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1876–2024
State Senate District 1·Alabama

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

One of Alabama's most reliably Republican legislative districts

2008 — 2024·5 elections
AL
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
145,951
2024 ACS
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
−48.5%
16,94949,77867,723
2020R
−43.9%
18,07247,28566,479
2016R
−47.3%
14,17640,92956,565
2012R
−34.8%
16,84435,25952,894
2008R
−32.3%
17,50534,61353,004
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.1%
American
12.7%
Irish
10.7%
German
8.4%
Scottish
2.8%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.2%
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+
1.2%
2.6%
75–84
3.5%
5.1%
65–74
5.8%
6.6%
55–64
6.9%
6.2%
45–54
6.1%
6.1%
35–44
6.0%
6.3%
25–34
6.2%
5.0%
18–24
5.5%
7.6%
5–17
7.6%
2.6%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$70,179
State Senate District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 1$70,179
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
24.8%
Baptist
23.2%
Methodist
5.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.9%
Non-Christian
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchoring the state's northwestern corner, this rural district recorded a 46-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep-red alignment that has defined north Alabama's small-town and agricultural communities for over a decade.

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

State Senate District 1's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,179, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 145,951 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled.