Butts County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 13,019 votes cast

Trump · R+45

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−45.2%	3,544	9,424	13,019
2020	R	−43.6%	3,274	8,406	11,771
2016	R	−43.6%	2,566	6,717	9,514
2012	R	−35.5%	2,968	6,306	9,400
2008	R	−31.7%	3,065	5,947	9,091
2004	R	−32.9%	2,572	5,119	7,742
2000	R	−16.3%	2,281	3,198	5,635
1996	D	+5.1%	2,271	2,027	4,757
1992	D	+14.0%	2,448	1,768	4,851
1988	R	−11.6%	1,730	2,184	3,924
1984	R	−8.1%	1,820	2,141	3,961
1980	D	+35.5%	2,574	1,210	3,845
1976	D	+55.9%	2,898	819	3,717
1972	R	−46.0%	727	1,968	2,695
1968	D	+12.4%	959	584	3,033
1964	D	+9.8%	1,534	1,261	2,795
1960	D	+62.8%	1,673	382	2,055
1956	D	+70.7%	1,885	323	2,208
1952	D	+82.0%	1,910	189	2,099
1948	D	+79.3%	987	61	1,168
1944	D	+88.0%	1,330	85	1,415
1940	D	+84.0%	1,012	87	1,101
1936	D	+92.8%	820	28	853
1932	D	+96.9%	1,693	21	1,725
1928	D	+70.2%	846	148	994
1924	D	+76.2%	493	50	581
1920	D	+56.1%	502	141	643
1916	D	+80.6%	595	52	674
1912	D	+80.9%	490	29	570
1908	D	+27.8%	348	167	651
1904	D	+61.7%	531	80	731
1900	D	+65.9%	563	104	697
1896	D	+27.5%	586	317	978
1892	D	+29.5%	818	393	1,439
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%

Polish

0.5%

African American

19.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 37.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.9%

1.8%

75–84

3.1%

4.5%

65–74

5.1%

6.7%

55–64

6.5%

7.7%

45–54

5.5%

7.8%

35–44

5.5%

7.8%

25–34

6.4%

6.3%

18–24

3.4%

7.4%

5–17

8.0%

3.2%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$69,241

Butts County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Butts County$69,241

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.4%

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

19.2%

Methodist

8.0%

Other Christian

7.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Butts County, south of metro Atlanta, has trended heavily Republican over the past decade as its modest population of roughly 20,000 remains rooted in rural and small-town Georgia rather than the suburban growth reshaping nearby counties.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Butts County peaked at ninety-seven points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of sixteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Butts County's median household income of $69,241 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Irwin County and Dodge County.

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