Alexander City, AL, Alabama: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+49%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 40,9382024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,3562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Alexander City, AL, ALOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,975 | 14,884 | 20,023 | ||
| R | 5,859 | 14,963 | 20,991 | ||
| R | 5,519 | 13,594 | 19,346 | ||
| R | 6,319 | 12,396 | 18,829 | ||
| R | 6,063 | 13,116 | 19,311 | ||
| R | 5,451 | 12,392 | 17,952 | ||
| R | 6,183 | 9,805 | 16,253 | ||
| R | 6,071 | 7,627 | 14,815 | ||
| R | 5,703 | 8,140 | 15,456 | ||
| R | 4,598 | 8,502 | 13,298 | ||
| R | 4,458 | 9,045 | 13,666 | ||
| D | 7,260 | 5,958 | 13,603 | ||
| D | 7,614 | 5,237 | 13,163 | ||
| R | 2,113 | 8,535 | 10,843 | ||
| O | 1,331 | 1,205 | 11,821 | ||
| R | 0 | 5,530 | 7,263 | ||
| D | 5,460 | 2,150 | 7,648 | ||
| D | 5,070 | 1,879 | 7,042 | ||
| D | 5,055 | 1,187 | 6,249 | ||
| O | 0 | 156 | 2,474 | ||
| D | 3,326 | 136 | 3,469 | ||
| D | 4,325 | 139 | 4,475 | ||
| D | 3,625 | 141 | 3,772 | ||
| D | 3,391 | 138 | 3,537 | ||
| D | 1,849 | 1,257 | 3,107 | ||
| D | 1,713 | 1 | 1,720 | ||
| D | 2,257 | 269 | 2,552 | ||
| D | 1,892 | 129 | 2,057 | ||
| D | 1,586 | 84 | 1,843 | ||
| D | 1,343 | 104 | 1,646 | ||
| D | 1,791 | 234 | 2,130 | ||
| D | 2,557 | 1,202 | 3,874 | ||
| D | 2,691 | 685 | 3,563 | ||
| D | 2,470 | 306 | 4,263 | ||
| D | 2,385 | 751 | 3,136 | ||
| D | 2,261 | 675 | 2,938 | ||
| D | 2,676 | 779 | 3,455 | ||
| D | 2,892 | 711 | 3,603 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.5%
American
10.8%
Irish
10.4%
German
6.1%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.3%
Polish
0.6%
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: 45.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,356
Alexander City, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Alexander City, AL$59,356
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.6%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)16.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Alexander City, AL sits in the Black Belt and Gulf 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 Alexander City, AL peaked at 100 points in 1924; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $59,356 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Alexander City, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Alexander City, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 49.5 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,023 votes cast, 4,975 went Democratic and 14,884 went Republican.
What is Alexander City, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Alexander City, AL, Alabama as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.
When did Alexander City, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Alexander City, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Alexander City, AL, Alabama?
Alexander City, AL, Alabama has a population of 40,938 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alexander City, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Alexander City, AL, Alabama is $59,356 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Alexander City, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Alexander City, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.