Henry County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+29%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 249,9602024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,1462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gwinnett County, GA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Henry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Henry 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 | +7.5% |
| 1896 | +0.1% |
| 1900 | +24.4% |
| 1904 | +51.2% |
| 1908 | +27.3% |
| 1912 | +76.8% |
| 1916 | +76.3% |
| 1920 | +100.0% |
| 1924 | +75.8% |
| 1928 | +35.9% |
| 1932 | +96.3% |
| 1936 | +84.1% |
| 1940 | +87.7% |
| 1944 | +81.2% |
| 1948 | +63.4% |
| 1952 | +64.8% |
| 1956 | +51.3% |
| 1960 | +47.9% |
| 1964 | +6.8% |
| 1968 | +3.8% |
| 1972 | −55.9% |
| 1976 | +37.1% |
| 1980 | +2.7% |
| 1984 | −38.1% |
| 1988 | −42.7% |
| 1992 | −19.8% |
| 1996 | −25.7% |
| 2000 | −35.6% |
| 2004 | −33.7% |
| 2008 | −7.5% |
| 2012 | −3.3% |
| 2016 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | +20.4% |
| 2024 | +29.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 83,253 | 44,982 | 129,774 | ||
| D | 73,276 | 48,187 | 122,742 | ||
| D | 50,057 | 45,724 | 99,367 | ||
| R | 43,761 | 46,774 | 91,531 | ||
| R | 40,567 | 47,157 | 88,311 | ||
| R | 21,096 | 42,759 | 64,235 | ||
| R | 11,971 | 25,815 | 38,867 | ||
| R | 9,498 | 16,968 | 29,074 | ||
| R | 7,817 | 12,634 | 24,284 | ||
| R | 4,348 | 10,882 | 15,304 | ||
| R | 4,096 | 9,142 | 13,238 | ||
| D | 5,635 | 5,326 | 11,268 | ||
| D | 5,717 | 2,622 | 8,339 | ||
| R | 1,460 | 5,155 | 6,615 | ||
| O | 2,317 | 2,017 | 7,938 | ||
| D | 3,583 | 3,125 | 6,709 | ||
| D | 2,957 | 1,041 | 3,998 | ||
| D | 2,636 | 848 | 3,484 | ||
| D | 2,589 | 553 | 3,142 | ||
| D | 1,400 | 229 | 1,846 | ||
| D | 1,461 | 152 | 1,613 | ||
| D | 1,551 | 101 | 1,654 | ||
| D | 1,362 | 116 | 1,482 | ||
| D | 1,496 | 21 | 1,532 | ||
| D | 763 | 360 | 1,123 | ||
| D | 594 | 53 | 714 | ||
| D | 608 | 0 | 608 | ||
| D | 868 | 78 | 1,035 | ||
| D | 536 | 15 | 678 | ||
| D | 369 | 194 | 641 | ||
| D | 464 | 64 | 781 | ||
| D | 639 | 378 | 1,069 | ||
| D | 569 | 568 | 1,220 | ||
| D | 718 | 578 | 1,865 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
8.3%
English
6.4%
Irish
5.2%
German
4.1%
Italian
1.4%
Scottish
0.9%
French
0.7%
African American
41.6%
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: 37.1 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
$83,146
Henry County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Henry County$83,146
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Henry 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
9.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.9%
Working age (18–64)7.5%
Seniors (65+)10.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.5%
speak English only
Spanish5.9%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Henry County has swung dramatically toward Democrats over the past decade as Atlanta's southeastern suburbs diversified, flipping from a reliably Republican exurb to a county carried by nearly 30 points in 2024.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-six points in 1972 at its widest — Henry County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A median household income of $83,146 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 249,960 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gwinnett County and Frederick County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Henry County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Henry County, Georgia voted Democratic by 29.5 points (D+29), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 129,774 votes cast, 83,253 went Democratic and 44,982 went Republican.
What is Henry County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Henry 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 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did Henry County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Henry County, Georgia voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Henry County, Georgia?
Henry County, Georgia has a population of 249,960 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Henry County, Georgia?
Median household income in Henry County, Georgia is $83,146 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Henry County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Henry County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 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.