Hart County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 14,405 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−54.5%	3,210	11,064	14,405
2020	R	−49.6%	3,157	9,464	12,727
2016	R	−46.3%	2,585	7,286	10,161
2012	R	−38.3%	2,870	6,517	9,529
2008	R	−31.7%	3,365	6,537	10,002
2004	R	−22.4%	3,479	5,500	9,032
2000	R	−13.9%	3,192	4,242	7,536
1996	D	+8.4%	3,486	2,884	7,171
1992	D	+13.2%	3,614	2,607	7,609
1988	R	−10.2%	2,476	3,044	5,547
1984	R	−6.5%	2,496	2,842	5,338
1980	D	+47.7%	4,539	1,577	6,215
1976	D	+68.5%	4,605	860	5,465
1972	R	−49.3%	784	2,308	3,092
1968	D	+8.2%	979	586	4,774
1964	D	+45.8%	3,142	1,166	4,318
1960	D	+87.0%	3,963	275	4,238
1956	D	+82.8%	1,139	107	1,246
1952	D	+88.2%	3,244	204	3,448
1948	D	+84.0%	1,363	78	1,530
1944	D	+72.8%	1,161	183	1,344
1940	D	+85.4%	1,328	97	1,441
1936	D	+74.2%	1,514	222	1,741
1932	D	+98.0%	1,261	12	1,274
1928	D	+20.8%	919	603	1,522
1924	D	+70.9%	857	65	1,117
1920	D	+36.5%	694	323	1,017
1916	D	+72.2%	750	22	1,009
1912	D	+59.4%	484	15	790
1908	D	+26.7%	408	192	809
1904	D	+47.8%	482	93	814
1900	D	+52.1%	639	185	871
1896	D	+34.0%	738	339	1,173
1892	D	+52.3%	839	86	1,441
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

13.6%

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: 44.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.2%

3.8%

75–84

4.2%

6.1%

65–74

6.9%

7.1%

55–64

7.5%

6.3%

45–54

6.3%

5.3%

35–44

6.0%

6.9%

25–34

5.5%

3.1%

18–24

3.0%

7.9%

5–17

7.4%

2.7%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,385

Hart County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hart County$59,385

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.9%

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

42.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.4%

Methodist

8.9%

Other Christian

6.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.6%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hart County, anchored by Hartwell on Lake Hartwell's northern shore, has shifted steadily toward wide Republican margins over the past decade as its small-city and agricultural population tracks broader Piedmont rural trends.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Hart County peaked at ninety-eight 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 fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Hart County's median household income of $59,385 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleburne County and Scott County.

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