Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

54 precincts · 85,256 votes cast

Trump · R+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−20.3%	33,399	50,724	85,256
2020	R	−14.8%	37,765	51,117	90,172
2016	R	−19.6%	31,762	47,723	81,358
2012	R	−17.4%	32,048	45,748	78,590
2008	R	−16.0%	32,796	45,405	78,912
2004	R	−23.5%	26,447	42,877	69,830
2000	R	−15.6%	24,614	34,003	60,114
1996	R	−9.0%	23,067	27,939	54,382
1992	R	−6.8%	23,495	27,454	58,073
1988	R	−20.2%	18,166	27,396	45,758
1984	R	−26.8%	16,066	28,075	44,739
1980	R	−1.6%	19,103	19,750	40,720
1976	D	+11.5%	20,275	16,021	37,006
1972	R	−42.7%	8,272	21,172	30,179
1968	D	+6.1%	5,556	3,822	28,371
1964	R	−68.7%	0	13,227	19,263
1960	D	+19.0%	8,254	5,598	13,992
1956	D	+23.1%	8,186	4,994	13,798
1952	D	+32.5%	7,677	3,872	11,720
1948	R	−12.1%	0	658	5,455
1944	D	+78.1%	4,939	584	5,573
1940	D	+87.0%	6,284	426	6,732
1936	D	+89.1%	6,029	332	6,393
1932	D	+88.7%	5,322	302	5,657
1928	D	+39.2%	2,769	1,210	3,981
1924	D	+76.8%	2,363	247	2,754
1920	D	+74.5%	3,438	491	3,956
1916	D	+81.9%	2,437	218	2,708
1912	D	+80.8%	1,695	87	1,989
1908	D	+77.1%	1,729	162	2,033
1904	D	+79.9%	1,405	132	1,593
1900	D	+27.7%	1,173	650	1,891
1896	D	+36.5%	2,151	965	3,246
1892	D	+35.3%	2,212	708	4,266
1888	D	+35.1%	2,214	1,057	3,300
1884	D	+37.3%	1,776	807	2,600
1880	D	+39.4%	1,855	807	2,662
1876	D	+37.7%	2,184	988	3,172

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

24.7%

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: 32.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

2.3%

4.0%

65–74

4.8%

5.1%

55–64

5.4%

5.2%

45–54

5.6%

5.8%

35–44

6.1%

6.7%

25–34

6.9%

9.0%

18–24

9.9%

7.6%

5–17

7.4%

2.8%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,231

Tuscaloosa County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Tuscaloosa County$66,231

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.8%

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

24.1%

Other Christian

12.3%

Methodist

4.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.8%

Mainline Protestant

2.2%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Despite the University of Alabama anchoring a large student and faculty population in Tuscaloosa, Republican presidential candidates have carried the county by double digits in every recent cycle, reflecting the surrounding rural and suburban electorate's conservative lean.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Tuscaloosa County, by a two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Tuscaloosa County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,231, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Whitfield County and Warren County.

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