Dawson County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 19,623 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−65.1%	3,350	16,115	19,623
2020	R	−67.9%	2,486	13,398	16,081
2016	R	−71.5%	1,448	9,900	11,820
2012	R	−74.1%	1,241	8,847	10,264
2008	R	−66.3%	1,632	8,242	9,974
2004	R	−64.5%	1,407	6,649	8,121
2000	R	−46.7%	1,458	4,210	5,898
1996	R	−21.1%	1,434	2,343	4,306
1992	R	−7.6%	1,399	1,696	3,892
1988	R	−42.7%	761	1,908	2,686
1984	R	−34.6%	643	1,322	1,965
1980	D	+18.7%	1,072	729	1,837
1976	D	+57.8%	1,384	370	1,754
1972	R	−56.5%	230	828	1,058
1968	R	−16.4%	246	509	1,600
1964	D	+18.7%	932	639	1,571
1960	D	+39.1%	916	401	1,317
1956	D	+8.1%	721	613	1,334
1952	D	+24.2%	770	470	1,240
1948	R	−8.5%	660	786	1,488
1944	D	+15.7%	469	342	811
1940	D	+27.3%	484	276	763
1936	D	+7.9%	377	322	699
1932	D	+68.3%	567	105	676
1928	D	+6.8%	332	290	622
1924	D	+2.7%	279	264	546
1920	R	−16.4%	254	354	608
1916	D	+22.5%	440	273	742
1912	D	+41.1%	170	23	358
1908	R	−26.6%	125	219	354
1904	R	−9.7%	207	260	545
1900	D	+7.1%	224	194	423
1896	D	+5.4%	324	290	627
1892	D	+27.4%	356	157	726
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

1.5%

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: 42.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

3.4%

75–84

3.3%

5.5%

65–74

6.0%

7.1%

55–64

7.2%

6.8%

45–54

6.4%

5.9%

35–44

5.8%

6.3%

25–34

6.6%

4.1%

18–24

3.8%

7.6%

5–17

7.1%

3.3%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$92,991

Dawson County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Dawson County$92,991

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.5%

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

Other Christian

20.6%

Baptist

16.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dawson County, tucked in the Blue Ridge foothills northeast of Atlanta, recorded an R+65.3 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided rural counties in a state whose metro fringe has trended sharply competitive.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Dawson County peaked at sixty-eight 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 thirty-five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Dawson County's median household income of $92,991 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harris County and Habersham County.

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