† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRomeGeorgiaUnited States
English16.4%10.3%9.5%
Irish9.4%6.9%9.4%
American8.2%7.6%5.3%
German4.6%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.5%1.7%1.3%
Italian1.3%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.3%——
French0.6%1.0%1.6%
African American†21.9%27.4%9.9%
African0.7%0.8%0.5%
Mexican11.7%5.5%11.3%
Guatemalan6.0%0.7%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.5%0.5%0.7%
Asian Indian0.6%1.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.6%0.6%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.5%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rome
Georgia
United States
Median age
37.1
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rome
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$54,435
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.6%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.4%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rome
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.2%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
16.0%
8.7%
13.6%
Other languages
1.2%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rome
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rome, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−2.8%
2008
−3.0%
2012
−10.9%
2016
−9.2%
2020
−3.3%
2024
−16.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
41.7%Harris6,059
57.8%Trump8,401
0.6%
R+16.1
R+12.8
R+14.6
14,547
R
47.6%Biden6,410
50.9%Trump6,854
1.5%
R+3.3
D+5.9
R+7.7
13,469
R
43.6%Clinton4,848
52.9%Trump5,874
3.5%
R+9.2
D+1.7
R+11.3
11,112
R
43.7%Obama5,226
54.6%Romney6,532
1.7%
R+10.9
R+7.9
R+14.8
11,959
R
47.6%Obama4,780
50.6%McCain5,085
1.8%
R+3.0
R+0.2
R+10.3
10,041
R
48.1%Kerry4,467
50.9%Bush4,728
1.0%
R+2.8
—
R+0.4
9,285
Rome sits at the confluence of three rivers in Floyd County, a historically Democratic stronghold that has shifted Republican in recent cycles by double-digit margins, reflecting broader realignment across rural and small-city Georgia.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 16.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.1 points.
A population of 38,189, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,435 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Henderson and Shelbyville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Rome, Georgia voted Republican by 16.1 points (R+16.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,547 votes cast, 6,059 went Democratic and 8,401 went Republican.
How many people live in Rome, Georgia?
Rome, Georgia has a population of 38,189 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rome, Georgia?
Median household income in Rome, Georgia is $54,435 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Rome, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rome, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
