Russell County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 20,718 votes cast

Harris · D+2

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+1.7%	10,422	10,078	20,718
2020	D	+6.4%	11,228	9,864	21,329
2016	D	+1.9%	9,579	9,210	19,070
2012	D	+11.8%	10,500	8,278	18,879
2008	D	+7.3%	10,085	8,705	18,915
2004	D	+0.2%	8,375	8,337	16,809
2000	D	+14.9%	8,396	6,198	14,775
1996	D	+20.5%	7,834	5,025	13,695
1992	D	+19.5%	8,647	5,587	15,689
1988	D	+2.0%	6,589	6,333	13,086
1984	D	+6.6%	7,610	6,654	14,452
1980	D	+26.9%	8,123	4,485	13,500
1976	D	+31.2%	8,077	4,150	12,592
1972	R	−37.5%	2,644	6,034	9,043
1968	D	+17.8%	2,707	704	11,245
1964	R	−76.0%	0	4,877	6,414
1960	D	+32.3%	3,480	1,770	5,298
1956	D	+40.1%	3,060	1,265	4,479
1952	D	+60.8%	3,564	867	4,434
1948	R	−5.3%	0	94	1,776
1944	D	+89.5%	2,109	115	2,228
1940	D	+96.0%	2,435	48	2,486
1936	D	+93.8%	2,181	66	2,256
1932	D	+94.9%	1,894	46	1,947
1928	D	+42.9%	846	333	1,197
1924	D	+88.6%	474	14	519
1920	D	+85.8%	671	29	748
1916	D	+98.7%	752	3	759
1912	D	+96.0%	1,553	4	1,614
1908	D	+85.4%	516	32	567
1904	D	+90.6%	558	21	593
1900	D	+81.5%	1,416	135	1,571
1896	D	+35.5%	1,645	773	2,456
1892	D	+58.4%	2,150	10	3,666
1888	D	+28.8%	1,970	1,088	3,058
1884	D	+19.5%	1,998	1,347	3,345
1880	D	+9.0%	1,678	1,402	3,080
1876	D	+33.5%	2,051	1,022	3,073

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.7%

African American

36.5%

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: 37.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.7%

1.8%

75–84

2.9%

4.2%

65–74

5.3%

6.5%

55–64

7.0%

5.7%

45–54

6.2%

5.9%

35–44

6.7%

6.8%

25–34

7.6%

3.9%

18–24

4.0%

9.1%

5–17

8.8%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,197

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

Russell County$51,197

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

22.2%

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

34.6%

Other Christian

12.0%

Methodist

10.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Russell County, anchored by Phenix City across the river from Columbus, Georgia, is one of Alabama's few counties to trend toward Democrats in presidential races, driven by a population that is roughly 55% Black.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-nine points in 1916; the Republican margin reached seventy-six points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Russell County's demographics — a population of 58,811, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $51,197 — 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 Broome County and Issaquena County.

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Russell County delivered a near-tie in 2024.