Paulding County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+74 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 178,9092024 5-year
- Median household income
- $98,0312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Oldham County, KY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Paulding CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Paulding 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 | +32.1% |
| 1896 | +6.0% |
| 1900 | −8.5% |
| 1904 | +5.0% |
| 1908 | −34.7% |
| 1912 | +34.5% |
| 1916 | +45.1% |
| 1920 | −47.4% |
| 1924 | +4.4% |
| 1928 | −30.7% |
| 1932 | +73.6% |
| 1936 | +36.4% |
| 1940 | +36.3% |
| 1944 | +27.2% |
| 1948 | +44.5% |
| 1952 | +46.4% |
| 1956 | +26.0% |
| 1960 | +49.4% |
| 1964 | +13.5% |
| 1968 | +0.9% |
| 1972 | −47.4% |
| 1976 | +58.2% |
| 1980 | +23.9% |
| 1984 | −39.5% |
| 1988 | −45.7% |
| 1992 | −13.0% |
| 1996 | −25.3% |
| 2000 | −41.8% |
| 2004 | −52.9% |
| 2008 | −38.5% |
| 2012 | −43.5% |
| 2016 | −40.7% |
| 2020 | −29.1% |
| 2024 | −24.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 35,802 | 58,769 | 95,524 | ||
| R | 29,704 | 54,525 | 85,385 | ||
| R | 18,025 | 44,662 | 65,480 | ||
| R | 15,825 | 40,846 | 57,543 | ||
| R | 17,229 | 39,192 | 56,985 | ||
| R | 9,420 | 30,843 | 40,514 | ||
| R | 6,743 | 16,881 | 24,260 | ||
| R | 5,699 | 10,152 | 17,633 | ||
| R | 5,212 | 7,180 | 15,088 | ||
| R | 2,717 | 7,329 | 10,091 | ||
| R | 2,621 | 6,048 | 8,669 | ||
| D | 4,686 | 2,845 | 7,717 | ||
| D | 5,420 | 1,432 | 6,852 | ||
| R | 1,004 | 2,814 | 3,818 | ||
| O | 1,023 | 977 | 5,054 | ||
| D | 2,513 | 1,914 | 4,427 | ||
| D | 2,396 | 812 | 3,208 | ||
| D | 1,599 | 940 | 2,539 | ||
| D | 2,152 | 788 | 2,940 | ||
| D | 981 | 333 | 1,456 | ||
| D | 1,355 | 775 | 2,133 | ||
| D | 1,653 | 770 | 2,435 | ||
| D | 1,386 | 645 | 2,034 | ||
| D | 1,914 | 276 | 2,226 | ||
| R | 690 | 1,301 | 1,991 | ||
| D | 419 | 378 | 923 | ||
| R | 340 | 954 | 1,294 | ||
| O | 670 | 10 | 1,463 | ||
| O | 426 | 32 | 1,142 | ||
| R | 256 | 630 | 1,078 | ||
| O | 402 | 341 | 1,222 | ||
| R | 496 | 609 | 1,324 | ||
| D | 627 | 552 | 1,240 | ||
| O | 641 | 158 | 1,505 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.4%
Irish
9.8%
American
9.5%
German
8.0%
Italian
2.7%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.8%
African American
18.7%
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
$98,031
Paulding County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Paulding County$98,031
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Paulding County ranks in the top 5% 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
6.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.9%
Working age (18–64)6.0%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.4%
speak English only
Spanish6.4%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Other languages1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 78.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Paulding County has roughly doubled its population since 2000 as metro Atlanta's western fringe expanded, yet its presidential margins have held consistently above R+20, suggesting growth here has reinforced rather than diluted the existing political lean.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-three points in 2004 at its widest — Paulding County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points.
A median household income of $98,031 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 178,909 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oldham County and Forsyth County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Paulding County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Paulding County, Georgia voted Republican by 24.0 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 95,524 votes cast, 35,802 went Democratic and 58,769 went Republican.
What is Paulding County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Paulding 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 5 times.
When did Paulding County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Paulding County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Paulding County, Georgia?
Paulding County, Georgia has a population of 178,909 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Paulding County, Georgia?
Median household income in Paulding County, Georgia is $98,031 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Paulding County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Paulding County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.