† 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
1 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
GroupGainesville, GAGeorgiaUnited States
English12.0%10.3%9.5%
Irish7.9%6.9%9.4%
American7.8%7.6%5.3%
German6.8%6.3%12.5%
Italian2.2%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.7%1.7%1.3%
Polish1.0%0.8%2.2%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
Mexican19.4%5.5%11.3%
Salvadoran3.1%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan1.5%0.7%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.8%0.4%0.3%
Venezuelan0.6%0.3%—
Cuban0.5%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.5%0.4%0.4%
African American†5.6%27.4%9.9%
African0.6%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.7%0.4%
Vietnamese0.6%0.6%0.6%
Asian Indian0.4%1.6%1.4%
Korean0.4%0.5%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.6%1.3%
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
Gainesville, GA
Georgia
United States
Median age
38.4
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gainesville, GA
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$80,901
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gainesville, GA
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
29.1%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
25.7%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gainesville, GA
Georgia
United States
Catholic
32.0%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
39.9%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
19.8%
49.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.3%
6.6%
5.2%
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.
Gainesville, GA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+51.7%
1896
+29.9%
1900
+51.2%
1904
+47.8%
1908
+4.9%
1912
+66.5%
1916
+70.1%
1920
+26.8%
1924
+59.5%
1928
−1.6%
1932
+91.0%
1936
+71.9%
1940
+69.8%
1944
+58.8%
1948
+59.8%
1952
+53.7%
1956
+37.0%
1960
+36.9%
1964
+30.1%
1968
−12.8%
1972
−62.8%
1976
+43.1%
1980
+21.3%
1984
−34.0%
1988
−38.0%
1992
−15.1%
1996
−27.7%
2000
−43.5%
2004
−57.0%
2008
−50.9%
2012
−56.1%
2016
−50.0%
2020
−43.2%
2024
−43.8%
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
27.8%Harris28,347
71.6%Trump72,991
0.6%
R+43.8
R+0.5
R+42.3
101,973
R
27.7%Biden25,031
70.9%Trump64,170
1.5%
R+43.2
D+6.7
R+47.7
90,523
R
22.7%Clinton16,180
72.7%Trump51,733
4.5%
R+50.0
D+6.1
R+52.1
71,142
R
21.1%Obama12,999
77.2%Romney47,481
1.7%
R+56.1
R+5.2
R+59.9
61,512
R
24.1%Obama14,457
75.0%McCain44,962
0.8%
R+50.9
D+6.1
R+58.2
59,928
R
21.1%Kerry10,514
78.1%Bush38,883
0.8%
R+57.0
R+13.5
R+54.5
49,792
R
26.9%Gore10,259
70.4%Bush26,841
2.8%
R+43.5
R+15.8
R+44.0
38,150
R
32.2%Clinton10,362
59.8%Dole19,280
8.0%
R+27.7
R+12.6
R+36.2
32,219
R
34.6%Clinton11,214
49.7%Bush16,108
15.8%
R+15.1
D+22.9
R+20.6
32,433
R
30.7%Dukakis7,782
68.7%Bush17,415
0.6%
R+38.0
R+4.0
R+30.3
25,344
R
33.0%Mondale7,421
67.0%Reagan15,076
0.0%
R+34.0
R+55.3
R+15.8
22,497
D
59.1%Carter12,124
37.8%Reagan7,760
3.1%
D+21.3
R+21.8
D+31.0
20,521
D
71.5%Carter12,804
28.5%Ford5,093
0.0%
D+43.1
D+105.9
D+41.0
17,897
R
18.6%McGovern2,440
81.4%Nixon10,686
0.0%
R+62.8
R+50.0
R+39.7
13,126
O
23.3%Humphrey3,174
36.1%Nixon4,923
40.7%
Wallace +4.6
R+42.9
R+12.1
13,643
D
65.0%Johnson8,003
34.9%Goldwater4,296
0.1%
D+30.1
R+6.8
D+7.5
12,310
D
68.5%Kennedy6,303
31.5%Nixon2,903
0.0%
D+36.9
R+0.1
D+36.8
9,206
D
68.5%Stevenson5,989
31.5%Eisenhower2,752
0.0%
D+37.0
R+16.6
D+52.4
8,741
D
76.8%Stevenson6,121
23.2%Eisenhower1,845
0.0%
D+53.7
R+6.1
D+64.4
7,966
D
74.4%Truman3,093
14.6%Dewey606
11.1%
D+59.8
D+1.0
D+55.3
4,159
D
79.4%Roosevelt3,066
20.6%Dewey796
0.0%
D+58.8
R+11.0
D+51.3
3,863
D
84.5%Roosevelt2,943
14.7%Willkie513
0.7%
D+69.8
R+2.1
D+59.8
3,482
D
85.9%Roosevelt2,731
14.0%Landon444
0.2%
D+71.9
R+19.1
D+47.6
3,181
D
95.3%Roosevelt2,649
4.3%Hoover120
0.4%
D+91.0
D+92.6
D+73.2
2,780
R
49.2%Smith1,523
50.8%Hoover1,573
0.0%
R+1.6
R+61.1
D+15.9
3,096
D
75.0%Davis1,398
15.6%Coolidge290
9.4%
D+59.5
D+32.7
D+84.7
1,863
D
63.4%Cox1,475
36.6%Harding852
0.0%
D+26.8
R+43.3
D+53.0
2,327
D
76.6%Wilson1,662
6.5%Hughes141
16.9%
D+70.1
D+3.6
D+66.9
2,170
D
74.0%Wilson1,145
7.5%Taft116
18.5%
D+66.5
D+61.6
D+47.0
1,547
D
47.7%Bryan707
42.8%Taft634
9.5%
D+4.9
R+42.9
D+14.5
1,481
D
57.4%Parker1,135
9.6%Roosevelt190
33.0%
D+47.8
R+3.4
D+67.5
1,977
D
73.0%Bryan880
21.7%McKinley262
5.3%
D+51.2
D+21.4
D+58.8
1,206
D
61.4%Bryan1,134
31.5%McKinley582
7.1%
D+29.9
R+21.9
D+35.9
1,848
D
61.3%Cleveland1,526
9.5%Harrison237
29.2%
D+51.7
—
D+50.1
2,491
Congressional elections · 1 Senate race
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2020
R
26.2%23,487
71.1%63,833
89,787
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Gainesville, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
108,627
2018
120,897
2020
135,524
2022
143,058
2024
152,901
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,049 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +25,109 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Gainesville, GA in Gainesville, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+815
2012
+529
2013
+1,088
2014
+1,454
2015
+1,646
2016
+2,289
2017
+1,545
2018
+1,404
2019
+1,830
2021
+3,125
2022
+4,147
2023
+2,968
2024
+1,220
2025
+1,049
Gainesville anchors one of Georgia's most concentrated poultry-industry labor markets, and its rapidly expanding Hispanic community — now roughly 40% of Hall County — has made voter registration trends here a closely watched indicator for Georgia's shifting suburban and exurban coalitions.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 62.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.8 points.
A population of 212,705, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,901 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wichita Falls, TX and Amarillo, TX.
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In 2024, Gainesville, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 43.8 points (R+43.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 101,973 votes cast, 28,347 went Democratic and 72,991 went Republican.
When did Gainesville, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Gainesville, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Gainesville, GA, Georgia?
Gainesville, GA, Georgia has a population of 212,705 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gainesville, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Gainesville, GA, Georgia is $80,901 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Gainesville, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Gainesville, GA, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
