Lumpkin County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 17,874 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.4%	3,356	14,339	17,874
2020	R	−58.2%	3,126	12,163	15,531
2016	R	−59.1%	2,220	9,619	12,517
2012	R	−60.2%	2,055	8,647	10,948
2008	R	−51.8%	2,586	8,326	11,075
2004	R	−51.8%	2,091	6,690	8,878
2000	R	−34.2%	2,121	4,427	6,750
1996	R	−12.1%	1,949	2,576	5,166
1992	D	+0.8%	2,010	1,972	5,036
1988	R	−35.0%	1,286	2,688	4,000
1984	R	−28.4%	1,110	1,991	3,101
1980	D	+30.0%	1,951	1,024	3,085
1976	D	+61.6%	2,301	547	2,848
1972	R	−58.6%	385	1,477	1,862
1968	R	−13.7%	396	687	2,131
1964	D	+16.3%	1,189	855	2,045
1960	D	+27.7%	875	495	1,370
1956	D	+17.6%	693	486	1,179
1952	D	+45.9%	997	370	1,367
1948	D	+54.8%	547	142	739
1944	D	+61.7%	896	212	1,108
1940	D	+68.8%	899	165	1,067
1936	D	+58.8%	617	160	777
1932	D	+83.9%	924	81	1,005
1928	D	+19.0%	560	381	941
1924	D	+51.5%	357	111	478
1920	R	−13.9%	155	205	360
1916	D	+58.7%	455	55	681
1912	D	+58.5%	279	29	427
1908	D	+9.0%	261	218	479
1904	D	+32.7%	525	253	831
1900	D	+14.1%	410	308	721
1896	R	−2.2%	436	456	901
1892	D	+11.4%	361	269	810
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

1.7%

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: 36.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.0%

2.6%

75–84

3.4%

5.4%

65–74

5.7%

6.2%

55–64

6.5%

4.9%

45–54

5.3%

4.9%

35–44

5.3%

5.4%

25–34

5.3%

10.8%

18–24

9.9%

6.8%

5–17

5.8%

2.3%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,448

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

Lumpkin County$77,448

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.1%

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

7.4%

Methodist

6.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.5%

Baptist

3.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lumpkin County, home to Dahlonega and the southern Appalachian foothills, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red alignment typical of rural North Georgia mountain communities.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lumpkin County peaked at eighty-four 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 twelve points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lumpkin County's median household income of $77,448 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Floyd County and Pickens County.

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