Congressional District 6, GA

Congressional District

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2021 Population

757,644

0.22% 1-year decline

US Senator

Jon Ossoff

Democratic Party

US Senator

Raphael Warnock

Democratic Party

US Representative

Rich McCormick

Republican Party

2021 Median Age

38.8

0.518% 1-year increase

2021 Poverty Rate

6.69%

5.78% 1-year decrease

2021 Median Household Income

$104,703

5.21% 1-year growth

2021 Median Property Value

$415,300

5.43% 1-year growth

About

In 2021, Congressional District 6, GA had a population of 758k people with a median age of 38.8 and a median household income of $104,703. Between 2020 and 2021 the population of Congressional District 6, GA declined from 759,318 to 757,644, a −0.22% decrease and its median household income grew from $99,516 to $104,703, a 5.21% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Congressional District 6, GA are White (Non-Hispanic) (58.3%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (13%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (12%), White (Hispanic) (6.01%), and Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (3.39%).

26% of the households in Congressional District 6, GA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

88.8% of the residents in Congressional District 6, GA are U.S. citizens.

In 2021, the median property value in Congressional District 6, GA was $415,300, and the homeownership rate was 65.7%.

Most people in Congressional District 6, GA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 28.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Congressional District 6, GA was 2 cars per household.

Congressional District 6, GA borders Congressional District 4, GA, Congressional District 5, GA, Congressional District 7, GA, and Congressional District 11, GA.

United States Georgia

Population & Diversity

Congressional District 6, GA is home to a population of 758k people, from which 88.8% are citizens. As of 2021, 21.4% of Congressional District 6, GA residents were born outside of the country (162k people).

In 2021, there were 4.49 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (442k people) in Congressional District 6, GA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 98.5k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 91k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in Congressional District 6, GA are Spanish (72,466 households), Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (14,215 households), and Hindi (10,382 households).

Citizenship

88.8%

2021 Citizenship

88.5%

2020 Citizenship

As of 2021, 88.8% of Congressional District 6, GA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.4%. In 2020, the percentage of US citizens in Congressional District 6, GA was 88.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Congressional District 6, GA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Congressional District 6, GA

White (Non-Hispanic)
442k ± 5.57k
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
98.5k ± 4.56k
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
91k ± 2.69k

12.4%

Hispanic Population

93.6k people

12.4% of the people in Congressional District 6, GA are hispanic (93.6k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Congressional District 6, GA as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

21.4%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

162k people

21.5%

2020 Foreign-Born Population

163k people

As of 2021, 21.4% of Congressional District 6, GA residents (162k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.6%. In 2020, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Congressional District 6, GA was 21.5%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Congressional District 6, GA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages

Spanish
72,466 households (10.2%)
Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
14,215 households (1.99%)
Hindi
10,382 households (1.46%)

26% of the households in Congressional District 6, GA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is higher than the national average of 21.7%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2021, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Congressional District 6, GA was Spanish. 10.2% of the households in Congressional District 6, GA reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
9,461 ± 706
Gulf War (2001-)
6,367 ± 867
Gulf War (1990s)
5,599 ± 875

Congressional District 6, GA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.49 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Congressional District 6, GA employs 404k people. The largest industries in Congressional District 6, GA are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (73,226 people), Retail Trade (38,331 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (37,873 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($119,886), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($106,633), and Utilities ($106,470).

Employment

Occupations

404k

2021 Value

± 5,903

0.08%

1 Year growth

± 2.08%

From 2020 to 2021, employment in Congressional District 6, GA grew at a rate of 0.08%, from 404k employees to 404k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Congressional District 6, GA, are Management Occupations (73,338 people), Sales & Related Occupations (47,839 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (44,991 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Congressional District 6, GA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Georgia (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

404k

2021 Value

± 5,903

0.08%

1 Year growth

± 2.08%

From 2020 to 2021, employment in Congressional District 6, GA grew at a rate of 0.08%, from 404k employees to 404k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Congressional District 6, GA, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (73,226 people), Retail Trade (38,331 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (37,873 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Congressional District 6, GA, though some of these residents may live in Congressional District 6, GA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$74,814

Median earning men ± $1,932

$50,967

Median earning women ± $1,445

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2021 are Wholesale Trade ($110,974), Information ($107,941), and Manufacturing ($106,212).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2021 are Information ($84,253), Manufacturing ($78,458), and Public Administration ($74,225).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.75%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 155M people employed in Georgia. This represents a 2.75% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Georgia.

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Georgia went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 49.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (49.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.24%).

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are the senators currently representing the state of Georgia. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Congressional District 6, GA is currently represented by Rich McCormick in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

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2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (49.5%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (49.2%)
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.24%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Georgia went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 49.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (49.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.24%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Georgia for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Georgia

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Jon Ossoff

Senator from Georgia

Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Inauguration delayed as incumbent senator David Perdue's term expired on January 3, 2021, two days prior to the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia|runoff election.

Raphael Warnock

Senator from Georgia

Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Elected to the seat to succeed Kelly Loeffler, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of Johnny Isakson.

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are the senators currently representing Georgia.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Georgia over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Congressional District 6, GA

Rich McCormick

District 6 Representative

Republican Party

Congressional District 6, GA is currently represented by Rich McCormick (Republican Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Congressional District 6, GA have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2021, 1.01% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.946% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2021 were High School or Equivalent (2.29M), Some college (1.78M), and Bachelors Degree (1.52M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Congressional District 6, GA was $415,300 in 2021, which is 1.7 times larger than the national average of $244,900. Between 2020 and 2021 the median property value increased from $393,900 to $415,300, a 5.43% increase. The homeownership rate in Congressional District 6, GA is 65.7%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.6%.

People in Congressional District 6, GA have an average commute time of 28.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Congressional District 6, GA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Congressional District 6, GA is $104,703. In 2021, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Congressional District 6, GA was Congressional District 6, GA with a value of $104,703, followed by Congressional District 11, GA and Congressional District 7, GA, with respective values of $84,218 and $83,800.

Property

$415,300

Median Property Value 2021

±$5,008

$194,430

Median Property Taxes

±$3,882

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Congressional District 6, GA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Congressional District 6, GA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

65.7%

Homeownership

2021

66.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2021

In 2021, 65.7% of the housing units in Congressional District 6, GA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 65.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Congressional District 6, GA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$104,703

Median Household Income

± $1,748

296k

Number of Households

± 4,890

In 2021, the median household income of the 296k households in Congressional District 6, GA grew to $104,703 from the previous year's value of $99,516.

The following chart displays the households in Congressional District 6, GA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2021

Drove Alone (66.9%)
Worked At Home (20.6%)
Carpooled (7.19%)

In 2021, 66.9% of workers in Congressional District 6, GA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (20.6%) and those who carpooled to work (7.19%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

28.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Congressional District 6, GA have a longer commute time (28.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.8 minutes). Additionally, 1.75% of the workforce in Congressional District 6, GA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Congressional District 6, GA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Congressional District 6, GA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Congressional District 6, GA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.69% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Congressional District 6, GA (50.4k out of 754k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.6%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Congressional District 6, GA is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Health

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2021, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.3% under 18 years, 18.9% between 18 and 34 years, 42.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 13% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.8% were men and 51.2% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

9.38%

Uninsured

61.7%

Employer Coverage

6.24%

Medicaid

9.94%

Medicare

11.9%

Non-Group

0.914%

Military or VA

Between 2020 and 2021, the percent of uninsured citizens in Congressional District 6, GA declined by 1.13% from 9.48% to 9.38%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Congressional District 6, GA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.