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1876–2024
State House District 1·Alabama

State House District 1 has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Alabama's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

2008 — 2024·5 elections
AL
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
49,457
2024 ACS
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
5 presidential elections
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.3%
5,32916,88022,521
2020R
−44.7%
6,14916,37122,883
2016R
−46.2%
5,13614,39820,044
2012R
−30.8%
6,45712,34019,112
2008R
−28.2%
6,87912,42119,665
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.2%
American
13.5%
Irish
10.4%
German
8.6%
Scottish
3.1%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.1%
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: 40.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.4%
2.9%
75–84
3.8%
5.5%
65–74
6.3%
6.3%
55–64
6.9%
5.7%
45–54
5.8%
5.6%
35–44
5.5%
6.0%
25–34
6.2%
5.6%
18–24
6.5%
7.3%
5–17
7.1%
2.5%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,649
State House District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 1$62,649
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.7%
Working age (18–64)11.2%
Seniors (65+)9.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
31.5%
Baptist
22.4%
Methodist
6.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This rural north Alabama district recorded an R+46.1 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most reliably one-sided legislative seats. Turnout patterns here tend to track closely with statewide Republican performance.

The Republican margin in State House District 1 reached its widest at fifty-one points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

State House District 1's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,649, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 49,457 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled.