Oconee County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 27,370 votes cast

Trump · R+36

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−35.8%	8,620	18,424	27,370
2020	R	−33.5%	8,162	16,595	25,168
2016	R	−38.5%	5,581	13,425	20,353
2012	R	−48.6%	4,421	13,098	17,859
2008	R	−42.6%	4,825	12,120	17,132
2004	R	−45.7%	3,789	10,276	14,199
2000	R	−39.6%	3,184	7,611	11,168
1996	R	−24.1%	2,992	5,116	8,813
1992	R	−17.1%	2,745	4,125	8,076
1988	R	−36.2%	1,990	4,265	6,282
1984	R	−40.6%	1,467	3,471	4,938
1980	D	+1.7%	2,141	2,065	4,367
1976	D	+30.6%	2,228	1,184	3,412
1972	R	−62.8%	464	2,029	2,493
1968	R	−11.8%	414	713	2,532
1964	R	−7.3%	1,073	1,241	2,314
1960	D	+60.8%	1,218	297	1,515
1956	D	+57.3%	1,156	314	1,470
1952	D	+55.6%	1,182	337	1,519
1948	D	+51.9%	579	94	935
1944	D	+49.0%	570	195	765
1940	D	+56.1%	635	177	817
1936	D	+47.0%	483	173	659
1932	D	+87.0%	664	39	718
1928	D	+6.8%	344	300	644
1924	D	+60.2%	279	46	387
1920	D	+51.9%	341	108	449
1916	D	+75.0%	497	0	663
1912	D	+53.2%	208	1	389
1908	D	+19.9%	136	51	427
1904	D	+18.0%	198	99	549
1900	D	+20.4%	251	148	505
1896	R	−4.1%	330	358	689
1892	D	+11.3%	282	178	920
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

2.9%

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: 41.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

0.8%

2.2%

75–84

3.0%

4.8%

65–74

5.0%

6.1%

55–64

6.3%

7.4%

45–54

7.1%

6.4%

35–44

7.8%

3.7%

25–34

3.9%

4.5%

18–24

4.1%

11.0%

5–17

10.2%

2.6%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$121,217

Oconee County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Oconee County$121,217

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.2%

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

16.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.5%

Other Christian

4.4%

Mainline Protestant

3.6%

Methodist

1.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Oconee County sits just east of Athens-Clarke County yet votes in near-mirror-image fashion, posting Republican presidential margins above 35 points while its population has roughly doubled since 2000 on the strength of exurban growth.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Oconee County peaked at eighty-seven 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 forty-one points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Oconee County's median household income of $121,217 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee County and Hall County.

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