Georgia's 1st congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Georgia
district number = 1


representative = Jack Kingston
party = Republican
english area =
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percent rural =
population = 629,761
population year = 2000
median income = 36,158
percent white = 72.6
percent black = 22.7
percent asian = 0.9
percent native american = 0.3
percent hispanic = 4.1
percent other race = 0.2
percent blue collar =
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cpvi = R+14

Georgia's 1st Congressional District has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Jack Kingston (Republican) since 1993.

The 1st District comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands, where many of the large cotton and rice plantations flourished in the nineteenth century, and much of the rural southeastern part of the state. This section of the South was solidly Democratic country for many years after General Sherman's troops marched through Georgia, but voters here are conservative on cultural, military, and economic issues. In addition to Savannah, the district includes a few modest-sized towns such as Brunswick, Waycross, and Valdosta. However, much of the district is rural, with cotton and tobacco fields. There are five military bases in the district: Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, at Kings Bay in Camden County, Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County, Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, and Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta.

Counties

* Appling County
* Atkinson County
* Bacon County
* Berrien County
* Brantley County
* Bryan County
* Camden County
* Charlton County
* Chatham County ("see also ushr|Georgia|12|Georgia's 12th district")
* Clinch County
* Coffee County
* Cook County
* Echols County
* Glynn County
* Jeff Davis County
* Lanier County
* Liberty County
* Long County
* Lowndes County ("see also ushr|Georgia|2|Georgia's 2nd district")
* McIntosh County
* Pierce County
* Telfair County
* Ware County
* Wayne County
* Wheeler County

Past representation

ee also

*Georgia Congressional Districts

External links

* [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/congdist/GA01_110.pdf PDF map of Georgia's 1st district at "nationalatlas.gov"]
* [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=GA&district=1 Georgia's 1st district at "GovTrack.us"]