Mobile County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

80 precincts · 175,164 votes cast

Trump · R+16

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−16.4%	72,055	100,759	175,164
2020	R	−11.9%	79,474	101,243	183,164
2016	R	−13.4%	72,186	95,116	170,593
2012	R	−9.2%	78,760	94,893	174,864
2008	R	−8.7%	82,181	98,049	181,424
2004	R	−18.0%	63,732	92,014	156,771
2000	R	−14.0%	58,640	78,162	139,745
1996	R	−9.2%	54,749	66,775	130,103
1992	R	−12.5%	54,962	72,935	143,788
1988	R	−22.5%	45,524	72,203	118,597
1984	R	−26.5%	47,252	81,923	130,959
1980	R	−18.2%	46,180	67,515	116,992
1976	R	−3.4%	50,264	53,835	105,876
1972	R	−49.0%	20,694	62,639	85,634
1968	D	+8.8%	18,615	10,509	91,936
1964	R	−70.7%	0	49,493	69,981
1960	D	+7.4%	28,626	24,608	54,542
1956	R	−8.8%	17,163	20,639	39,534
1952	D	+1.1%	14,473	14,153	28,715
1948	R	−19.4%	0	2,685	13,835
1944	D	+52.9%	9,439	2,867	12,423
1940	D	+71.1%	11,480	1,887	13,493
1936	D	+82.1%	11,165	1,072	12,299
1932	D	+69.4%	9,658	1,710	11,447
1928	D	+8.2%	5,965	5,058	11,033
1924	D	+36.4%	4,125	1,814	6,355
1920	D	+38.7%	6,171	2,681	9,023
1916	D	+54.8%	2,968	832	3,896
1912	D	+76.3%	3,009	140	3,762
1908	D	+61.0%	2,422	453	3,228
1904	D	+80.5%	3,283	325	3,675
1900	D	+12.9%	2,939	2,243	5,387
1896	D	+15.9%	3,948	2,778	7,357
1892	D	+60.7%	4,680	397	7,056
1888	D	+10.0%	3,109	2,542	5,651
1884	D	+0.3%	2,806	2,787	5,609
1880	D	+7.5%	3,784	3,239	7,224
1876	D	+11.0%	5,330	4,272	9,602

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.8%

African American

28.7%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.1%

2.2%

75–84

3.0%

4.9%

65–74

5.7%

6.0%

55–64

6.7%

5.5%

45–54

6.1%

5.9%

35–44

6.6%

25–34

7.2%

4.4%

18–24

4.4%

8.6%

5–17

8.4%

3.3%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,880

Mobile County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Mobile County$58,880

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.2%

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

Baptist

29.4%

Other Christian

16.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

7.0%

Methodist

5.7%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Non-Christian

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mobile County's port economy and sizable Black population—roughly 35% of residents—create a more competitive baseline than most of rural Alabama, yet the county still delivered a 16-point Republican margin in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1972 marked the realignment in Mobile County, by a forty-nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Mobile County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,880, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scott County and Culpeper County.

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