Lauderdale County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

31 precincts · 43,637 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.3%	10,326	32,708	43,637
2020	R	−44.7%	11,915	31,721	44,339
2016	R	−46.2%	9,952	27,899	38,838
2012	R	−30.9%	12,511	23,911	36,924
2008	R	−28.2%	13,329	24,068	38,104
2004	R	−20.3%	14,628	22,161	37,107
2000	R	−11.2%	13,875	17,478	32,137
1996	R	−1.4%	13,619	14,058	30,436
1992	D	+6.5%	15,936	13,728	33,756
1988	R	−0.3%	12,862	12,942	26,180
1984	R	−8.5%	12,907	15,354	28,659
1980	D	+18.0%	15,379	10,467	27,243
1976	D	+35.9%	15,549	7,226	23,185
1972	R	−46.2%	5,112	14,410	20,108
1968	R	−4.2%	2,166	2,952	18,883
1964	R	−47.6%	0	5,978	12,571
1960	D	+40.9%	8,565	3,570	12,219
1956	D	+57.2%	9,150	2,458	11,692
1952	D	+57.5%	7,097	1,910	9,027
1948	R	−14.3%	0	546	3,822
1944	D	+74.0%	4,001	590	4,611
1940	D	+81.3%	5,065	507	5,606
1936	D	+84.3%	4,685	389	5,094
1932	D	+76.7%	3,336	431	3,787
1928	D	+33.2%	2,763	1,410	4,074
1924	D	+45.4%	2,266	823	3,178
1920	D	+38.2%	2,644	1,164	3,870
1916	D	+62.1%	1,678	369	2,107
1912	D	+55.6%	1,386	263	2,018
1908	D	+45.8%	1,177	427	1,637
1904	D	+59.3%	1,269	316	1,606
1900	R	−2.7%	1,380	1,458	2,867
1896	D	+37.7%	2,300	1,024	3,384
1892	D	+64.5%	2,352	0	3,645
1888	D	+18.7%	1,637	1,120	2,758
1884	D	+44.9%	1,698	629	2,383
1880	D	+16.8%	1,743	1,228	3,059
1876	D	+24.5%	1,720	1,044	2,764

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

7.4%

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: 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%

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%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$62,649

Lauderdale County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lauderdale County$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 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

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.

Lauderdale County anchors Alabama's northwest corner along the Tennessee River, where a largely rural, majority-white electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lauderdale County peaked at eighty-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lauderdale County's median household income of $62,649 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tishomingo County and Franklin County.

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