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1876–2024
Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County·Alabama

Jefferson County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Alabama's most populous county tilts Democratic by double digits

18762024·38 elections
Jefferson County, Alabama · Chris Pruitt · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+10
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
667,755
2024 ACS
Most similar
Manassas city
VA · similarity 0.98
175 precincts · 298,704 votes cast
Harris · D+10
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+10.4%
162,112131,123298,704
2020D
+13.1%
181,688138,843325,848
2016D
+7.4%
156,873134,768298,286
2012D
+6.0%
159,876141,683303,918
2008D
+5.1%
166,121149,921318,524
2004R
−9.0%
132,286158,680292,967
2000R
−3.1%
129,889138,491273,763
1996R
−4.1%
120,208130,980260,906
1992R
−8.0%
125,889149,832298,884
1988R
−15.9%
107,766148,879257,833
1984R
−19.1%
107,506158,362266,547
1980R
−7.5%
113,069132,612259,512
1976R
−6.5%
99,531113,590217,090
1972R
−39.2%
57,288135,095198,528
1968D
+7.8%
55,84539,752205,033
1964R
−72.6%
0100,756138,838
1960R
−14.8%
44,36960,004105,898
1956R
−5.8%
38,60443,69587,513
1952D
+8.3%
38,11132,25470,766
1948R
−19.2%
07,26137,861
1944D
+61.2%
31,1017,40938,684
1940D
+69.1%
37,1106,71444,001
1936D
+80.0%
35,9803,81040,194
1932D
+72.5%
30,8584,56736,239
1928R
−3.8%
16,73518,06034,907
1924D
+39.8%
15,1335,67823,780
1920D
+54.2%
24,9827,12432,939
1916D
+65.7%
10,6772,05213,120
1912D
+67.0%
8,88769312,226
1908D
+52.5%
7,8032,18210,707
1904D
+66.5%
6,4241,0908,022
1900D
+22.5%
4,5802,8427,721
1896D
+41.6%
8,8193,39413,032
1892D
+63.8%
10,05529615,304
1888D
+29.1%
5,5083,0018,613
1884D
+3.9%
2,1832,0184,264
1880D
+34.9%
1,7127812,669
1876D
+50.6%
2,1026892,791
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.3%
African American
33.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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.
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
34.3%
Other Christian
19.9%
Methodist
9.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.3%
Mainline Protestant
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.4%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 20.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Birmingham and a majority-Black electorate, Jefferson County delivered a 10-point Democratic margin in 2024 — a striking outlier in a state that went Republican statewide by nearly 30 points.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty points in 1936; the Republican margin reached seventy-three points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Jefferson County's demographics — a population of 667,755, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,388 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manassas city and Henrico County.