Cherokee County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+39%. Democratic peak: D+69 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+39MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 281,0322024 5-year
- Median household income
- $108,1152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Goochland County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cherokee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cherokee 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 | +25.9% |
| 1896 | +0.7% |
| 1900 | −1.3% |
| 1904 | +30.7% |
| 1908 | −30.5% |
| 1912 | +43.4% |
| 1916 | +35.0% |
| 1920 | −35.3% |
| 1924 | +16.4% |
| 1928 | −48.6% |
| 1932 | +68.6% |
| 1936 | +17.9% |
| 1940 | +20.7% |
| 1944 | +12.0% |
| 1948 | +29.5% |
| 1952 | +20.5% |
| 1956 | +7.1% |
| 1960 | +13.6% |
| 1964 | −3.2% |
| 1968 | −16.6% |
| 1972 | −65.2% |
| 1976 | +43.0% |
| 1980 | +6.6% |
| 1984 | −52.2% |
| 1988 | −53.5% |
| 1992 | −27.2% |
| 1996 | −35.5% |
| 2000 | −49.2% |
| 2004 | −58.9% |
| 2008 | −51.1% |
| 2012 | −57.6% |
| 2016 | −49.1% |
| 2020 | −39.2% |
| 2024 | −38.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 48,838 | 112,142 | 162,591 | ||
| R | 42,794 | 99,587 | 144,830 | ||
| R | 25,231 | 80,649 | 112,784 | ||
| R | 19,841 | 76,514 | 98,439 | ||
| R | 22,350 | 70,279 | 93,772 | ||
| R | 14,824 | 58,238 | 73,727 | ||
| R | 12,295 | 38,033 | 52,348 | ||
| R | 10,802 | 24,527 | 38,677 | ||
| R | 8,113 | 16,054 | 29,214 | ||
| R | 4,378 | 14,593 | 19,088 | ||
| R | 3,499 | 11,146 | 14,645 | ||
| D | 6,020 | 5,250 | 11,678 | ||
| D | 6,539 | 2,609 | 9,148 | ||
| R | 1,159 | 5,509 | 6,668 | ||
| O | 1,434 | 2,675 | 7,462 | ||
| R | 3,189 | 3,398 | 6,587 | ||
| D | 3,077 | 2,341 | 5,418 | ||
| D | 2,110 | 1,829 | 3,939 | ||
| D | 2,452 | 1,618 | 4,070 | ||
| D | 1,267 | 631 | 2,153 | ||
| D | 1,348 | 1,059 | 2,407 | ||
| D | 1,552 | 1,017 | 2,582 | ||
| D | 1,211 | 842 | 2,060 | ||
| D | 1,727 | 314 | 2,059 | ||
| R | 581 | 1,679 | 2,260 | ||
| D | 848 | 601 | 1,503 | ||
| R | 544 | 1,138 | 1,682 | ||
| D | 855 | 292 | 1,608 | ||
| O | 603 | 21 | 1,342 | ||
| R | 326 | 665 | 1,112 | ||
| D | 622 | 246 | 1,225 | ||
| R | 535 | 550 | 1,143 | ||
| D | 712 | 702 | 1,486 | ||
| D | 927 | 382 | 2,104 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.4%
Irish
12.1%
German
11.9%
American
6.5%
Italian
4.7%
Scottish
2.7%
French
1.9%
African American
5.8%
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: 40.2 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
$108,115
Cherokee County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Cherokee County$108,115
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Cherokee County ranks in the top 5% 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
7.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.7%
Working age (18–64)6.7%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.7%
speak English only
Spanish8.4%
Other Indo-European2.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cherokee sits at Atlanta's northern exurban edge, where rapid population growth since 2000 has not eroded its deep Republican lean — the 2024 presidential margin held near R+39, consistent with its pattern over the past two decades.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-five points in 1972 at its widest — Cherokee County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was thirty-nine points.
A median household income of $108,115 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 281,032 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Goochland County and Williamson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cherokee County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cherokee County, Georgia voted Republican by 38.9 points (R+39), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 162,591 votes cast, 48,838 went Democratic and 112,142 went Republican.
What is Cherokee County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Cherokee 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 15 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did Cherokee County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cherokee County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Cherokee County, Georgia?
Cherokee County, Georgia has a population of 281,032 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cherokee County, Georgia?
Median household income in Cherokee County, Georgia is $108,115 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Cherokee County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cherokee County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.