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1876–2024
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL·Alabama

For twenty years, Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

Tennessee River corridor where manufacturing and music share the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
153,852
2024 ACS

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+49%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+49MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
153,8522024 5-year
Median household income
$61,8872024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
80.8%2024 5-year
Black
11.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+85 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+49 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−49.4%
17,46352,42270,797
R
−42.5%
20,25850,92472,225
R
−43.2%
17,26444,64563,407
R
−26.8%
21,67737,84760,309
R
−25.1%
23,03238,80762,947
R
−16.6%
25,22635,34961,042
R
−6.7%
24,41827,99653,669
D
+2.9%
23,84522,36350,754
D
+11.3%
28,14221,80156,195
D
+5.7%
23,25920,71744,584
R
−2.0%
23,91524,88449,691
D
+22.9%
27,92917,08647,256
D
+39.6%
27,54511,69740,027
R
−42.8%
9,92325,62536,672
O
−0.6%
4,4574,67934,504
O
−48.0%
011,24523,411
D
+42.8%
16,1156,38522,727
D
+57.6%
16,1574,27720,629
D
+59.5%
13,0173,29116,335
O
−14.9%
01,0346,947
D
+74.1%
7,3871,0868,500
D
+82.1%
9,0638729,977
D
+85.0%
8,0506408,722
D
+78.2%
6,2447437,031
D
+33.7%
5,3592,6598,022
D
+43.4%
3,7691,3995,456
D
+41.8%
4,5131,8146,451
D
+57.5%
2,8107213,636
D
+52.4%
2,3324913,513
D
+42.9%
2,0267802,903
D
+60.9%
2,2055192,768
D
+3.8%
2,9222,7015,772
D
+17.1%
3,9582,7786,903
D
+60.6%
4,31207,115
D
+8.9%
2,9112,4355,354
D
+20.5%
2,7921,8294,709
D
+12.3%
2,9802,3005,535
D
+26.0%
3,1021,8224,924

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.8%
English
14.5%
Irish
9.2%
German
6.9%
Scottish
2.6%
Italian
1.5%
French
1.0%
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: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.4%
2.9%
75–84
3.7%
5.5%
65–74
6.4%
6.4%
55–64
7.0%
5.9%
45–54
6.0%
5.9%
35–44
5.8%
5.8%
25–34
6.2%
5.0%
18–24
5.5%
7.5%
5–17
7.5%
2.8%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$61,887
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$61,887
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.3%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
28.6%
Other Christian
23.6%
Methodist
6.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

The Shoals metro anchors Alabama's northwest corner with a legacy of TVA-era industrial employment and FAME Studios-era cultural identity; Colbert and Lauderdale counties have voted Republican at the presidential level by 40-plus-point margins in recent cycles.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL peaked at eighty-five points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $61,887 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/22520/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 70,797 votes cast, 17,463 went Democratic and 52,422 went Republican.
What is Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Florence-Muscle Shoals, 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 26 times, Republican 9 times, and other 3 times.
When did Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama?
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama has a population of 153,852 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama is $61,887 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.