Coweta County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 152,8522024 5-year
- Median household income
- $95,5482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lee County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Coweta CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Coweta 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 | +29.3% |
| 1896 | +34.9% |
| 1900 | +63.8% |
| 1904 | +70.8% |
| 1908 | +63.8% |
| 1912 | +89.7% |
| 1916 | +84.8% |
| 1920 | +73.2% |
| 1924 | +84.4% |
| 1928 | +75.7% |
| 1932 | +95.6% |
| 1936 | +93.6% |
| 1940 | +92.8% |
| 1944 | +90.6% |
| 1948 | +75.3% |
| 1952 | +71.0% |
| 1956 | +55.9% |
| 1960 | +53.8% |
| 1964 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | −16.6% |
| 1972 | −57.3% |
| 1976 | +34.1% |
| 1980 | +11.7% |
| 1984 | −37.2% |
| 1988 | −39.2% |
| 1992 | −13.2% |
| 1996 | −22.9% |
| 2000 | −39.3% |
| 2004 | −49.4% |
| 2008 | −41.2% |
| 2012 | −43.9% |
| 2016 | −41.7% |
| 2020 | −35.5% |
| 2024 | −33.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 28,111 | 57,204 | 86,416 | ||
| R | 24,210 | 51,501 | 76,799 | ||
| R | 16,583 | 42,533 | 62,210 | ||
| R | 15,168 | 39,653 | 55,718 | ||
| R | 15,521 | 37,571 | 53,549 | ||
| R | 10,647 | 31,682 | 42,609 | ||
| R | 9,056 | 21,327 | 31,226 | ||
| R | 7,794 | 13,058 | 22,970 | ||
| R | 7,093 | 9,814 | 20,553 | ||
| R | 4,212 | 9,668 | 13,929 | ||
| R | 3,650 | 7,981 | 11,631 | ||
| D | 5,697 | 4,480 | 10,422 | ||
| D | 6,195 | 3,044 | 9,239 | ||
| R | 1,560 | 5,751 | 7,311 | ||
| O | 1,204 | 2,442 | 7,437 | ||
| D | 3,712 | 3,656 | 7,368 | ||
| D | 3,855 | 1,159 | 5,014 | ||
| D | 3,003 | 850 | 3,853 | ||
| D | 3,837 | 652 | 4,489 | ||
| D | 2,214 | 219 | 2,649 | ||
| D | 2,649 | 130 | 2,779 | ||
| D | 2,846 | 103 | 2,957 | ||
| D | 2,260 | 73 | 2,336 | ||
| D | 2,183 | 46 | 2,235 | ||
| D | 1,656 | 229 | 1,885 | ||
| D | 1,010 | 67 | 1,117 | ||
| D | 1,094 | 169 | 1,263 | ||
| D | 1,179 | 85 | 1,290 | ||
| D | 1,044 | 35 | 1,125 | ||
| D | 1,032 | 220 | 1,272 | ||
| D | 1,070 | 160 | 1,285 | ||
| D | 1,063 | 232 | 1,302 | ||
| D | 1,196 | 571 | 1,792 | ||
| D | 2,005 | 1,085 | 3,145 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.3%
German
8.6%
American
8.6%
Irish
8.2%
Italian
3.8%
Scottish
2.3%
French
1.7%
African American
14.7%
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: 39.2 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
$95,548
Coweta County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Coweta County$95,548
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Coweta 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
7.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.1%
Working age (18–64)6.8%
Seniors (65+)8.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Coweta County sits at the southwestern edge of metro Atlanta's sprawl, where rapid population growth over the past two decades has not softened its consistent Republican lean — the 2024 presidential margin held above 33 points.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-seven points in 1972 at its widest — Coweta County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
A median household income of $95,548 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 152,852 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee County and Bryan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coweta County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coweta County, Georgia voted Republican by 33.7 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 86,416 votes cast, 28,111 went Democratic and 57,204 went Republican.
What is Coweta County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Coweta 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 21 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Coweta County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coweta County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Coweta County, Georgia?
Coweta County, Georgia has a population of 152,852 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coweta County, Georgia?
Median household income in Coweta County, Georgia is $95,548 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Coweta County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coweta County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.