Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+14%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,256,3772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $91,0362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 44.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
HarrisD+14
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 56.1% | 1,742,015 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 42.5% | 1,318,921 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.4% | 44,175 |
D+60R+60
29 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +33.4% |
| 1896 | +15.5% |
| 1900 | +35.2% |
| 1904 | +41.2% |
| 1908 | +17.5% |
| 1912 | +66.9% |
| 1916 | +66.4% |
| 1920 | +25.4% |
| 1924 | +44.4% |
| 1928 | +4.1% |
| 1932 | +83.5% |
| 1936 | +70.0% |
| 1940 | +66.6% |
| 1944 | +63.6% |
| 1948 | +39.8% |
| 1952 | +35.3% |
| 1956 | +30.5% |
| 1960 | +18.0% |
| 1964 | +0.5% |
| 1968 | −6.5% |
| 1972 | −45.0% |
| 1976 | +28.2% |
| 1980 | +9.4% |
| 1984 | −23.9% |
| 1988 | −20.4% |
| 1992 | −0.1% |
| 1996 | −1.2% |
| 2000 | −8.2% |
| 2004 | −11.2% |
| 2008 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | +7.8% |
| 2020 | +15.2% |
| 2024 | +13.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1,742,015 | 1,318,921 | 3,105,111 | ||
| D | 1,686,086 | 1,234,949 | 2,959,653 | ||
| D | 1,250,347 | 1,061,552 | 2,433,273 | ||
| D | 1,108,422 | 1,103,593 | 2,246,358 | ||
| D | 1,153,423 | 1,078,004 | 2,250,397 | ||
| R | 817,726 | 1,026,333 | 1,859,218 | ||
| R | 631,809 | 748,489 | 1,424,011 | ||
| R | 565,065 | 580,315 | 1,226,789 | ||
| R | 521,836 | 523,199 | 1,206,464 | ||
| R | 358,061 | 543,632 | 908,167 | ||
| R | 321,914 | 524,372 | 846,286 | ||
| D | 380,751 | 312,646 | 725,590 | ||
| D | 417,137 | 233,478 | 650,615 | ||
| R | 141,788 | 374,213 | 516,001 | ||
| R | 150,412 | 182,721 | 497,834 | ||
| D | 217,808 | 215,506 | 433,354 | ||
| D | 162,546 | 113,038 | 275,584 | ||
| D | 157,350 | 83,760 | 241,110 | ||
| D | 151,050 | 72,215 | 223,265 | ||
| D | 85,880 | 31,858 | 135,854 | ||
| D | 93,597 | 20,802 | 114,409 | ||
| D | 85,867 | 17,063 | 103,241 | ||
| D | 75,044 | 13,141 | 88,399 | ||
| D | 67,809 | 5,829 | 74,227 | ||
| D | 34,141 | 31,480 | 65,621 | ||
| D | 29,493 | 10,050 | 43,808 | ||
| D | 28,415 | 16,886 | 45,301 | ||
| D | 34,586 | 4,269 | 45,629 | ||
| D | 25,284 | 1,528 | 35,517 | ||
| D | 18,254 | 12,208 | 34,469 | ||
| D | 23,331 | 7,691 | 37,963 | ||
| D | 22,977 | 10,608 | 35,180 | ||
| D | 25,551 | 18,437 | 45,845 | ||
| D | 32,042 | 13,350 | 55,993 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.5%
Irish
6.5%
American
6.5%
German
6.3%
Italian
2.5%
Scottish
1.7%
Polish
0.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$91,036
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$91,036
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)9.7%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.1%
speak English only
Spanish10.0%
Other Indo-European4.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.9%
Other languages2.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Atlanta's collar counties have swung sharply toward Democrats over the past decade, driven by college-educated suburban migration and a growing Black professional class, narrowing what was once reliably Republican territory to a D+6.7 margin in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of eighty-four points in 1932 and a Republican high of forty-five points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fourteen points.
A population of 6,256,377, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,036 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+14), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,105,111 votes cast, 1,742,015 went Democratic and 1,318,921 went Republican.
What is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia in the "Diversifying Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 26 times, Republican 8 times, and other 0 times.
When did Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia?
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia has a population of 6,256,377 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia is $91,036 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.