Shelby County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

38 precincts · 114,698 votes cast

Trump · R+41

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−40.6%	33,087	79,666	114,698
2020	R	−40.4%	33,268	79,700	114,950
2016	R	−50.6%	22,977	73,020	98,962
2012	R	−55.5%	20,051	71,436	92,507
2008	R	−53.4%	20,625	69,060	90,643
2004	R	−61.6%	14,850	63,435	78,906
2000	R	−55.5%	13,183	47,651	62,128
1996	R	−50.8%	11,280	37,090	50,773
1992	R	−46.5%	10,317	32,736	48,165
1988	R	−58.0%	7,138	27,052	34,314
1984	R	−56.9%	5,884	21,858	28,068
1980	R	−32.5%	7,396	14,957	23,267
1976	R	−11.1%	7,197	9,035	16,629
1972	R	−65.2%	1,859	9,390	11,558
1968	R	−5.6%	1,105	1,706	10,770
1964	R	−75.7%	0	6,037	7,980
1960	D	+1.1%	3,225	3,157	6,428
1956	R	−7.1%	2,502	2,901	5,581
1952	D	+6.8%	2,473	2,156	4,636
1948	R	−32.7%	0	921	2,820
1944	D	+34.7%	1,955	945	2,913
1940	D	+49.4%	2,777	938	3,722
1936	D	+24.1%	2,399	1,465	3,880
1932	D	+20.0%	2,185	1,449	3,675
1928	R	−19.6%	1,679	2,502	4,203
1924	D	+3.4%	1,882	1,753	3,827
1920	R	−12.3%	2,523	3,235	5,782
1916	R	−4.2%	1,311	1,428	2,756
1912	D	+36.9%	1,181	201	2,657
1908	R	−8.8%	1,011	1,231	2,492
1904	D	+17.5%	1,106	679	2,438
1900	R	−28.1%	749	1,389	2,275
1896	D	+19.5%	1,582	1,051	2,717
1892	D	+39.6%	1,755	307	3,656
1888	D	+22.0%	1,626	1,037	2,681
1884	D	+10.5%	1,389	1,123	2,536
1880	D	+26.7%	1,455	840	2,303
1876	D	+31.4%	1,475	770	2,245

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

English

0.5%

African American

10.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

2.2%

75–84

2.9%

4.8%

65–74

5.5%

6.1%

55–64

6.5%

6.8%

45–54

6.9%

6.6%

35–44

7.0%

5.9%

25–34

6.2%

4.2%

18–24

4.2%

8.9%

5–17

8.6%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$97,961

Shelby County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Shelby County$97,961

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.2%

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

18.9%

Other Christian

9.1%

Methodist

6.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.5%

Mainline Protestant

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Non-Christian

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Shelby County has added residents faster than almost any other Alabama county over the past two decades, drawing white-collar commuters from Birmingham. That suburban growth has yet to dent its deep-red presidential margins, which held above 40 points in 2024.

The Republican margin in Shelby County reached its widest at seventy-six points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was forty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Shelby County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,961, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 230,211 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rankin County and Clay County.

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Shelby County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.