Rockdale County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+47%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+47MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 95,2812024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,2472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 58.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Harrisonburg city, VA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Rockdale CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Rockdale 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 | +12.6% |
| 1896 | −1.0% |
| 1900 | +33.1% |
| 1904 | +43.4% |
| 1908 | +29.4% |
| 1912 | +83.6% |
| 1916 | +67.4% |
| 1920 | +41.7% |
| 1924 | +82.5% |
| 1928 | +50.3% |
| 1932 | +91.7% |
| 1936 | +83.9% |
| 1940 | +87.3% |
| 1944 | +81.6% |
| 1948 | +73.1% |
| 1952 | +67.7% |
| 1956 | +57.2% |
| 1960 | +56.1% |
| 1964 | +13.5% |
| 1968 | +0.4% |
| 1972 | −63.6% |
| 1976 | +21.9% |
| 1980 | −9.0% |
| 1984 | −50.9% |
| 1988 | −48.0% |
| 1992 | −21.8% |
| 1996 | −23.6% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −21.5% |
| 2008 | +9.6% |
| 2012 | +16.5% |
| 2016 | +25.7% |
| 2020 | +40.8% |
| 2024 | +47.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 33,165 | 11,711 | 45,471 | ||
| D | 31,244 | 13,012 | 44,686 | ||
| D | 23,255 | 13,478 | 38,087 | ||
| D | 22,023 | 15,716 | 38,156 | ||
| D | 20,526 | 16,921 | 37,706 | ||
| R | 12,136 | 18,856 | 31,206 | ||
| R | 8,295 | 15,440 | 24,649 | ||
| R | 7,656 | 13,006 | 22,696 | ||
| R | 7,003 | 11,945 | 22,690 | ||
| R | 4,330 | 12,413 | 16,826 | ||
| R | 3,291 | 10,121 | 13,412 | ||
| R | 4,395 | 5,300 | 10,067 | ||
| D | 4,640 | 2,974 | 7,614 | ||
| R | 791 | 3,560 | 4,351 | ||
| O | 1,213 | 1,195 | 4,623 | ||
| D | 1,972 | 1,503 | 3,475 | ||
| D | 1,765 | 496 | 2,261 | ||
| D | 1,779 | 484 | 2,263 | ||
| D | 1,665 | 321 | 1,986 | ||
| D | 1,209 | 126 | 1,481 | ||
| D | 946 | 96 | 1,042 | ||
| D | 1,291 | 86 | 1,380 | ||
| D | 837 | 73 | 911 | ||
| D | 461 | 18 | 483 | ||
| D | 472 | 156 | 628 | ||
| D | 382 | 24 | 434 | ||
| D | 488 | 201 | 689 | ||
| D | 490 | 73 | 619 | ||
| D | 434 | 11 | 506 | ||
| D | 352 | 172 | 612 | ||
| D | 434 | 133 | 693 | ||
| D | 393 | 184 | 631 | ||
| R | 473 | 483 | 966 | ||
| D | 532 | 390 | 1,123 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.3%
English
4.2%
Irish
3.7%
German
2.7%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
0.7%
African American
46.6%
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: 39.3 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
$77,247
Rockdale County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Rockdale County$77,247
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Rockdale 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
10.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.7%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.2%
speak English only
Spanish8.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Rockdale County, a small exurban county southeast of Atlanta with around 70,000 residents, returned a 47.5-point Democratic margin in 2024, reflecting the rapid demographic shift toward majority-minority composition that has reshaped the Atlanta metro's outer ring.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-four points in 1972 at its widest — Rockdale County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-seven points.
A median household income of $77,247 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 95,281 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrisonburg city and Hamilton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Rockdale County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rockdale County, Georgia voted Democratic by 47.2 points (D+47), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 45,471 votes cast, 33,165 went Democratic and 11,711 went Republican.
What is Rockdale County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Rockdale 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 Rockdale County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rockdale County, Georgia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Rockdale County, Georgia?
Rockdale County, Georgia has a population of 95,281 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rockdale County, Georgia?
Median household income in Rockdale County, Georgia is $77,247 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Rockdale County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rockdale 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.