Columbia County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+26%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 162,4342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $95,5922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hanover County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Columbia CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Columbia 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 | +16.5% |
| 1896 | −34.5% |
| 1900 | +64.6% |
| 1904 | +56.2% |
| 1908 | +38.6% |
| 1912 | +87.2% |
| 1916 | +94.5% |
| 1920 | +100.0% |
| 1924 | +55.3% |
| 1928 | +8.8% |
| 1932 | +95.9% |
| 1936 | +89.3% |
| 1940 | +85.8% |
| 1944 | +75.2% |
| 1948 | +9.9% |
| 1952 | +23.1% |
| 1956 | +30.3% |
| 1960 | +1.5% |
| 1964 | −28.7% |
| 1968 | −15.4% |
| 1972 | −67.3% |
| 1976 | +15.5% |
| 1980 | −8.0% |
| 1984 | −53.5% |
| 1988 | −55.9% |
| 1992 | −33.8% |
| 1996 | −40.0% |
| 2000 | −49.1% |
| 2004 | −51.1% |
| 2008 | −42.7% |
| 2012 | −42.9% |
| 2016 | −37.1% |
| 2020 | −25.8% |
| 2024 | −25.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 31,624 | 53,657 | 86,182 | ||
| R | 29,236 | 50,013 | 80,579 | ||
| R | 18,887 | 43,085 | 65,207 | ||
| R | 16,451 | 41,765 | 59,071 | ||
| R | 15,703 | 39,322 | 55,351 | ||
| R | 11,442 | 35,549 | 47,203 | ||
| R | 8,969 | 26,660 | 36,008 | ||
| R | 8,601 | 21,291 | 31,693 | ||
| R | 7,115 | 16,657 | 28,200 | ||
| R | 4,617 | 16,401 | 21,094 | ||
| R | 3,727 | 12,294 | 16,021 | ||
| R | 5,335 | 6,293 | 11,938 | ||
| D | 4,674 | 3,423 | 8,097 | ||
| R | 946 | 4,839 | 5,785 | ||
| O | 905 | 1,636 | 4,748 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 2,575 | 4,003 | ||
| D | 1,190 | 1,155 | 2,345 | ||
| D | 866 | 463 | 1,329 | ||
| D | 849 | 530 | 1,379 | ||
| O | 164 | 59 | 1,060 | ||
| D | 508 | 72 | 580 | ||
| D | 627 | 46 | 677 | ||
| D | 659 | 34 | 700 | ||
| D | 528 | 11 | 539 | ||
| D | 279 | 234 | 513 | ||
| D | 213 | 47 | 300 | ||
| D | 476 | 0 | 476 | ||
| D | 521 | 6 | 545 | ||
| D | 234 | 2 | 266 | ||
| O | 144 | 12 | 342 | ||
| D | 189 | 2 | 333 | ||
| D | 215 | 42 | 268 | ||
| R | 192 | 401 | 606 | ||
| O | 451 | 101 | 2,125 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.6%
German
9.4%
Irish
8.4%
American
8.3%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
1.5%
Polish
1.3%
African American
15.2%
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: 37.9 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
$95,592
Columbia County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Columbia County$95,592
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Columbia 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
7.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.5%
Working age (18–64)6.3%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.8%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European2.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.6%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Columbia County has expanded rapidly as a bedroom community for Augusta, drawing higher-income households whose voting patterns have consistently produced Republican presidential margins above 20 points across the past several election cycles.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-seven points in 1972 at its widest — Columbia County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points.
A median household income of $95,592 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 162,434 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hanover County and Greenville County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Columbia County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbia County, Georgia voted Republican by 25.6 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 86,182 votes cast, 31,624 went Democratic and 53,657 went Republican.
What is Columbia County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Columbia 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 15 times, and other 4 times.
When did Columbia County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbia County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Columbia County, Georgia?
Columbia County, Georgia has a population of 162,434 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbia County, Georgia?
Median household income in Columbia County, Georgia is $95,592 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Columbia County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbia County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.