Congressional District 7 Congressional District (AL) — Elections 1876–2024

Alabama 7th Congressional District, Alabama: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+6%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+6MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population: 632,8172024 5-year
Median household income: $58,9632024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 46.9%2024 5-year
Black: 45.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 4.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+89 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+76 in 1964MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

25 counties · 10 D · 15 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	D	+6.4%	145,632	127,812	277,221
2020	D	+11.2%	167,454	133,267	304,480
2016	D	+8.5%	153,562	129,168	287,510
2012	D	+10.5%	163,764	132,465	298,082
2008	D	+8.5%	164,057	138,143	304,127
2004	R	−2.8%	132,549	140,099	274,183
2000	D	+3.0%	129,764	122,039	255,907
1996	D	+5.7%	122,706	108,879	241,252
1992	D	+2.1%	126,196	120,601	268,919
1988	R	−6.5%	107,665	122,706	231,676
1984	R	−10.2%	109,351	134,452	245,378
1980	D	+3.6%	117,529	108,926	236,338
1976	D	+5.5%	106,150	94,898	204,372
1972	R	−30.1%	61,798	116,823	183,088
1968	O	+16.7%	55,873	24,661	186,502
1964	R	−75.7%	0	84,841	112,067
1960	R	−3.9%	39,225	42,484	83,081
1956	D	+6.3%	36,662	32,006	74,087
1952	D	+15.2%	38,375	28,193	66,915
1948	O	−11.5%	0	4,174	36,444
1944	D	+76.0%	33,414	4,486	38,052
1940	D	+83.0%	42,533	3,886	46,535
1936	D	+88.7%	40,276	2,299	42,804
1932	D	+84.3%	35,628	2,769	38,988
1928	D	+24.7%	23,191	13,992	37,236
1924	D	+68.2%	19,502	3,013	24,181
1920	D	+73.4%	27,206	3,993	31,634
1916	D	+83.7%	17,196	1,393	18,878
1912	D	+84.3%	14,518	453	16,689
1908	D	+79.5%	14,411	1,398	16,372
1904	D	+83.1%	13,659	1,015	15,212
1900	D	+60.5%	22,831	5,359	28,859
1896	D	+57.8%	33,912	8,575	43,804
1892	D	+62.8%	40,790	4,330	58,085
1888	D	+40.0%	33,294	14,246	47,627
1884	D	+21.1%	23,943	15,581	39,615
1880	D	+10.7%	20,221	16,236	37,242
1876	R	−12.3%	21,422	27,430	48,851

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

11.3%

English

9.3%

Irish

5.3%

German

4.2%

Scottish

1.7%

Italian

1.4%

French

0.9%

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: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.1%

75–84

2.9%

4.8%

65–74

5.7%

5.8%

55–64

6.6%

5.3%

45–54

6.1%

5.9%

35–44

6.4%

25–34

6.8%

5.5%

18–24

5.9%

8.3%

5–17

8.0%

3.0%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,963

Congressional District 7 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 7$58,963

Alabama$56,447

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.9%

Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.

Children under 1826.3%

Working age (18–64)17.0%

Seniors (65+)14.1%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

94.2%

speak English only

Spanish3.4%

Other Indo-European1.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%

Other languages0.6%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

31.4%

Other Christian

15.4%

Methodist

9.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.0%

Mainline Protestant

3.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.1%

Non-Christian

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alabama 7th Congressional District sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Alabama 7th Congressional District reached its widest at eighty-nine points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was six points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,963, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 632,817 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 7, Alabama vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 7, Alabama voted Democratic by 6.4 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 277,221 votes cast, 145,632 went Democratic and 127,812 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 7, Alabama's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 7, Alabama as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 29 times, Republican 7 times, and other 2 times.

When did Congressional District 7, Alabama last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 7, Alabama voted Republican was 2004.

How many people live in Congressional District 7, Alabama?

Congressional District 7, Alabama has a population of 632,817 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 7, Alabama?

Median household income in Congressional District 7, Alabama is $58,963 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $56,447.

What is the political history of Congressional District 7, Alabama?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 7, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Alabama 7th Congressional District delivered D+6 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

Key facts

Demographics

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