Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupStephens CountyGeorgiaUnited States
English17.4%10.3%9.5%
Irish12.8%6.9%9.4%
American12.3%7.6%5.3%
German7.5%6.3%12.5%
Scottish2.5%1.7%1.3%
Italian1.9%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.3%——
French0.8%1.0%1.6%
African American†7.4%27.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
Mexican2.9%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Asian Indian0.7%1.6%1.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Stephens County
Georgia
United States
Median age
40.8
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.2%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stephens County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$54,754
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.8%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.1%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stephens County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.4%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stephens County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
3.2%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
46.8%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
42.1%
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Stephens County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 13,099 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Stephens County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -SC1SC1
2,404
10,632
63
13,099
18.4%
81.2%
R+62.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+7.6%
1912
+81.2%
1916
+84.3%
1920
+24.4%
1924
+80.6%
1928
+23.7%
1932
+95.8%
1936
+88.6%
1940
+84.1%
1944
+69.1%
1948
+47.9%
1952
+68.5%
1956
+58.3%
1960
+58.2%
1964
+43.5%
1968
−5.1%
1972
−62.5%
1976
+61.2%
1980
+37.1%
1984
−28.2%
1988
−32.7%
1992
−12.6%
1996
−10.3%
2000
−29.9%
2004
−43.3%
2008
−47.4%
2012
−53.4%
2016
−59.6%
2020
−58.8%
2024
−62.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
18.4%Harris2,404
81.2%Trump10,632
0.4%Oliver47
R+62.8
R+4.1
R+61.3
13,099
R
20.1%Biden2,385
78.8%Trump9,368
1.1%Jorgensen132
R+58.8
D+0.8
R+63.2
11,885
R
18.7%Clinton1,837
78.3%Trump7,686
2.5%Johnson243
R+59.6
R+6.2
R+61.7
9,815
R
22.4%Obama2,131
75.7%Romney7,221
1.9%
R+53.4
R+6.0
R+57.2
9,534
R
25.7%Obama2,705
73.1%McCain7,689
1.2%
R+47.4
R+4.1
R+54.7
10,517
R
28.1%Kerry2,714
71.4%Bush6,904
0.6%
R+43.3
R+13.5
R+40.9
9,674
R
34.3%Gore2,869
64.1%Bush5,370
0.1%Nader9
R+29.9
R+19.6
R+30.4
8,376
R
38.5%Clinton3,072
48.8%Dole3,890
12.3%Perot979
R+10.3
D+2.4
R+18.8
7,977
R
35.0%Clinton2,976
47.7%Bush4,047
17.0%Perot1,448
R+12.6
D+20.1
R+18.2
8,493
R
33.4%Dukakis2,185
66.1%Bush4,329
0.5%
R+32.7
R+4.5
R+25.0
6,550
R
35.9%Mondale2,272
64.1%Reagan4,057
0.0%
R+28.2
R+65.3
R+10.0
6,329
D
67.7%Carter4,529
30.6%Reagan2,045
1.8%
D+37.1
R+24.0
D+46.9
6,692
D
80.6%Carter5,560
19.4%Ford1,340
0.0%
D+61.2
D+123.6
D+59.1
6,900
R
18.8%McGovern871
81.2%Nixon3,773
0.0%
R+62.5
R+57.4
R+39.3
4,644
O
20.2%Humphrey1,035
25.2%Nixon1,295
54.6%
Wallace +29.4
R+48.6
R+4.4
5,132
D
71.8%Johnson3,483
28.2%Goldwater1,371
0.0%
D+43.5
R+14.7
D+20.9
4,854
D
79.1%Kennedy3,087
20.9%Nixon815
0.0%
D+58.2
R+0.1
D+58.1
3,902
D
79.1%Stevenson2,595
20.9%Eisenhower684
0.0%
D+58.3
R+10.2
D+73.7
3,279
D
84.3%Stevenson3,539
15.7%Eisenhower661
0.0%
D+68.5
D+20.6
D+79.3
4,200
D
68.9%Truman912
21.0%Dewey278
10.1%
D+47.9
R+21.1
D+43.4
1,323
D
84.5%Roosevelt1,158
15.5%Dewey212
0.0%
D+69.1
R+15.0
D+61.6
1,370
D
91.7%Roosevelt1,084
7.6%Willkie90
0.7%
D+84.1
R+4.5
D+74.1
1,182
D
94.2%Roosevelt1,142
5.6%Landon68
0.2%
D+88.6
R+7.2
D+64.4
1,212
D
97.5%Roosevelt1,026
1.7%Hoover18
0.8%
D+95.8
D+72.1
D+78.0
1,052
D
61.9%Smith438
38.1%Hoover270
0.0%
D+23.7
R+56.9
D+41.2
708
D
87.3%Davis523
6.7%Coolidge40
6.0%La Follette36
D+80.6
D+56.2
D+105.8
599
D
62.2%Cox415
37.8%Harding252
0.0%
D+24.4
R+59.9
D+50.6
667
D
87.0%Wilson500
2.6%Hughes15
10.4%
D+84.3
D+3.1
D+81.2
575
D
84.3%Wilson409
3.1%Taft15
12.6%
D+81.2
D+73.7
D+61.7
485
D
51.5%Bryan306
43.9%Taft261
4.5%
D+7.6
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D+17.1
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
18.9%1,762
79.0%7,374
9,333
2020
R
18.3%4,280
79.7%18,665
23,406
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Stephens County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
16,454
2018
16,978
2020
19,181
2022
19,704
2024
20,940
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+392 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,680 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $56,612 in average income, against $64,335 for residents who stayed — 12% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+52.5 on average — 10 points more Democratic-leaning than Stephens County, GA itself (R+62.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Habersham County, GA94R+64.9
Franklin County, GA91R+72.6
Hall County, GA61R+43.8
Gwinnett County, GA52D+16.5
Jackson County, GA38R+55.1
Hart County, GA33R+54.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Franklin County, GA90
Habersham County, GA78
Hart County, GA29
Hall County, GA26
Gwinnett County, GA23
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Stephens County, GA in Stephens County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−357
2012
+9
2013
−91
2014
−152
2015
+78
2016
+226
2017
+160
2018
+319
2019
−42
2021
+85
2022
+183
2023
+562
2024
+308
2025
+392
Nestled in the Blue Ridge foothills near the South Carolina border, Stephens County delivered a 62.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions in a cycle that saw Georgia closely contested statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 62.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.8 points.
A population of 27,012, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,754 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Geneva County and Walker County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Stephens County, Georgia voted Republican by 62.8 points (R+62.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,099 votes cast, 2,404 went Democratic and 10,632 went Republican.
When did Stephens County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stephens County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Stephens County, Georgia?
Stephens County, Georgia has a population of 27,012 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stephens County, Georgia?
Median household income in Stephens County, Georgia is $54,754 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Stephens County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Stephens County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
