Chatham County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+18%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 300,8792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,0972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 38.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Mecklenburg County, NC · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Chatham CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Chatham County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +58.5% |
| 1896 | +17.0% |
| 1900 | +57.0% |
| 1904 | +75.5% |
| 1908 | +46.0% |
| 1912 | +78.2% |
| 1916 | +71.7% |
| 1920 | +62.0% |
| 1924 | +49.4% |
| 1928 | +2.3% |
| 1932 | +65.2% |
| 1936 | +78.0% |
| 1940 | +66.9% |
| 1944 | +61.8% |
| 1948 | +20.5% |
| 1952 | −3.9% |
| 1956 | −25.1% |
| 1960 | −5.0% |
| 1964 | −17.7% |
| 1968 | +0.2% |
| 1972 | −42.0% |
| 1976 | +14.1% |
| 1980 | +3.4% |
| 1984 | −15.3% |
| 1988 | −17.2% |
| 1992 | −0.5% |
| 1996 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | −0.3% |
| 2004 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | +14.4% |
| 2012 | +12.0% |
| 2016 | +14.7% |
| 2020 | +18.8% |
| 2024 | +17.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 82,758 | 57,336 | 142,043 | ||
| D | 78,254 | 53,237 | 133,420 | ||
| D | 62,290 | 45,688 | 113,051 | ||
| D | 60,246 | 47,204 | 108,821 | ||
| D | 62,755 | 46,829 | 110,238 | ||
| D | 45,630 | 45,484 | 91,671 | ||
| R | 37,590 | 37,847 | 76,475 | ||
| D | 35,781 | 31,987 | 71,277 | ||
| R | 31,533 | 31,925 | 72,069 | ||
| R | 25,063 | 35,623 | 61,289 | ||
| R | 28,271 | 38,482 | 66,753 | ||
| D | 28,413 | 26,499 | 56,781 | ||
| D | 32,075 | 24,160 | 56,235 | ||
| R | 15,566 | 38,079 | 53,645 | ||
| D | 18,201 | 18,106 | 53,545 | ||
| R | 23,176 | 33,141 | 56,318 | ||
| R | 16,240 | 17,935 | 34,175 | ||
| R | 8,698 | 14,520 | 23,218 | ||
| R | 14,370 | 15,532 | 29,902 | ||
| D | 10,864 | 5,966 | 23,897 | ||
| D | 8,725 | 2,058 | 10,783 | ||
| D | 10,048 | 1,985 | 12,052 | ||
| D | 10,019 | 1,227 | 11,270 | ||
| D | 8,020 | 1,669 | 9,744 | ||
| D | 5,534 | 5,288 | 10,822 | ||
| D | 6,158 | 1,800 | 8,815 | ||
| D | 4,243 | 995 | 5,238 | ||
| D | 3,797 | 368 | 4,781 | ||
| D | 3,274 | 238 | 3,881 | ||
| D | 3,305 | 1,209 | 4,556 | ||
| D | 2,645 | 363 | 3,022 | ||
| D | 3,352 | 916 | 4,275 | ||
| D | 2,506 | 1,697 | 4,761 | ||
| D | 5,264 | 1,359 | 6,678 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.9%
Irish
9.4%
German
8.0%
American
4.8%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.3%
African American
31.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,097
Chatham County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Chatham County$71,097
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Chatham County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.4%
Working age (18–64)12.7%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.6%
speak English only
Spanish6.3%
Other Indo-European2.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Chatham County, anchored by Savannah, delivers some of Georgia's widest Democratic margins on the coast, driven by a majority-minority population and a dense historic urban core that consistently outpaces statewide trends.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-two points in 1972 at its widest — Chatham County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A median household income of $71,097 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 300,879 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mecklenburg County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Chatham County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chatham County, Georgia voted Democratic by 17.9 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 142,043 votes cast, 82,758 went Democratic and 57,336 went Republican.
What is Chatham County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Chatham County, Georgia in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Chatham County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Chatham County, Georgia voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Chatham County, Georgia?
Chatham County, Georgia has a population of 300,879 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chatham County, Georgia?
Median household income in Chatham County, Georgia is $71,097 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Chatham County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Chatham County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.