A small Georgia metro where manufacturing heritage shapes modern voting patterns
Rome anchors the Floyd County metro in northwest Georgia's Ridge and Valley region, where a legacy of textile and industrial employment has produced a working-class electorate that leans reliably Republican but tracks economic shifts closely.
| Group | Rome, GA | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 73.8% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 13.8% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(15) | 9.1% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.6% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.3% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(6) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -62.4pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.1% | 71.4% | — | — | |
| 8.3% | 13.4% | — | — | |
| 5.6% | 9.0% | — | — | |
| 2.3% | 3.8% | — | — | |
| 1.5% | 2.4% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.5% | 0.8% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 38.2% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Rome, GA metro area? 381,696 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+40.0 | R+50.1 | 10.1pp |