Houston County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+11%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 169,6492024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,6982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 53.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 32.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Paulding County, GA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Houston CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Houston 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 | +58.4% |
| 1896 | +62.7% |
| 1900 | +80.7% |
| 1904 | +79.5% |
| 1908 | +79.0% |
| 1912 | +92.0% |
| 1916 | +86.7% |
| 1920 | +89.8% |
| 1924 | +89.9% |
| 1928 | +55.7% |
| 1932 | +88.9% |
| 1936 | +91.1% |
| 1940 | +61.3% |
| 1944 | +47.6% |
| 1948 | +59.5% |
| 1952 | +69.0% |
| 1956 | +61.8% |
| 1960 | +39.3% |
| 1964 | −21.1% |
| 1968 | −10.1% |
| 1972 | −68.3% |
| 1976 | +41.8% |
| 1980 | +9.2% |
| 1984 | −21.4% |
| 1988 | −28.8% |
| 1992 | −5.6% |
| 1996 | −13.1% |
| 2000 | −26.7% |
| 2004 | −32.7% |
| 2008 | −20.2% |
| 2012 | −20.6% |
| 2016 | −21.3% |
| 2020 | −12.4% |
| 2024 | −11.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 35,907 | 45,090 | 81,781 | ||
| R | 32,232 | 41,534 | 74,823 | ||
| R | 22,553 | 35,430 | 60,406 | ||
| R | 22,702 | 34,662 | 58,175 | ||
| R | 22,094 | 33,392 | 55,931 | ||
| R | 15,054 | 29,862 | 45,226 | ||
| R | 13,301 | 23,174 | 36,988 | ||
| R | 12,760 | 17,050 | 32,678 | ||
| R | 12,270 | 14,119 | 32,748 | ||
| R | 8,664 | 15,748 | 24,597 | ||
| R | 9,226 | 14,255 | 23,481 | ||
| D | 10,915 | 9,005 | 20,695 | ||
| D | 13,164 | 5,404 | 18,568 | ||
| R | 2,556 | 13,576 | 16,132 | ||
| O | 2,831 | 4,285 | 14,457 | ||
| R | 4,258 | 6,532 | 10,791 | ||
| D | 4,033 | 1,757 | 5,790 | ||
| D | 4,483 | 1,060 | 5,543 | ||
| D | 2,789 | 511 | 3,300 | ||
| D | 1,437 | 204 | 2,072 | ||
| D | 535 | 190 | 725 | ||
| D | 622 | 149 | 772 | ||
| D | 796 | 37 | 833 | ||
| D | 460 | 27 | 487 | ||
| D | 323 | 92 | 415 | ||
| D | 1,611 | 75 | 1,709 | ||
| D | 723 | 39 | 762 | ||
| D | 806 | 52 | 870 | ||
| D | 760 | 24 | 800 | ||
| D | 855 | 27 | 1,048 | ||
| D | 768 | 78 | 868 | ||
| D | 798 | 81 | 889 | ||
| D | 875 | 192 | 1,089 | ||
| D | 1,953 | 507 | 2,476 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.8%
German
7.2%
Irish
6.9%
American
6.6%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
1.8%
Polish
1.3%
African American
25.9%
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: 36.3 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
$80,698
Houston County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Houston County$80,698
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Houston 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
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.9%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.6%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.0%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Robins Air Force Base, Houston County's electorate skews toward active-duty and veteran households, a demographic mix that has kept presidential margins competitive even as the county's R+11 result in 2024 reflects a broader rural consolidation trend.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-eight points in 1972 at its widest — Houston County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was eleven points.
A median household income of $80,698 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 169,649 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Paulding County and York County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Houston County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Houston County, Georgia voted Republican by 11.2 points (R+11), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 81,781 votes cast, 35,907 went Democratic and 45,090 went Republican.
What is Houston County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Houston 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 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Houston County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Houston County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Houston County, Georgia?
Houston County, Georgia has a population of 169,649 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Houston County, Georgia?
Median household income in Houston County, Georgia is $80,698 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Houston County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Houston County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.