Macon County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 7,834 votes cast

Harris · D+56

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+56.2%	6,084	1,682	7,834
2020	D	+63.8%	7,108	1,541	8,723
2016	D	+67.7%	7,566	1,431	9,066
2012	D	+74.2%	9,045	1,331	10,394
2008	D	+74.0%	9,450	1,396	10,877
2004	D	+66.2%	7,800	1,570	9,407
2000	D	+74.4%	7,665	1,091	8,831
1996	D	+73.5%	7,018	987	8,203
1992	D	+69.8%	7,253	1,134	8,762
1988	D	+65.1%	6,351	1,304	7,756
1984	D	+66.5%	7,857	1,543	9,499
1980	D	+65.8%	7,028	1,259	8,774
1976	D	+60.8%	5,915	1,387	7,449
1972	D	+29.2%	3,636	1,931	5,845
1968	D	+65.7%	4,450	257	6,381
1964	R	−38.5%	0	1,858	4,831
1960	D	+20.2%	1,327	877	2,229
1956	R	−2.0%	1,024	1,067	2,193
1952	D	+40.2%	1,457	621	2,079
1948	R	−9.1%	0	110	1,211
1944	D	+85.2%	1,032	82	1,115
1940	D	+93.6%	1,259	41	1,301
1936	D	+93.4%	1,146	39	1,185
1932	D	+88.3%	905	56	962
1928	D	+20.3%	526	348	877
1924	D	+83.2%	538	48	589
1920	D	+82.9%	693	64	759
1916	D	+85.7%	575	43	621
1912	D	+89.8%	647	24	694
1908	D	+83.9%	482	38	529
1904	D	+82.4%	562	51	620
1900	D	+42.4%	1,295	511	1,851
1896	D	+57.5%	1,043	259	1,363
1892	D	+20.4%	200	13	917
1888	D	+55.3%	931	268	1,199
1884	D	+60.3%	323	80	403
1880	D	+47.6%	538	191	729
1876	D	+25.8%	1,493	881	2,374

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

62.1%

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: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.4%

2.8%

75–84

3.9%

5.5%

65–74

7.1%

6.1%

55–64

7.0%

4.4%

45–54

4.9%

3.5%

35–44

4.1%

4.9%

25–34

5.1%

10.5%

18–24

12.9%

5.5%

5–17

5.2%

2.2%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$43,707

Macon County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Macon County$43,707

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

24.3%

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

23.1%

Methodist

19.6%

Other Christian

12.2%

Non-Christian

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Macon County, home to Tuskegee and its historic university, returns some of the largest Democratic margins in the state, driven by a majority-Black electorate that has shaped its political identity for decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Macon County peaked at ninety-four points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1968 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of sixty-six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Macon County's median household income of $43,707 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lowndes County and Greene County.

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For sixteen years, Macon County voted Republican. Then it stopped.