Georgia 44th State Senate District, Georgia: Realigner district. In 2024, voted D+66%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+66MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 182,5462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,8302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 22.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 56.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District 44, 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 | 66,908 | 13,422 | 81,596 | ||
| D | 68,542 | 12,528 | 81,956 | ||
| D | 55,970 | 10,787 | 69,708 | ||
| D | 54,510 | 13,165 | 68,473 | ||
| D | 57,347 | 13,823 | 71,593 | ||
| D | 43,436 | 16,424 | 60,331 | ||
| D | 32,798 | 13,427 | 47,573 | ||
| D | 28,264 | 13,791 | 44,296 | ||
| D | 25,164 | 16,067 | 46,162 | ||
| R | 17,785 | 20,112 | 38,190 | ||
| R | 14,762 | 23,107 | 37,869 | ||
| D | 16,785 | 15,850 | 34,470 | ||
| D | 18,225 | 13,358 | 31,582 | ||
| R | 5,670 | 21,543 | 27,214 | ||
| R | 5,163 | 10,074 | 21,413 | ||
| R | 7,136 | 10,032 | 17,170 | ||
| D | 5,048 | 4,450 | 9,497 | ||
| D | 5,905 | 2,841 | 8,746 | ||
| D | 4,160 | 2,748 | 6,907 | ||
| D | 2,176 | 992 | 3,792 | ||
| D | 2,302 | 459 | 2,762 | ||
| D | 1,699 | 366 | 2,072 | ||
| D | 1,456 | 217 | 1,680 | ||
| D | 1,126 | 109 | 1,250 | ||
| R | 490 | 505 | 996 | ||
| D | 420 | 104 | 599 | ||
| D | 391 | 136 | 527 | ||
| D | 375 | 3 | 424 | ||
| D | 223 | 8 | 271 | ||
| D | 168 | 102 | 335 | ||
| D | 188 | 46 | 325 | ||
| D | 190 | 70 | 279 | ||
| D | 234 | 165 | 420 | ||
| D | 323 | 147 | 627 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
5.0%
American
4.5%
German
3.9%
Irish
3.5%
Italian
1.2%
Scottish
1.0%
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: 35.5 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
$73,830
State Senate District 44 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 44$73,830
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.4%
Working age (18–64)12.7%
Seniors (65+)12.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
79.0%
speak English only
Spanish10.0%
Other languages3.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%
Other Indo-European3.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Georgia 44th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Georgia 44th State Senate District peaked at eighty-eight points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1992 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $73,830 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District 44, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 44, Georgia voted Democratic by 65.5 points (D+66), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 81,596 votes cast, 66,908 went Democratic and 13,422 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 44, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 44, Georgia as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 28 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 44, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 44, Georgia voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in State Senate District 44, Georgia?
State Senate District 44, Georgia has a population of 182,546 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 44, Georgia?
Median household income in State Senate District 44, Georgia is $73,830 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of State Senate District 44, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 44, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.