Rockdale County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 45,471 votes cast

Harris · D+47

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+47.2%	33,165	11,711	45,471
2020	D	+40.8%	31,244	13,012	44,686
2016	D	+25.7%	23,255	13,478	38,087
2012	D	+16.5%	22,023	15,716	38,156
2008	D	+9.6%	20,526	16,921	37,706
2004	R	−21.5%	12,136	18,856	31,206
2000	R	−29.0%	8,295	15,440	24,649
1996	R	−23.6%	7,656	13,006	22,696
1992	R	−21.8%	7,003	11,945	22,690
1988	R	−48.0%	4,330	12,413	16,826
1984	R	−50.9%	3,291	10,121	13,412
1980	R	−9.0%	4,395	5,300	10,067
1976	D	+21.9%	4,640	2,974	7,614
1972	R	−63.6%	791	3,560	4,351
1968	D	+0.4%	1,213	1,195	4,623
1964	D	+13.5%	1,972	1,503	3,475
1960	D	+56.1%	1,765	496	2,261
1956	D	+57.2%	1,779	484	2,263
1952	D	+67.7%	1,665	321	1,986
1948	D	+73.1%	1,209	126	1,481
1944	D	+81.6%	946	96	1,042
1940	D	+87.3%	1,291	86	1,380
1936	D	+83.9%	837	73	911
1932	D	+91.7%	461	18	483
1928	D	+50.3%	472	156	628
1924	D	+82.5%	382	24	434
1920	D	+41.7%	488	201	689
1916	D	+67.4%	490	73	619
1912	D	+83.6%	434	11	506
1908	D	+29.4%	352	172	612
1904	D	+43.4%	434	133	693
1900	D	+33.1%	393	184	631
1896	R	−1.0%	473	483	966
1892	D	+12.6%	532	390	1,123
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

1.4%

African American

46.6%

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: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.8%

75–84

2.5%

4.5%

65–74

5.5%

6.7%

55–64

7.3%

6.0%

45–54

7.4%

5.1%

35–44

6.7%

6.0%

25–34

6.4%

4.5%

18–24

4.5%

9.0%

5–17

9.1%

2.9%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,247

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

Rockdale County$77,247

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.8%

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

18.0%

Baptist

13.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.9%

Methodist

3.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Non-Christian

1.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rockdale County, a small exurban county southeast of Atlanta with around 70,000 residents, returned a 47.5-point Democratic margin in 2024, reflecting the rapid demographic shift toward majority-minority composition that has reshaped the Atlanta metro's outer ring.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Rockdale County peaked at ninety-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2008 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Rockdale County's median household income of $77,247 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrisonburg city and Hamilton County.

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For thirty-two years, Rockdale County voted Republican. Then it stopped.