Washington County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

19 precincts · 8,441 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.3%	1,863	6,534	8,441
2020	R	−48.5%	2,258	6,564	8,876
2016	R	−43.2%	2,374	6,042	8,489
2012	R	−31.7%	2,976	5,761	8,778
2008	R	−29.5%	3,067	5,654	8,775
2004	R	−23.2%	3,145	5,060	8,247
2000	R	−9.6%	3,386	4,117	7,596
1996	D	+13.4%	3,935	2,900	7,697
1992	D	+9.5%	4,046	3,270	8,162
1988	R	−4.7%	3,402	3,741	7,163
1984	R	−17.9%	3,081	4,434	7,543
1980	D	+7.2%	3,520	3,045	6,625
1976	D	+22.9%	3,471	2,171	5,670
1972	R	−49.8%	1,096	3,282	4,392
1968	D	+12.4%	902	200	5,683
1964	R	−70.2%	0	2,803	3,994
1960	D	+41.0%	1,929	792	2,776
1956	D	+36.1%	1,705	777	2,569
1952	D	+51.9%	1,977	623	2,607
1948	R	−2.3%	0	31	1,344
1944	D	+84.9%	1,447	115	1,568
1940	D	+91.6%	1,892	80	1,978
1936	D	+91.3%	1,736	72	1,822
1932	D	+88.3%	1,307	81	1,389
1928	D	+16.5%	718	515	1,234
1924	D	+81.9%	610	55	678
1920	D	+73.9%	575	85	663
1916	D	+87.0%	500	32	538
1912	D	+87.1%	405	14	449
1908	D	+79.7%	464	40	532
1904	D	+76.1%	443	54	511
1900	D	+27.9%	492	269	800
1896	D	+45.3%	642	224	922
1892	D	+69.5%	663	94	819
1888	D	+40.1%	508	217	726
1884	D	+53.3%	469	143	612
1880	D	+56.3%	575	139	775
1876	D	+70.4%	553	96	649

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.7%

African American

19.3%

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: 44.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

0.5%

2.8%

75–84

4.3%

5.9%

65–74

6.6%

7.3%

55–64

8.7%

6.4%

45–54

6.3%

5.1%

35–44

4.9%

5.6%

25–34

5.2%

18–24

4.3%

7.6%

5–17

6.8%

3.4%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,042

Washington County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Washington County$61,042

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.1%

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

38.4%

Other Christian

12.1%

Methodist

8.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington County's piney-woods interior and sparse population have produced some of the widest Republican margins in the state, with the 2024 presidential result landing at R+55.3 in a county of fewer than 20,000 residents.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Washington County peaked at ninety-two points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Washington County's median household income of $61,042 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Le Flore County and Hart County.

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