Lee County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 33,6262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,1682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Coweta County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lee County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | −16.8% |
| 1896 | +27.2% |
| 1900 | +28.4% |
| 1904 | +48.2% |
| 1908 | +14.3% |
| 1912 | +89.3% |
| 1916 | +96.9% |
| 1920 | +85.9% |
| 1924 | +76.7% |
| 1928 | +72.9% |
| 1932 | +95.3% |
| 1936 | +99.4% |
| 1940 | +91.7% |
| 1944 | +88.6% |
| 1948 | +38.2% |
| 1952 | +31.1% |
| 1956 | +74.1% |
| 1960 | +35.8% |
| 1964 | −62.0% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −57.4% |
| 1976 | +21.7% |
| 1980 | −7.4% |
| 1984 | −39.7% |
| 1988 | −48.4% |
| 1992 | −21.2% |
| 1996 | −30.4% |
| 2000 | −49.9% |
| 2004 | −57.7% |
| 2008 | −52.2% |
| 2012 | −52.2% |
| 2016 | −52.5% |
| 2020 | −44.6% |
| 2024 | −43.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,957 | 12,655 | 17,730 | ||
| R | 4,558 | 12,007 | 16,714 | ||
| R | 3,170 | 10,646 | 14,246 | ||
| R | 3,196 | 10,314 | 13,646 | ||
| R | 3,100 | 9,925 | 13,087 | ||
| R | 2,182 | 8,201 | 10,428 | ||
| R | 1,936 | 5,872 | 7,884 | ||
| R | 2,005 | 3,983 | 6,513 | ||
| R | 1,811 | 3,061 | 5,908 | ||
| R | 995 | 2,875 | 3,883 | ||
| R | 1,284 | 2,972 | 4,256 | ||
| R | 1,670 | 1,942 | 3,661 | ||
| D | 1,727 | 1,110 | 2,837 | ||
| R | 390 | 1,441 | 1,831 | ||
| O | 673 | 389 | 2,264 | ||
| R | 244 | 1,041 | 1,285 | ||
| D | 404 | 191 | 595 | ||
| D | 532 | 79 | 611 | ||
| D | 390 | 205 | 595 | ||
| O | 215 | 36 | 468 | ||
| D | 447 | 27 | 474 | ||
| D | 416 | 17 | 435 | ||
| D | 490 | 1 | 492 | ||
| D | 252 | 6 | 258 | ||
| D | 287 | 45 | 332 | ||
| D | 211 | 23 | 245 | ||
| D | 251 | 19 | 270 | ||
| D | 316 | 3 | 323 | ||
| D | 210 | 9 | 225 | ||
| D | 337 | 252 | 596 | ||
| D | 285 | 63 | 461 | ||
| D | 269 | 149 | 423 | ||
| D | 285 | 163 | 448 | ||
| R | 300 | 422 | 725 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.6%
English
12.4%
German
7.5%
Irish
6.9%
Scottish
1.9%
Polish
1.4%
Italian
1.2%
African American
19.1%
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: 37.7 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
$89,168
Lee County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Lee County$89,168
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Lee 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
5.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.1%
Working age (18–64)5.4%
Seniors (65+)7.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.6%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A small, rural southwest Georgia county, Lee has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for over two decades, with its low population density and majority-white electorate tracking closely with broader rural Deep South voting patterns.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-two points in 1964 at its widest — Lee County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A median household income of $89,168 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 33,626 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coweta County and Bryan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lee County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lee County, Georgia voted Republican by 43.4 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,730 votes cast, 4,957 went Democratic and 12,655 went Republican.
What is Lee County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Lee 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 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lee County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lee County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lee County, Georgia?
Lee County, Georgia has a population of 33,626 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lee County, Georgia?
Median household income in Lee County, Georgia is $89,168 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Lee County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lee County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.