Banks County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 10,555 votes cast

Trump · R+78

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−77.9%	1,136	9,358	10,555
2020	R	−78.0%	932	7,795	8,801
2016	R	−78.1%	684	6,134	6,975
2012	R	−73.7%	780	5,354	6,204
2008	R	−65.6%	1,027	5,120	6,241
2004	R	−58.3%	1,149	4,410	5,592
2000	R	−43.7%	1,220	3,202	4,533
1996	R	−9.5%	1,536	1,925	4,076
1992	R	−0.6%	1,530	1,551	3,671
1988	R	−23.5%	984	1,590	2,582
1984	R	−18.6%	1,063	1,549	2,612
1980	D	+46.9%	2,091	746	2,868
1976	D	+75.7%	2,387	330	2,717
1972	R	−57.9%	356	1,336	1,692
1968	R	−4.8%	296	398	2,128
1964	D	+39.3%	1,258	548	1,806
1960	D	+68.2%	1,170	221	1,391
1956	D	+68.2%	989	187	1,176
1952	D	+72.0%	1,255	204	1,459
1948	D	+82.8%	533	38	598
1944	D	+59.0%	490	125	619
1940	D	+60.1%	668	164	838
1936	D	+56.0%	641	181	822
1932	D	+90.0%	1,283	58	1,361
1928	D	+7.5%	422	363	785
1924	D	+52.2%	291	86	393
1920	D	+16.7%	479	342	821
1916	D	+70.0%	989	126	1,233
1912	D	+50.8%	274	17	506
1908	R	−1.7%	211	221	580
1904	D	+25.7%	474	199	1,070
1900	D	+16.7%	402	269	796
1896	D	+18.3%	579	389	1,039
1892	D	+30.9%	622	209	1,335
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

2.2%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.8%

2.6%

75–84

2.9%

5.1%

65–74

5.5%

7.7%

55–64

7.0%

45–54

6.6%

5.9%

35–44

6.8%

6.2%

25–34

6.3%

4.3%

18–24

3.5%

7.6%

5–17

8.4%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,063

Banks County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Banks County$77,063

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

44.8%

Other Christian

29.9%

Methodist

2.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Banks County, a rural Piedmont county northeast of Atlanta, recorded an R+78.2 margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in a state where statewide races have been decided by under two points.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Banks County peaked at ninety points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of nineteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Banks County's median household income of $77,063 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grayson County and Pike County.

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Banks County changed its political identity.