Mobile, AL, Alabama: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 412,5902024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,8802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 35.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Mobile, 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 | 72,055 | 100,759 | 175,164 | ||
| R | 79,474 | 101,243 | 183,164 | ||
| R | 72,186 | 95,116 | 170,593 | ||
| R | 78,760 | 94,893 | 174,864 | ||
| R | 82,181 | 98,049 | 181,424 | ||
| R | 63,732 | 92,014 | 156,771 | ||
| R | 58,640 | 78,162 | 139,745 | ||
| R | 54,749 | 66,775 | 130,103 | ||
| R | 54,962 | 72,935 | 143,788 | ||
| R | 45,524 | 72,203 | 118,597 | ||
| R | 47,252 | 81,923 | 130,959 | ||
| R | 46,180 | 67,515 | 116,992 | ||
| R | 50,264 | 53,835 | 105,876 | ||
| R | 20,694 | 62,639 | 85,634 | ||
| O | 18,615 | 10,509 | 91,936 | ||
| R | 0 | 49,493 | 69,981 | ||
| D | 28,626 | 24,608 | 54,542 | ||
| R | 17,163 | 20,639 | 39,534 | ||
| D | 14,473 | 14,153 | 28,715 | ||
| O | 0 | 2,685 | 13,835 | ||
| D | 9,439 | 2,867 | 12,423 | ||
| D | 11,480 | 1,887 | 13,493 | ||
| D | 11,165 | 1,072 | 12,299 | ||
| D | 9,658 | 1,710 | 11,447 | ||
| D | 5,965 | 5,058 | 11,033 | ||
| D | 4,125 | 1,814 | 6,355 | ||
| D | 6,171 | 2,681 | 9,023 | ||
| D | 2,968 | 832 | 3,896 | ||
| D | 3,009 | 140 | 3,762 | ||
| D | 2,422 | 453 | 3,228 | ||
| D | 3,283 | 325 | 3,675 | ||
| D | 2,939 | 2,243 | 5,387 | ||
| D | 3,948 | 2,778 | 7,357 | ||
| D | 4,680 | 397 | 7,056 | ||
| D | 3,109 | 2,542 | 5,651 | ||
| D | 2,806 | 2,787 | 5,609 | ||
| D | 3,784 | 3,239 | 7,224 | ||
| D | 5,330 | 4,272 | 9,602 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.4%
American
8.2%
Irish
7.5%
German
6.2%
French
2.5%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
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: 38.5 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
$58,880
Mobile, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mobile, AL$58,880
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.9%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)14.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mobile's electorate blends a substantial Black voting-age population with a white working-class majority shaped by shipbuilding and petrochemical industries, producing GOP margins at the top of the ticket that have widened steadily since the 1990s.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Mobile, AL, by a seventy-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Mobile, AL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,880, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mobile, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mobile, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 175,164 votes cast, 72,055 went Democratic and 100,759 went Republican.
What is Mobile, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Mobile, 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 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did Mobile, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Mobile, AL, Alabama has a population of 412,590 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile, AL, Alabama is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mobile, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.