Choctaw County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 6,656 votes cast

Trump · R+24

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−23.9%	2,515	4,103	6,656
2020	R	−15.7%	3,127	4,296	7,464
2016	R	−13.7%	3,109	4,106	7,267
2012	R	−4.6%	3,786	4,152	7,968
2008	R	−7.4%	3,636	4,223	7,894
2004	R	−8.2%	3,303	3,897	7,227
2000	D	+1.5%	3,707	3,600	7,374
1996	D	+20.3%	4,074	2,623	7,131
1992	D	+11.5%	3,941	3,069	7,560
1988	R	−1.9%	3,491	3,629	7,131
1984	R	−8.0%	3,373	3,960	7,349
1980	D	+12.5%	3,680	2,859	6,580
1976	D	+12.6%	3,911	3,033	6,972
1972	R	−22.3%	1,934	3,055	5,030
1968	D	+24.0%	1,641	176	6,093
1964	R	−85.8%	0	2,497	2,910
1960	D	+26.8%	1,094	612	1,798
1956	D	+44.6%	1,250	457	1,779
1952	D	+45.3%	1,583	593	2,185
1948	R	−1.1%	0	16	1,457
1944	D	+86.9%	1,243	86	1,332
1940	D	+93.0%	2,023	73	2,096
1936	D	+90.6%	1,507	74	1,581
1932	D	+93.9%	1,533	48	1,582
1928	D	+48.7%	1,242	429	1,671
1924	D	+96.0%	1,021	19	1,044
1920	D	+85.6%	1,071	82	1,156
1916	D	+93.0%	765	21	800
1912	D	+85.2%	489	7	566
1908	D	+82.6%	590	44	661
1904	D	+81.4%	558	45	630
1900	D	+22.6%	658	406	1,114
1896	D	+59.3%	1,485	357	1,903
1892	D	+31.2%	864	216	2,078
1888	D	+37.7%	1,389	629	2,018
1884	D	+44.9%	964	367	1,331
1880	D	+23.3%	1,050	520	2,272
1876	D	+27.1%	1,209	693	1,902

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

30.1%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 47.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

2.1%

3.9%

75–84

4.1%

6.0%

65–74

7.7%

7.6%

55–64

8.3%

5.7%

45–54

6.5%

4.0%

35–44

5.6%

5.7%

25–34

5.0%

3.7%

18–24

3.8%

8.0%

5–17

6.4%

2.6%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$47,813

Choctaw County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Choctaw County$47,813

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

32.0%

Methodist

15.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

7.7%

Other Christian

5.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Choctaw sits in Alabama's historically Black Belt, where a majority-Black population and low overall turnout combine to produce competitive precinct-level splits even as the county-wide margin ran nearly 24 points Republican in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Choctaw County, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-six points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Choctaw County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $47,813, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Yalobusha County and Red River Parish.

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Choctaw County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.