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1876–2024
State Senate District 21·Georgia

Georgia 21st State Senate District delivered R+6 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

One of Georgia's most reliably Democratic state senate seats

2008 — 2024·5 elections
GA
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
192,572
2024 ACS

Georgia 21st State Senate District, Georgia: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+6%. Republican peak: R+19 in 2012.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+6MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
192,5722024 5-year
Median household income
$102,5522024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
59.8%2024 5-year
Black
22.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.6%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+19 in 2012MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 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.
5 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−5.7%
48,80454,733104,494
R
−3.3%
46,10149,28796,829
R
−9.8%
32,83940,43077,803
R
−18.5%
27,52240,32669,103
R
−11.2%
29,77837,36567,935

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.3%
German
9.6%
Irish
9.6%
American
5.7%
Italian
4.0%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.1%
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: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.9%
1.8%
75–84
2.4%
4.0%
65–74
4.8%
6.1%
55–64
6.3%
6.9%
45–54
7.1%
7.0%
35–44
7.2%
7.0%
25–34
7.3%
4.6%
18–24
4.3%
8.5%
5–17
8.1%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$102,552
State Senate District 21 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 21$102,552
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.8%
speak English only
Spanish7.6%
Other Indo-European3.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
19.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.1%
Other Christian
8.3%
Methodist
7.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Non-Christian
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of D+22.4, this DeKalb-anchored district ranks among the state's most Democratic, driven by dense urban population centers and a majority-minority electorate that has shifted the seat leftward over successive cycles.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. the Republican margin reached nineteen points in 2012. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 192,572, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $102,552 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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State Senate District 21, Georgia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/13021/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 21, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 21, Georgia voted Republican by 5.7 points (R+6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 104,494 votes cast, 48,804 went Democratic and 54,733 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 21, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 21, Georgia as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 0 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 21, Georgia?
State Senate District 21, Georgia has a population of 192,572 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 21, Georgia?
Median household income in State Senate District 21, Georgia is $102,552 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of State Senate District 21, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 21, Georgia from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.