Congressional District 9 Congressional District (GA) — Elections 1876–2024

Georgia 9th Congressional District, Georgia: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1972.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+34MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: RealignerAkashic typology
Population: 823,5782024 5-year
Median household income: $77,4912024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 61.5%2024 5-year
Black: 13.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 18.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+56 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+61 in 1972MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

22 counties · 1 D · 21 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−34.3%	131,339	270,888	406,414
2020	R	−31.4%	125,032	241,829	371,443
2016	R	−37.5%	86,191	197,230	296,184
2012	R	−42.1%	74,165	185,253	263,918
2008	R	−37.9%	80,110	179,535	262,314
2004	R	−44.4%	61,857	162,131	225,846
2000	R	−35.1%	54,746	116,625	176,493
1996	R	−18.3%	54,562	82,388	152,116
1992	R	−12.9%	52,573	71,765	148,791
1988	R	−37.6%	32,831	72,761	106,190
1984	R	−36.2%	30,148	64,345	94,493
1980	D	+18.4%	51,924	35,374	89,744
1976	D	+45.6%	58,086	21,707	79,793
1972	R	−61.5%	9,864	41,322	51,186
1968	O	−12.8%	13,350	21,489	63,700
1964	D	+24.7%	36,943	22,300	59,277
1960	D	+34.5%	31,660	15,403	47,064
1956	D	+29.0%	26,297	14,462	40,759
1952	D	+43.3%	30,673	12,147	42,820
1948	D	+34.1%	16,244	7,561	25,452
1944	D	+42.2%	17,529	7,122	24,658
1940	D	+46.9%	17,713	6,375	24,190
1936	D	+43.5%	16,974	6,671	23,690
1932	D	+55.7%	17,464	4,933	22,498
1928	R	−16.4%	9,365	13,052	22,417
1924	D	+25.4%	9,330	5,405	15,478
1920	D	+6.7%	7,433	6,497	13,931
1916	D	+54.1%	11,000	2,037	16,561
1912	D	+55.4%	6,041	696	9,642
1908	D	+0.8%	4,508	4,431	10,091
1904	D	+23.5%	6,564	3,514	12,954
1900	D	+26.6%	5,940	3,280	9,993
1896	D	+18.4%	7,425	5,028	13,004
1892	D	+33.6%	8,535	3,238	15,762
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

12.0%

Irish

8.0%

American

7.7%

German

7.1%

Scottish

2.1%

Italian

2.0%

French

0.8%

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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

2.5%

75–84

2.9%

5.0%

65–74

5.6%

6.4%

55–64

6.7%

6.3%

45–54

6.5%

6.0%

35–44

6.3%

6.1%

25–34

6.1%

4.8%

18–24

4.6%

8.7%

5–17

8.3%

2.9%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,491

Congressional District 9 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 9$77,491

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1817.2%

Working age (18–64)11.0%

Seniors (65+)10.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

76.3%

speak English only

Spanish15.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander3.7%

Other Indo-European2.9%

Other languages1.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

20.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

15.1%

Other Christian

12.2%

Methodist

5.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.9%

Non-Christian

1.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Georgia 9th Congressional 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 9th Congressional District peaked at fifty-six points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-six points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $77,491 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 9, Georgia vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 9, Georgia voted Republican by 34.3 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 406,414 votes cast, 131,339 went Democratic and 270,888 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 9, Georgia's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 9, Georgia as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 9, Georgia last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 9, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.

How many people live in Congressional District 9, Georgia?

Congressional District 9, Georgia has a population of 823,578 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 9, Georgia?

Median household income in Congressional District 9, Georgia is $77,491 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.

What is the political history of Congressional District 9, Georgia?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 9, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Georgia 9th Congressional District changed its political identity in living memory.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions