Congressional District 3 Congressional District (AL) — Elections 1876–2024

Alabama 3rd Congressional District, Alabama: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+72 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+40MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: RealignerAkashic typology
Population: 723,9052024 5-year
Median household income: $60,4232024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 67.6%2024 5-year
Black: 24.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 4.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+72 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+67 in 1964MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

26 counties · 5 D · 21 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−39.8%	91,610	214,872	309,883
2020	R	−33.7%	102,818	209,547	316,253
2016	R	−34.7%	88,867	186,478	280,898
2012	R	−26.0%	100,294	171,579	274,437
2008	R	−26.3%	101,548	174,881	279,172
2004	R	−28.2%	87,212	156,554	245,533
2000	R	−14.0%	89,516	119,455	213,299
1996	R	−3.3%	86,519	92,834	193,945
1992	R	−4.0%	90,245	98,917	214,453
1988	R	−19.9%	68,192	102,956	174,604
1984	R	−21.2%	70,190	109,201	183,666
1980	D	+5.7%	86,635	76,903	170,341
1976	D	+20.8%	90,395	58,634	152,353
1972	R	−50.7%	30,725	96,269	129,194
1968	O	+5.7%	23,065	15,331	135,914
1964	R	−67.5%	0	60,416	89,513
1960	D	+27.0%	48,997	28,059	77,559
1956	D	+27.7%	45,112	25,259	71,791
1952	D	+42.1%	45,611	18,495	64,339
1948	O	−19.5%	0	5,392	27,630
1944	D	+64.1%	28,760	6,227	35,159
1940	D	+70.1%	36,110	6,293	42,548
1936	D	+71.7%	33,392	5,298	39,179
1932	D	+66.7%	30,134	5,932	36,269
1928	R	−10.9%	15,736	19,573	35,339
1924	D	+38.4%	16,754	7,249	24,725
1920	D	+27.2%	22,141	12,547	35,216
1916	D	+50.3%	16,518	5,351	22,201
1912	D	+61.8%	14,980	1,487	21,842
1908	D	+39.6%	11,286	4,599	16,887
1904	D	+48.1%	14,986	4,780	21,197
1900	D	+21.3%	19,452	12,237	33,850
1896	D	+37.2%	22,556	9,950	33,906
1892	D	+49.8%	23,087	1,654	43,030
1888	D	+31.5%	22,063	11,450	33,673
1884	D	+25.1%	18,498	11,063	29,637
1880	D	+33.9%	18,932	9,275	28,502
1876	D	+43.3%	23,397	9,249	32,648

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

12.8%

American

12.1%

Irish

9.0%

German

6.5%

Scottish

2.2%

Italian

1.5%

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: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.0%

2.4%

75–84

3.1%

5.0%

65–74

5.8%

6.5%

55–64

6.8%

5.9%

45–54

6.2%

5.9%

35–44

6.2%

6.3%

25–34

6.5%

5.4%

18–24

5.3%

8.0%

5–17

7.7%

2.8%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,423

Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 3$60,423

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 1821.8%

Working age (18–64)16.4%

Seniors (65+)12.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

95.2%

speak English only

Spanish2.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%

Other Indo-European0.7%

Other languages0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

30.5%

Other Christian

11.7%

Methodist

6.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.0%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alabama 3rd Congressional District 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 Alabama 3rd Congressional District peaked at seventy-two points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-one points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $60,423 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 Congressional District 3, Alabama vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 3, Alabama voted Republican by 39.8 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 309,883 votes cast, 91,610 went Democratic and 214,872 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 3, Alabama's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, Alabama as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.

When did Congressional District 3, Alabama last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.

How many people live in Congressional District 3, Alabama?

Congressional District 3, Alabama has a population of 723,905 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Alabama?

Median household income in Congressional District 3, Alabama is $60,423 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.

What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Alabama?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Alabama 3rd Congressional District changed its political identity in living memory.

Key facts

Demographics

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