Cullman, AL, Alabama: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+80%. Republican peak: R+80 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+80MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 90,5662024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,6562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Cullman, 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 | 4,039 | 38,704 | 43,146 | ||
| R | 4,478 | 36,880 | 41,851 | ||
| R | 3,798 | 32,989 | 37,474 | ||
| R | 5,052 | 28,999 | 34,457 | ||
| R | 5,864 | 28,896 | 35,305 | ||
| R | 8,045 | 26,818 | 35,191 | ||
| R | 9,758 | 19,157 | 29,525 | ||
| R | 9,544 | 14,308 | 26,553 | ||
| R | 10,451 | 14,411 | 29,043 | ||
| R | 8,517 | 14,351 | 23,197 | ||
| R | 7,989 | 14,782 | 23,126 | ||
| D | 11,525 | 10,212 | 22,240 | ||
| D | 12,961 | 6,899 | 20,055 | ||
| R | 3,571 | 14,390 | 18,091 | ||
| O | 1,115 | 4,964 | 17,265 | ||
| R | 0 | 7,152 | 12,262 | ||
| D | 6,346 | 4,248 | 10,599 | ||
| D | 5,510 | 4,381 | 9,929 | ||
| D | 5,254 | 3,391 | 8,667 | ||
| O | 0 | 1,755 | 5,364 | ||
| D | 3,898 | 2,202 | 6,145 | ||
| D | 5,603 | 3,057 | 8,686 | ||
| D | 3,779 | 1,703 | 5,497 | ||
| D | 2,910 | 956 | 3,944 | ||
| R | 1,574 | 2,959 | 4,533 | ||
| D | 1,809 | 1,639 | 3,633 | ||
| R | 2,566 | 3,492 | 6,101 | ||
| D | 1,396 | 1,351 | 2,763 | ||
| O | 1,230 | 264 | 2,895 | ||
| R | 1,239 | 1,521 | 2,903 | ||
| D | 1,497 | 1,238 | 3,018 | ||
| D | 1,167 | 820 | 2,143 | ||
| D | 1,202 | 447 | 1,816 | ||
| D | 1,066 | 6 | 2,103 | ||
| D | 920 | 350 | 1,272 | ||
| D | 506 | 232 | 740 | ||
| D | 336 | 163 | 499 | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
21.5%
English
15.4%
German
14.4%
Irish
13.4%
Scottish
2.6%
Italian
1.8%
Polish
0.7%
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: 40.8 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
$62,656
Cullman, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cullman, AL$62,656
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.2%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.6%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cullman County anchors this small metro and has delivered some of Alabama's widest Republican margins for decades, reflecting its overwhelmingly white, rural-evangelical demographic profile and economic ties to poultry processing and light manufacturing.
The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Cullman, AL, by a twenty-nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty points in 2024. The 2024 margin was eighty points.
The political shift has tracked, in Cullman, AL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 91% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $62,656, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cullman, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cullman, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 80.3 points (R+80), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 43,146 votes cast, 4,039 went Democratic and 38,704 went Republican.
What is Cullman, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Cullman, AL, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 3 times.
When did Cullman, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cullman, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Cullman, AL, Alabama?
Cullman, AL, Alabama has a population of 90,566 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cullman, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Cullman, AL, Alabama is $62,656 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Cullman, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cullman, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.