† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
16 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupColumbus, GA (Opelika, AL)United States
American10.3%5.3%
English10.0%9.5%
Irish6.7%9.4%
German6.1%12.5%
Scottish1.7%1.3%
Italian1.5%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%—
French0.5%1.6%
African American†34.9%9.9%
African0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.4%
Mexican2.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%
Panamanian0.3%—
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.3%
Dominican0.2%0.7%
Korean0.7%0.4%
Asian Indian0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.3%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
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
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
United States
Median age
36.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
United States
Median household income
$59,482
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
United States
Catholic
3.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
28.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
9.1%
2.2%
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.
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+49.1%
1896
+22.9%
1900
+52.6%
1904
+73.6%
1908
+51.2%
1912
+87.9%
1916
+87.1%
1920
+74.0%
1924
+80.0%
1928
+29.9%
1932
+89.7%
1936
+89.5%
1940
+86.3%
1944
+79.8%
1948
+25.2%
1952
+38.6%
1956
+31.4%
1960
+23.3%
1964
−43.3%
1968
+2.8%
1972
−52.0%
1976
+23.1%
1980
+16.6%
1984
−10.0%
1988
−13.4%
1992
+5.7%
1996
+6.5%
2000
−1.3%
2004
−9.4%
2008
−0.3%
2012
+0.7%
2016
−5.0%
2020
−2.5%
2024
−7.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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
45.9%Harris116,178
53.1%Trump134,295
1.0%
R+7.2
R+4.7
R+5.7
252,896
R
48.1%Biden120,906
50.6%Trump127,088
1.3%
R+2.5
D+2.6
R+6.9
251,261
R
46.0%Clinton99,582
51.1%Trump110,499
2.9%
R+5.0
R+5.7
R+7.1
216,388
D
49.8%Obama107,760
49.2%Romney106,353
1.0%
D+0.7
D+1.0
R+3.2
216,222
R
49.5%Obama109,063
49.8%McCain109,745
0.7%
R+0.3
D+9.1
R+7.6
220,283
R
45.0%Kerry85,640
54.4%Bush103,605
0.6%
R+9.4
R+8.1
R+7.0
190,431
R
48.6%Gore77,883
49.9%Bush79,975
1.6%
R+1.3
R+7.8
R+1.8
160,401
D
50.2%Clinton71,442
43.7%Dole62,182
6.0%
D+6.5
D+0.8
R+2.0
142,185
D
47.5%Clinton75,150
41.8%Bush66,082
10.7%
D+5.7
D+19.1
D+0.2
158,239
R
42.9%Dukakis55,471
56.3%Bush72,827
0.9%
R+13.4
R+3.4
R+5.7
129,428
R
44.7%Mondale61,048
54.7%Reagan74,717
0.6%
R+10.0
R+26.6
D+8.2
136,528
D
56.4%Carter69,176
39.8%Reagan48,869
3.7%
D+16.6
R+6.5
D+26.3
122,641
D
61.0%Carter69,980
37.9%Ford43,522
1.0%
D+23.1
D+75.1
D+21.0
114,691
R
23.5%McGovern23,028
75.5%Nixon74,024
1.0%
R+52.0
R+54.8
R+28.8
98,074
O
22.8%Humphrey22,722
19.9%Nixon19,902
57.3%
Wallace +34.5
D+46.2
D+3.5
99,820
R
24.0%Johnson18,742
67.4%Goldwater52,531
8.6%
R+43.3
R+66.7
R+65.9
77,959
D
61.5%Kennedy32,109
38.2%Nixon19,929
0.3%
D+23.3
R+8.1
D+23.2
52,214
D
65.1%Stevenson30,883
33.7%Eisenhower15,966
1.2%
D+31.4
R+7.2
D+46.9
47,432
D
69.3%Stevenson35,085
30.6%Eisenhower15,510
0.1%
D+38.6
D+13.4
D+49.4
50,650
O
41.1%Truman10,375
15.9%Dewey4,006
43.1%
Thurmond +2.0
R+54.5
D+20.7
25,266
D
89.7%Roosevelt23,355
10.0%Dewey2,598
0.3%
D+79.8
R+6.5
D+72.3
26,026
D
93.0%Roosevelt24,263
6.7%Willkie1,754
0.2%
D+86.3
R+3.2
D+76.4
26,082
D
94.6%Roosevelt23,033
5.1%Landon1,249
0.3%
D+89.5
R+0.2
D+65.2
24,346
D
94.6%Roosevelt19,314
4.9%Hoover1,004
0.5%
D+89.7
D+59.7
D+71.9
20,421
D
64.9%Smith12,332
35.0%Hoover6,644
0.1%
D+29.9
R+50.1
D+47.4
18,999
D
87.4%Davis11,462
7.4%Coolidge969
5.2%
D+80.0
D+6.0
D+105.2
13,109
D
86.2%Cox11,064
12.2%Harding1,569
1.5%
D+74.0
R+13.0
D+100.2
12,828
D
91.8%Wilson11,419
4.8%Hughes592
3.4%
D+87.1
R+0.9
D+83.9
12,437
D
90.2%Wilson11,438
2.3%Taft292
7.5%
D+87.9
D+36.8
D+68.4
12,677
D
72.1%Bryan9,336
20.9%Taft2,709
7.0%
D+51.2
R+22.4
D+60.7
12,955
D
83.2%Parker10,427
9.6%Roosevelt1,206
7.1%
D+73.6
D+21.0
D+93.3
12,528
D
74.8%Bryan14,087
22.3%McKinley4,190
2.9%
D+52.6
D+29.7
D+60.1
18,831
D
59.1%Bryan14,474
36.2%McKinley8,875
4.7%
D+22.9
R+26.2
D+28.9
24,494
D
62.7%Cleveland20,416
13.6%Harrison4,441
23.7%
D+49.1
—
D+47.4
32,562
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
203,309
2018
390,143
2020
423,233
2022
429,774
2024
458,164
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+437 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −9,253 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL) in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL): net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4,734
2012
+4,853
2013
+2,961
2014
−4,400
2015
−5,515
2016
−6,583
2017
−4,832
2018
+1,246
2019
+436
2021
−1,477
2022
−1,242
2023
+102
2024
+27
2025
+437
The Columbus–Opelika media market straddles the Georgia-Alabama line, blending a mid-size military and manufacturing hub anchored by Fort Moore with the smaller Auburn-Opelika college corridor, producing a diverse but reliably conservative electorate across both states.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 52.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.2 points.
A population of 612,849, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,482 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montgomery-Selma and Macon.
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How did Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia voted Republican by 7.2 points (R+7.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 252,896 votes cast, 116,178 went Democratic and 134,295 went Republican.
When did Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia?
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia has a population of 612,849 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia?
Median household income in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia is $59,482 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL), Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
