akashic
1876–2024
State Senate District 1·Georgia

Georgia 1st State Senate District delivered D+8 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

One of Georgia's most Republican-leaning legislative districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
GA
Latest
D+8
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
302,902
2024 ACS

Georgia 1st State Senate District, Georgia: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+8%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+8MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
302,9022024 5-year
Median household income
$73,8772024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
48.7%2024 5-year
Black
35.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+78 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 2 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+8.0%
72,74261,859136,088
D
+10.5%
68,53955,333125,760
D
+7.1%
52,33745,096101,906
D
+7.3%
51,65844,50197,395
D
+9.3%
53,16644,08397,827
R
−5.3%
37,60741,80079,854
R
−3.0%
30,91432,84464,626
D
+4.0%
28,88326,52658,758
D
+0.0%
25,50925,49058,676
R
−16.8%
19,92728,07348,429
R
−14.9%
21,79629,44451,240
D
+8.2%
22,74819,21243,257
D
+20.3%
25,33516,77742,112
R
−42.2%
11,16827,44638,614
O
+3.1%
13,46012,24239,223
R
−14.7%
17,49323,51741,011
D
+2.0%
13,02012,52025,540
R
−15.6%
7,54710,33517,882
D
+3.9%
11,36210,51521,877
D
+26.7%
8,7283,96917,844
D
+63.1%
6,5991,4938,092
D
+68.8%
7,5351,3868,936
D
+78.2%
7,2378768,134
D
+67.6%
5,6341,0746,746
D
+2.9%
3,8643,6457,510
D
+52.3%
4,3631,1686,110
D
+58.6%
3,1198153,934
D
+71.7%
2,9032723,671
D
+76.3%
2,5252003,046
D
+30.7%
2,2761,1643,628
D
+52.3%
2,1475962,965
D
+42.0%
2,5801,0393,671
D
+4.3%
2,0561,8734,293
D
+37.9%
3,9871,7295,958
—
No data
———
—
No data
———
—
No data
———
—
No data
———

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.9%
Irish
8.9%
German
8.7%
American
5.5%
Italian
3.8%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.3%
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: 35.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.8%
1.8%
75–84
2.4%
3.9%
65–74
4.7%
5.1%
55–64
5.8%
5.1%
45–54
5.6%
6.6%
35–44
6.9%
8.1%
25–34
7.9%
5.7%
18–24
5.2%
8.6%
5–17
8.3%
3.5%
<5
3.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,877
State Senate District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 1$73,877
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.1%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)12.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.4%
speak English only
Spanish6.4%
Other Indo-European2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
11.8%
Other Christian
11.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.2%
Methodist
4.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchoring Georgia's northwestern corner, this district delivered a 62-point presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided state senate constituencies in a state that has otherwise trended competitive at the statewide level.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-eight points in 1936; the Republican margin reached forty-two points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 302,902, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,877 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

Compare two places, side by side

Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
State Senate District 1, Georgia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/13001/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0

Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 1, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 1, Georgia voted Democratic by 8.0 points (D+8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 136,088 votes cast, 72,742 went Democratic and 61,859 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 1, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 1, Georgia as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 26 times, Republican 7 times, and other 1 times.
When did State Senate District 1, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 1, Georgia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in State Senate District 1, Georgia?
State Senate District 1, Georgia has a population of 302,902 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 1, Georgia?
Median household income in State Senate District 1, Georgia is $73,877 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of State Senate District 1, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 1, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.