Franklin County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 12,191 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−72.3%	1,647	10,459	12,191
2020	R	−69.4%	1,593	9,069	10,765
2016	R	−68.0%	1,243	7,054	8,550
2012	R	−59.3%	1,499	6,114	7,777
2008	R	−51.5%	1,914	6,069	8,073
2004	R	−39.6%	2,245	5,218	7,515
2000	R	−28.1%	2,040	3,659	5,762
1996	R	−0.5%	2,338	2,364	5,399
1992	D	+1.9%	2,505	2,391	5,923
1988	R	−17.3%	1,842	2,615	4,465
1984	R	−16.2%	1,838	2,549	4,387
1980	D	+43.2%	3,528	1,387	4,960
1976	D	+71.8%	4,192	687	4,879
1972	R	−64.6%	435	2,022	2,457
1968	D	+1.2%	766	716	4,173
1964	D	+52.3%	2,758	864	3,624
1960	D	+82.5%	3,209	308	3,517
1956	D	+84.3%	2,968	253	3,221
1952	D	+77.2%	2,902	373	3,275
1948	D	+67.6%	1,036	138	1,329
1944	D	+61.5%	1,377	328	1,705
1940	D	+74.5%	1,579	222	1,822
1936	D	+74.0%	1,621	238	1,869
1932	D	+87.8%	1,361	78	1,461
1928	R	−2.0%	770	801	1,571
1924	D	+60.4%	618	109	843
1920	D	+33.1%	889	447	1,336
1916	D	+83.6%	1,540	44	1,790
1912	D	+63.6%	694	26	1,051
1908	D	+13.0%	379	253	970
1904	D	+24.2%	486	207	1,154
1900	D	+34.6%	530	176	1,022
1896	D	+19.5%	599	392	1,061
1892	D	+36.3%	867	156	1,961
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

1.0%

African American

7.0%

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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.6%

2.7%

75–84

3.0%

5.0%

65–74

6.1%

6.8%

55–64

6.8%

6.2%

45–54

6.3%

5.1%

35–44

5.3%

6.8%

25–34

5.6%

4.4%

18–24

5.2%

8.3%

5–17

8.2%

3.0%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$53,046

Franklin County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Franklin County$53,046

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.5%

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

Baptist

39.2%

Methodist

7.7%

Other Christian

7.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.3%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Franklin County, tucked in Georgia's northeastern Piedmont, recorded a 72.6-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state whose statewide races have grown increasingly competitive.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Franklin County peaked at eighty-eight points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of zero points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Franklin County's median household income of $53,046 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Beauregard Parish and Fayette County.

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