† 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
55 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
GroupAtlantaUnited States
English10.4%9.5%
American7.0%5.3%
Irish6.9%9.4%
German6.5%12.5%
Italian2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.3%
French1.1%1.6%
Polish1.0%2.2%
African American†25.7%9.9%
Jamaican1.0%0.4%
African0.9%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%0.2%
Haitian0.5%0.3%
Ethiopian0.3%—
Mexican6.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.8%
Guatemalan0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran0.6%0.7%
Colombian0.5%0.4%
Honduran0.4%0.3%
Venezuelan0.4%—
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Asian Indian2.2%1.4%
Chinese0.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.8%0.6%
Korean0.7%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
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
Atlanta
United States
Median age
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Atlanta
United States
Median household income
$87,711
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Atlanta
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.9%
22.3%
Spanish
10.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
1.1%
Other languages
1.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Atlanta
United States
Catholic
10.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
24.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.2%
5.2%
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.
Atlanta, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+34.9%
1896
+19.2%
1900
+30.6%
1904
+37.9%
1908
+15.2%
1912
+64.6%
1916
+62.8%
1920
+23.8%
1924
+41.2%
1928
−0.0%
1932
+76.2%
1936
+65.3%
1940
+63.8%
1944
+60.4%
1948
+41.3%
1952
+38.2%
1956
+30.7%
1960
+21.7%
1964
+3.0%
1968
−6.6%
1972
−47.3%
1976
+30.4%
1980
+11.2%
1984
−24.3%
1988
−21.7%
1992
−0.6%
1996
−2.4%
2000
−11.2%
2004
−15.3%
2008
−2.4%
2012
−5.9%
2016
+0.2%
2020
+6.8%
2024
+4.7%
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
D
51.9%Harris1,907,973
47.2%Trump1,736,659
0.9%
D+4.7
R+2.1
D+6.1
3,676,241
D
52.7%Biden1,839,971
46.0%Trump1,604,113
1.3%
D+6.8
D+6.6
D+2.3
3,489,128
D
47.7%Clinton1,366,381
47.5%Trump1,360,706
4.8%
D+0.2
D+6.1
R+1.9
2,865,533
R
46.2%Obama1,221,418
52.2%Romney1,378,429
1.6%
R+5.9
R+3.5
R+9.8
2,640,951
R
48.3%Obama1,280,929
50.8%McCain1,345,743
0.9%
R+2.4
D+12.8
R+9.7
2,650,070
R
42.0%Kerry924,187
57.2%Bush1,260,277
0.8%
R+15.3
R+4.1
R+12.8
2,202,527
R
42.9%Gore727,628
54.1%Bush916,990
3.0%
R+11.2
R+8.8
R+11.7
1,695,365
R
45.2%Clinton663,306
47.6%Dole698,783
7.1%
R+2.4
R+1.8
R+10.9
1,466,801
R
42.9%Clinton623,392
43.5%Bush632,739
13.6%
R+0.6
D+21.1
R+6.2
1,453,527
R
38.8%Dukakis428,728
60.5%Bush669,147
0.7%
R+21.7
D+2.6
R+14.0
1,105,493
R
37.8%Mondale392,925
62.2%Reagan645,894
0.0%
R+24.3
R+35.5
R+6.1
1,039,101
D
53.5%Carter488,293
42.4%Reagan386,530
4.1%
D+11.2
R+19.3
D+20.9
912,595
D
65.2%Carter536,054
34.8%Ford285,872
0.0%
D+30.4
D+77.7
D+28.4
822,215
R
26.3%McGovern171,166
73.6%Nixon478,624
0.0%
R+47.3
R+40.7
R+24.2
649,966
O
28.5%Humphrey186,143
35.2%Nixon229,361
36.3%
Wallace +1.1
R+9.6
R+5.9
652,272
D
51.3%Johnson294,543
48.3%Goldwater277,377
0.5%
D+3.0
R+18.7
R+19.6
574,568
D
60.8%Kennedy231,622
39.2%Nixon149,111
0.0%
D+21.7
R+9.0
D+21.5
380,770
D
65.3%Stevenson223,717
34.6%Eisenhower118,588
0.0%
D+30.7
R+7.5
D+46.1
342,338
D
69.1%Stevenson222,858
30.9%Eisenhower99,599
0.0%
D+38.2
R+3.1
D+49.0
322,469
D
64.2%Truman128,405
22.9%Dewey45,814
12.8%
D+41.3
R+19.1
D+36.8
199,863
D
80.2%Roosevelt137,097
19.8%Dewey33,813
0.0%
D+60.4
R+3.3
D+52.9
170,965
D
81.7%Roosevelt130,505
18.0%Willkie28,689
0.3%
D+63.8
R+1.5
D+53.8
159,690
D
82.5%Roosevelt120,215
17.2%Landon25,101
0.2%
D+65.3
R+10.9
D+41.0
145,643
D
87.8%Roosevelt109,167
11.6%Hoover14,373
0.7%
D+76.2
D+76.2
D+58.4
124,368
R
50.0%Smith55,685
50.0%Hoover55,712
0.0%
R+0.02
R+41.2
D+17.4
111,399
D
66.9%Davis52,838
25.7%Coolidge20,313
7.4%
D+41.2
D+17.4
D+66.3
79,016
D
61.9%Cox48,065
38.1%Harding29,608
0.0%
D+23.8
R+39.0
D+49.9
77,684
D
73.5%Wilson57,417
10.7%Hughes8,386
15.8%
D+62.8
R+1.8
D+59.6
78,126
D
69.6%Wilson41,329
5.0%Taft2,958
25.4%
D+64.6
D+49.5
D+45.1
59,390
D
51.8%Bryan29,790
36.7%Taft21,077
11.5%
D+15.2
R+22.7
D+24.7
57,480
D
59.7%Parker39,712
21.8%Roosevelt14,508
18.5%
D+37.9
D+7.3
D+57.6
66,499
D
62.8%Bryan38,049
32.2%McKinley19,520
4.9%
D+30.6
D+11.3
D+38.1
60,562
D
57.7%Bryan44,889
38.4%McKinley29,907
3.9%
D+19.2
R+15.6
D+25.3
77,832
D
57.0%Cleveland53,679
22.2%Harrison20,849
20.8%
D+34.9
—
D+33.2
94,105
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2012R+8.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+4.7
Atlanta registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 13-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Atlanta
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
8,295
2,856
3,329
2,107
3
2012 (partial)
9,093
2,711
3,513
2,848
21
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+14,236 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +446,786 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Atlanta in Atlanta: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+11,450
2012
+21,955
2013
+14,071
2014
+34,415
2015
+46,481
2016
+47,990
2017
+44,558
2018
+37,541
2019
+42,127
2021
+30,879
2022
+56,433
2023
+34,002
2024
+10,648
2025
+14,236
The Atlanta media market spans rapidly diversifying suburbs that have shifted competitive in recent cycles, making it a focal point for statewide campaigns in Georgia. Gwinnett, Cobb, and DeKalb anchor a region where population growth consistently outpaces voter-registration updates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 47.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.7 points.
A population of 7,422,654, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,711 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond-Petersburg and Charlotte.
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In 2024, Atlanta, Georgia voted Democratic by 4.7 points (D+4.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,676,241 votes cast, 1,907,973 went Democratic and 1,736,659 went Republican.
When did Atlanta, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Atlanta, Georgia voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Atlanta, Georgia?
Atlanta, Georgia has a population of 7,422,654 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Atlanta, Georgia?
Median household income in Atlanta, Georgia is $87,711 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Atlanta, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Atlanta, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
