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1876–2024
Fort Payne, AL·Alabama

Fort Payne, AL has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential elections — R+74 in 2024.

DeKalb County's sock-manufacturing hub anchors a reliably conservative corner of Appalachian Alabama.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
LatestR+74in 2024
TypologyTexan Rightcluster typology
Population72,2692024 ACS

Fort Payne, AL, Alabama: Texan Right metro. In 2024, voted R+74%. Republican peak: R+74 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+74MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Texan RightAkashic typology
Population
72,2692024 5-year
Median household income
$51,2042024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
79.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
17.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+61 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Fort Payne, AL
TrumpR+74
—
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican86.4%25,633
Kamala HarrisDemocratic12.7%3,758
OtherAll other candidates0.9%269
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −73.8% in 2024.flipped R · 1980−73.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+37.7%
1880+50.1%
1884+39.7%
1888+37.9%
1892+60.8%
1896+4.5%
1900+3.7%
1904+15.6%
1908+11.4%
1912+35.1%
1916+19.7%
1920−10.9%
1924−6.7%
1928−18.6%
1932+9.3%
1936+14.0%
1940+31.7%
1944+24.8%
1948−43.3%
1952+13.1%
1956+0.7%
1960+2.3%
1964−57.7%
1968−27.2%
1972−42.9%
1976+19.2%
1980−4.6%
1984−25.3%
1988−21.9%
1992−10.5%
1996−18.1%
2000−28.4%
2004−40.6%
2008−51.2%
2012−54.9%
2016−69.8%
2020−69.8%
2024−73.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−73.8%
3,75825,63329,660
R
−69.8%
4,28124,76729,356
R
−69.8%
3,62221,40525,485
R
−54.9%
5,23918,33123,863
R
−51.2%
5,65817,95724,015
R
−40.6%
7,09216,90424,169
R
−28.4%
7,05612,82720,285
R
−18.1%
6,5449,82318,143
R
−10.5%
8,24510,51921,585
R
−21.9%
7,33311,47818,940
R
−25.3%
7,21212,09819,349
R
−4.6%
8,8209,67318,690
D
+19.2%
9,7596,59716,437
R
−42.9%
3,7599,43413,237
O
−27.2%
1,2745,31414,859
R
−57.7%
06,74611,694
D
+2.3%
5,8445,58511,441
D
+0.7%
5,7685,68411,468
D
+13.1%
5,2093,9979,217
O
−43.3%
02,7436,333
D
+24.8%
4,3662,6277,002
D
+31.7%
5,4322,8108,259
D
+14.0%
6,1224,61710,762
D
+9.3%
4,2173,4967,790
R
−18.6%
3,9575,7619,720
R
−6.7%
3,0033,4346,437
R
−10.9%
3,8944,8528,795
D
+19.7%
1,7871,1903,024
D
+35.1%
1,3794922,525
D
+11.4%
1,3951,1032,556
D
+15.6%
1,7161,2373,069
D
+3.7%
1,8731,7353,707
D
+4.5%
1,5861,4463,106
D
+60.8%
1,86853,062
D
+37.9%
1,3265931,936
D
+39.7%
1,0774651,542
D
+50.1%
7592521,011
D
+37.7%
9874471,434

Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.4%
English
12.8%
Irish
9.0%
German
5.8%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.2%
Italian
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.0%
2.3%
75–84
3.0%
5.2%
65–74
5.5%
6.4%
55–64
6.5%
6.5%
45–54
6.4%
6.0%
35–44
6.0%
6.1%
25–34
5.9%
4.5%
18–24
4.0%
9.5%
5–17
8.7%
3.0%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$51,204
Fort Payne, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Fort Payne, AL$51,204
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
22.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.0%
Working age (18–64)19.5%
Seniors (65+)14.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.1%
speak English only
Spanish13.9%
Other languages0.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
36.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.1%
Other Christian
8.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.6%
Methodist
4.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fort Payne built its identity around textile production and sits in a stretch of northeast Alabama where Republican presidential margins have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the region's rural, working-class evangelical composition.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of sixty-one points in 1892 and a Republican high of seventy-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-four points.

A population of 72,269, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,204 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Fort Payne, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fort Payne, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 73.8 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,660 votes cast, 3,758 went Democratic and 25,633 went Republican.
What is Fort Payne, AL, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Fort Payne, AL, Alabama in the "Texan Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did Fort Payne, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Payne, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Fort Payne, AL, Alabama?
Fort Payne, AL, Alabama has a population of 72,269 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Payne, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Fort Payne, AL, Alabama is $51,204 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Fort Payne, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fort Payne, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Texan Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.