Pickens County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 20,915 votes cast

Trump · R+66

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−65.8%	3,522	17,281	20,915
2020	R	−65.8%	2,808	14,075	17,116
2016	R	−68.5%	1,979	11,651	14,120
2012	R	−67.5%	1,975	10,547	12,702
2008	R	−57.9%	2,595	10,004	12,786
2004	R	−53.3%	2,444	8,115	10,639
2000	R	−36.6%	2,489	5,488	8,201
1996	R	−5.3%	2,693	3,041	6,566
1992	D	+0.5%	2,359	2,332	5,748
1988	R	−35.6%	1,430	3,021	4,474
1984	R	−35.6%	1,329	2,801	4,130
1980	D	+18.3%	2,358	1,612	4,077
1976	D	+45.1%	2,571	973	3,544
1972	R	−60.3%	520	2,101	2,621
1968	R	−26.3%	677	1,659	3,728
1964	R	−0.6%	1,930	1,955	3,885
1960	R	−13.8%	1,473	1,943	3,416
1956	R	−30.9%	1,236	2,341	3,577
1952	R	−0.6%	1,312	1,328	2,640
1948	R	−0.6%	1,239	1,255	2,722
1944	R	−1.0%	780	795	1,575
1940	D	+11.9%	1,124	884	2,020
1936	D	+7.5%	1,223	1,053	2,276
1932	D	+32.9%	1,472	743	2,215
1928	R	−41.7%	543	1,319	1,862
1924	R	−20.7%	754	1,149	1,907
1920	R	−31.0%	437	830	1,267
1916	D	+6.1%	497	420	1,261
1912	D	+14.4%	324	190	931
1908	R	−58.8%	187	731	925
1904	R	−37.1%	347	810	1,248
1900	R	−33.6%	295	599	904
1896	R	−20.4%	458	693	1,151
1892	R	−3.7%	580	627	1,283
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 46.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.9%

3.4%

75–84

3.7%

7.1%

65–74

7.4%

8.0%

55–64

8.3%

6.2%

45–54

6.3%

5.5%

35–44

5.6%

5.8%

25–34

5.9%

3.5%

18–24

3.2%

7.4%

5–17

6.8%

2.4%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$78,930

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

Pickens County$78,930

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.0%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

12.9%

Other Christian

6.1%

Baptist

5.8%

Methodist

5.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pickens County, anchored by Jasper in the southern Appalachian foothills, recorded an R+65.8 margin in 2024—among the widest gaps in a state whose statewide results have grown consistently closer over the same period.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Pickens County peaked at forty-five points in 1976; 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 five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Pickens County's median household income of $78,930 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 Rabun County and Union County.

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