Douglas County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+31%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+31MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 147,8882024 5-year
- Median household income
- $82,9842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 50.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Anne Arundel County, MD · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Douglas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Douglas 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 | +19.5% |
| 1896 | −15.9% |
| 1900 | +6.1% |
| 1904 | +15.1% |
| 1908 | −5.5% |
| 1912 | +42.0% |
| 1916 | +64.0% |
| 1920 | −5.3% |
| 1924 | +46.8% |
| 1928 | −14.6% |
| 1932 | +87.9% |
| 1936 | +62.0% |
| 1940 | +61.8% |
| 1944 | +49.5% |
| 1948 | +9.5% |
| 1952 | +53.0% |
| 1956 | +35.7% |
| 1960 | +38.8% |
| 1964 | −14.0% |
| 1968 | −8.4% |
| 1972 | −74.1% |
| 1976 | +32.7% |
| 1980 | −1.0% |
| 1984 | −48.0% |
| 1988 | −45.0% |
| 1992 | −16.8% |
| 1996 | −18.4% |
| 2000 | −25.0% |
| 2004 | −23.4% |
| 2008 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | +4.0% |
| 2016 | +10.6% |
| 2020 | +25.1% |
| 2024 | +31.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 46,240 | 23,996 | 71,153 | ||
| D | 42,809 | 25,451 | 69,097 | ||
| D | 31,005 | 24,817 | 58,123 | ||
| D | 28,441 | 26,241 | 55,379 | ||
| D | 27,825 | 26,812 | 55,083 | ||
| R | 15,997 | 25,846 | 42,124 | ||
| R | 11,162 | 18,893 | 30,964 | ||
| R | 9,631 | 14,495 | 26,477 | ||
| R | 8,869 | 13,349 | 26,657 | ||
| R | 5,086 | 13,493 | 18,678 | ||
| R | 4,371 | 12,428 | 16,799 | ||
| R | 6,807 | 6,945 | 14,238 | ||
| D | 7,805 | 3,959 | 11,764 | ||
| R | 982 | 6,610 | 7,592 | ||
| O | 1,242 | 1,848 | 7,249 | ||
| R | 2,501 | 3,315 | 5,816 | ||
| D | 2,576 | 1,136 | 3,712 | ||
| D | 2,111 | 1,001 | 3,112 | ||
| D | 2,102 | 645 | 2,747 | ||
| D | 1,336 | 1,019 | 3,346 | ||
| D | 828 | 280 | 1,108 | ||
| D | 833 | 195 | 1,033 | ||
| D | 1,015 | 237 | 1,255 | ||
| D | 1,013 | 57 | 1,087 | ||
| R | 452 | 606 | 1,058 | ||
| D | 355 | 86 | 575 | ||
| R | 427 | 475 | 902 | ||
| D | 416 | 61 | 555 | ||
| O | 266 | 18 | 591 | ||
| O | 152 | 181 | 525 | ||
| O | 230 | 133 | 644 | ||
| D | 345 | 300 | 738 | ||
| R | 463 | 641 | 1,121 | ||
| O | 467 | 234 | 1,194 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.2%
English
6.8%
Irish
4.5%
German
3.6%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.8%
African American
40.2%
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: 36.9 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
$82,984
Douglas County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Douglas County$82,984
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Douglas County ranks in the top 25% 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
10.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.6%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.6%
speak English only
Spanish9.7%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Other languages1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Douglas County's rapid population growth, fueled by Atlanta metro spillover, has redrawn its electoral map — the 2024 presidential margin of D+31.4 reflects a demographic transformation from its historically competitive past.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of seventy-four points in 1972 at its widest — Douglas County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points.
A median household income of $82,984 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 147,888 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Anne Arundel County and Rockdale County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Douglas County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Douglas County, Georgia voted Democratic by 31.3 points (D+31), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 71,153 votes cast, 46,240 went Democratic and 23,996 went Republican.
What is Douglas County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Douglas 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 17 times, Republican 12 times, and other 5 times.
When did Douglas County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Douglas County, Georgia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Douglas County, Georgia?
Douglas County, Georgia has a population of 147,888 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Douglas County, Georgia?
Median household income in Douglas County, Georgia is $82,984 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Douglas County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Douglas County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 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.