Jackson County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+55%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 84,7572024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,5442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bartow County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jackson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jackson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +32.0% |
| 1896 | +23.6% |
| 1900 | +22.0% |
| 1904 | +41.6% |
| 1908 | +22.2% |
| 1912 | +62.4% |
| 1916 | +82.0% |
| 1920 | +52.4% |
| 1924 | +70.1% |
| 1928 | +2.4% |
| 1932 | +88.1% |
| 1936 | +85.7% |
| 1940 | +80.9% |
| 1944 | +77.6% |
| 1948 | +77.5% |
| 1952 | +78.2% |
| 1956 | +75.2% |
| 1960 | +77.1% |
| 1964 | +40.8% |
| 1968 | +6.5% |
| 1972 | −59.3% |
| 1976 | +65.4% |
| 1980 | +34.3% |
| 1984 | −21.5% |
| 1988 | −25.6% |
| 1992 | −2.0% |
| 1996 | −10.9% |
| 2000 | −38.3% |
| 2004 | −56.4% |
| 2008 | −55.9% |
| 2012 | −62.7% |
| 2016 | −63.1% |
| 2020 | −58.0% |
| 2024 | −54.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,472 | 36,497 | 47,375 | ||
| R | 7,642 | 29,497 | 37,670 | ||
| R | 4,491 | 21,784 | 27,423 | ||
| R | 4,238 | 19,135 | 23,745 | ||
| R | 4,950 | 17,776 | 22,960 | ||
| R | 3,468 | 12,611 | 16,202 | ||
| R | 3,420 | 7,878 | 11,635 | ||
| R | 3,746 | 4,782 | 9,492 | ||
| R | 3,792 | 3,976 | 9,165 | ||
| R | 2,607 | 4,407 | 7,045 | ||
| R | 2,717 | 4,202 | 6,919 | ||
| D | 4,591 | 2,209 | 6,949 | ||
| D | 5,931 | 1,239 | 7,170 | ||
| R | 1,055 | 4,124 | 5,179 | ||
| O | 1,537 | 1,139 | 6,149 | ||
| D | 3,953 | 1,664 | 5,617 | ||
| D | 3,653 | 472 | 4,125 | ||
| D | 3,100 | 438 | 3,538 | ||
| D | 3,341 | 409 | 3,750 | ||
| D | 1,866 | 145 | 2,222 | ||
| D | 1,754 | 221 | 1,975 | ||
| D | 1,599 | 166 | 1,771 | ||
| D | 2,447 | 187 | 2,638 | ||
| D | 1,389 | 80 | 1,485 | ||
| D | 859 | 818 | 1,677 | ||
| D | 993 | 142 | 1,214 | ||
| D | 1,069 | 334 | 1,403 | ||
| D | 1,185 | 71 | 1,358 | ||
| D | 1,108 | 45 | 1,704 | ||
| D | 735 | 406 | 1,479 | ||
| O | 964 | 33 | 2,236 | ||
| D | 836 | 477 | 1,629 | ||
| D | 1,205 | 700 | 2,138 | ||
| D | 1,566 | 491 | 3,362 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.5%
Irish
9.9%
German
8.5%
American
8.5%
Italian
3.2%
Scottish
2.4%
French
1.4%
African American
6.1%
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: 38.1 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
$89,544
Jackson County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Jackson County$89,544
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Jackson County ranks in the top 10% 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
7.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.0%
Working age (18–64)7.3%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.5%
speak English only
Spanish7.6%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jackson County, northeast of Atlanta in the Piedmont foothills, delivered an R+55.1 presidential margin in 2024, making it among the state's most reliably right-leaning jurisdictions despite modest population growth tied to Atlanta exurban sprawl.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-three points in 2016 at its widest — Jackson County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-five points.
A median household income of $89,544 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 84,757 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bartow County and Johnson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jackson County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jackson County, Georgia voted Republican by 54.9 points (R+55), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 47,375 votes cast, 10,472 went Democratic and 36,497 went Republican.
What is Jackson County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Jackson 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 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Jackson County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jackson County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Jackson County, Georgia?
Jackson County, Georgia has a population of 84,757 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson County, Georgia?
Median household income in Jackson County, Georgia is $89,544 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Jackson County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jackson County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 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.