Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted D+14%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- BellwetherAkashic 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
Constituent county margins for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, GAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
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
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.
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.
Median household income
2024 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Democratic margin in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has rarely exceeded eighty-four points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-five points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Democratic candidate by fourteen points.
Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a 11% poverty rate, and a median household income of $91,036 — all within the broad national range.
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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 archetype?
Akashic classifies Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Georgia as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. 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 archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.