Scottsboro, AL, Alabama: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+71%. Republican peak: R+71 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 53,0532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,9082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+66 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Scottsboro, 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 | 3,276 | 20,073 | 23,556 | ||
| R | 3,717 | 19,670 | 23,636 | ||
| R | 3,673 | 16,672 | 20,738 | ||
| R | 5,822 | 14,439 | 20,577 | ||
| R | 6,374 | 14,083 | 20,874 | ||
| R | 8,635 | 11,534 | 20,321 | ||
| D | 9,066 | 8,475 | 17,906 | ||
| D | 8,204 | 5,650 | 15,558 | ||
| D | 10,628 | 5,711 | 18,916 | ||
| D | 7,418 | 6,090 | 13,669 | ||
| D | 7,635 | 6,730 | 14,582 | ||
| D | 8,776 | 4,897 | 14,203 | ||
| D | 10,989 | 3,913 | 15,325 | ||
| R | 2,985 | 6,202 | 9,410 | ||
| O | 1,022 | 1,191 | 10,908 | ||
| O | 0 | 2,730 | 5,875 | ||
| D | 4,789 | 2,036 | 6,848 | ||
| D | 4,758 | 1,868 | 6,647 | ||
| D | 3,677 | 1,272 | 4,959 | ||
| O | 0 | 603 | 2,347 | ||
| D | 2,967 | 1,026 | 4,000 | ||
| D | 3,818 | 945 | 4,772 | ||
| D | 3,450 | 926 | 4,383 | ||
| D | 3,112 | 938 | 4,058 | ||
| R | 2,153 | 3,081 | 5,247 | ||
| D | 1,923 | 885 | 2,909 | ||
| D | 2,513 | 1,483 | 4,013 | ||
| D | 1,907 | 567 | 2,522 | ||
| D | 1,597 | 229 | 2,255 | ||
| D | 1,404 | 469 | 1,963 | ||
| D | 1,641 | 666 | 2,357 | ||
| D | 1,933 | 1,694 | 3,691 | ||
| D | 3,556 | 675 | 4,379 | ||
| D | 3,044 | 0 | 4,682 | ||
| D | 2,304 | 1,022 | 3,366 | ||
| D | 2,217 | 1,052 | 3,611 | ||
| D | 2,059 | 599 | 3,614 | ||
| D | 2,689 | 694 | 3,383 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.5%
American
13.2%
Irish
9.4%
German
5.6%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.4%
French
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: 43.5 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
$51,908
Scottsboro, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Scottsboro, AL$51,908
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.7%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Scottsboro, 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 7 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Scottsboro, AL peaked at sixty-six points in 1896; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $51,908 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Scottsboro, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Scottsboro, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 71.3 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,556 votes cast, 3,276 went Democratic and 20,073 went Republican.
What is Scottsboro, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Scottsboro, 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 27 times, Republican 8 times, and other 3 times.
When did Scottsboro, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Scottsboro, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Scottsboro, AL, Alabama?
Scottsboro, AL, Alabama has a population of 53,053 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scottsboro, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Scottsboro, AL, Alabama is $51,908 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Scottsboro, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Scottsboro, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.