† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupDaltonGeorgiaUnited States
Mexican40.3%5.5%11.3%
Guatemalan4.4%0.7%0.5%
Salvadoran2.5%0.5%0.7%
Cuban1.6%0.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.6%0.4%0.3%
Colombian0.6%0.4%0.4%
Dominican0.4%—0.7%
English16.4%10.3%9.5%
American7.4%7.6%5.3%
Irish5.4%6.9%9.4%
German3.2%6.3%12.5%
Italian1.1%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.1%1.7%1.3%
French0.6%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
African American†4.1%27.4%9.9%
African1.5%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%0.7%0.4%
Asian Indian0.8%1.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.5%0.4%
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
Dalton
Georgia
United States
Median age
33.7
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.0%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dalton
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$63,577
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.6%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dalton
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
46.4%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
44.8%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dalton
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
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.
Dalton, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−27.7%
2008
−19.1%
2012
−26.8%
2016
−17.9%
2020
−12.1%
2024
−17.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
40.8%Harris4,209
58.4%Trump6,029
0.8%
R+17.6
R+5.5
R+16.2
10,321
R
43.2%Biden4,286
55.4%Trump5,488
1.4%
R+12.1
D+5.7
R+16.6
9,914
R
39.2%Clinton3,240
57.1%Trump4,715
3.7%
R+17.9
D+9.0
R+20.0
8,258
R
35.7%Obama2,637
62.6%Romney4,616
1.7%
R+26.8
R+7.7
R+30.7
7,377
R
39.5%Obama2,572
58.6%McCain3,814
1.8%
R+19.1
D+8.6
R+26.4
6,504
R
35.8%Kerry2,161
63.5%Bush3,829
0.7%
R+27.7
—
R+25.2
6,030
Dalton's carpet and flooring manufacturing boom drew a large Hispanic immigrant workforce, reshaping the city's demographics over two decades and producing one of Georgia's most distinctive ethnic compositions outside metro Atlanta.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 27.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.6 points.
A population of 34,538, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,577 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rosamond and Gainesville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Dalton, Georgia voted Republican by 17.6 points (R+17.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,321 votes cast, 4,209 went Democratic and 6,029 went Republican.
How many people live in Dalton, Georgia?
Dalton, Georgia has a population of 34,538 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dalton, Georgia?
Median household income in Dalton, Georgia is $63,577 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Dalton, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Dalton, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
