
−18.2%
2004
−18.7%
2008
−7.5%
2012
−8.4%
2016
−10.3%
2020
−5.1%
2024
−8.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
45.4%Harris134,520
53.7%Trump158,961
0.9%
R+8.3
R+3.1
R+6.8
296,046
R
46.7%Biden136,400
51.8%Trump151,315
1.4%
R+5.1
D+5.2
R+9.6
291,873
R
42.8%Clinton107,350
53.1%Trump133,095
4.0%
R+10.3
R+1.9
R+12.4
250,561
R
45.2%Obama110,335
53.6%Romney130,747
1.2%
R+8.4
R+0.9
R+12.2
244,022
R
45.9%Obama109,851
53.4%McCain127,822
0.7%
R+7.5
D+11.2
R+14.8
239,456
R
40.3%Kerry83,003
59.0%Bush121,388
0.7%
R+18.7
R+0.5
R+16.2
205,742
R
40.2%Gore68,316
58.4%Bush99,222
1.4%
R+18.2
R+7.1
R+18.7
169,950
R
42.0%Clinton65,203
53.0%Dole82,375
5.0%
R+11.1
R+1.8
R+19.6
155,359
R
39.1%Clinton61,874
48.3%Bush76,448
12.6%
R+9.2
D+21.2
R+14.8
158,182
R
34.5%Dukakis44,182
65.0%Bush83,082
0.5%
R+30.4
R+2.3
R+22.7
127,886
R
35.8%Mondale44,302
63.9%Reagan79,037
0.3%
R+28.1
R+29.7
R+9.9
123,735
D
49.7%Carter53,249
48.0%Reagan51,502
2.3%
D+1.6
R+10.1
D+11.4
107,229
D
55.7%Carter54,480
44.0%Ford43,041
0.3%
D+11.7
D+62.1
D+9.6
97,798
R
24.4%McGovern19,630
74.8%Nixon60,212
0.8%
R+50.4
R+38.0
R+27.3
80,467
R
28.0%Humphrey23,377
40.4%Nixon33,729
31.6%
R+12.4
D+19.6
R+11.7
83,475
R
34.0%Johnson26,104
66.0%Goldwater50,646
0.0%
R+32.0
R+19.6
R+54.6
76,753
R
43.8%Kennedy21,488
56.2%Nixon27,559
0.0%
R+12.4
R+3.2
R+12.5
49,047
R
41.6%Stevenson15,525
50.8%Eisenhower18,950
7.6%
R+9.2
R+7.8
D+6.2
37,297
R
49.3%Stevenson17,508
50.7%Eisenhower18,016
0.0%
R+1.4
R+9.3
D+9.3
35,524
O
15.6%Truman3,851
7.7%Dewey1,898
76.8%
Thurmond +61.2
R+66.1
D+3.4
24,760
D
86.2%Roosevelt12,631
12.2%Dewey1,792
1.5%
D+74.0
R+11.7
D+66.5
14,645
D
92.7%Roosevelt12,773
7.0%Willkie969
0.2%
D+85.7
R+3.3
D+75.7
13,776
D
94.2%Roosevelt14,806
5.2%Landon822
0.6%
D+89.0
D+2.7
D+64.7
15,717
D
92.5%Roosevelt11,789
6.3%Hoover799
1.2%
D+86.3
D+88.8
D+68.5
12,742
R
48.7%Smith6,310
51.3%Hoover6,638
0.0%
R+2.5
R+55.8
D+14.9
12,951
D
71.1%Davis6,348
17.8%Coolidge1,593
11.1%
D+53.2
R+28.1
D+78.4
8,933
D
90.6%Cox7,035
9.4%Harding726
0.0%
D+81.3
R+1.9
D+107.5
7,761
D
87.5%Wilson7,410
4.4%Hughes369
8.1%
D+83.2
R+0.4
D+80.0
8,467
D
87.0%Wilson5,300
3.4%Taft210
9.5%
D+83.6
D+15.0
D+64.0
6,091
D
75.8%Bryan5,791
7.3%Taft554
16.9%
D+68.6
R+5.0
D+78.1
7,637
D
77.3%Parker5,692
3.7%Roosevelt272
19.1%
D+73.6
R+1.1
D+93.2
7,368
D
86.6%Bryan5,620
12.0%McKinley777
1.4%
D+74.6
D+27.5
D+82.2
6,490
D
71.9%Bryan9,050
24.8%McKinley3,119
3.3%
D+47.1
D+3.1
D+53.2
12,589
D
61.4%Cleveland15,157
17.4%Harrison4,287
21.3%
D+44.0
—
D+42.4
24,696
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
Year
Total registered
2016
401,579
2018
417,489
2020
461,661
2022
462,572
2024
476,309
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+3,658 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +39,739 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,415
2012
+1,613
2013
+821
2014
+465
2015
+3,351
2016
+2,399
2017
+2,758
2018
+2,053
2019
+2,963
2021
+4,183
2022
+7,081
2023
+4,070
2024
+2,909
2025
+3,658
Augusta-Richmond County leans Democratic in its urban core while surrounding exurban and South Carolina portions tilt reliably Republican, producing a metro-wide competitive dynamic that closely tracks statewide margins in presidential cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 50.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.3 points.
A population of 624,181, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,929 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia, SC and Montgomery, AL.
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How did Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia voted Republican by 8.3 points (R+8.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 296,046 votes cast, 134,520 went Democratic and 158,961 went Republican.
When did Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia?
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia has a population of 624,181 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia?
Median household income in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia is $70,929 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
