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1876–2024
Huntsville, AL·Alabama

Huntsville, AL has voted Republican in eleven straight presidential elections — R+16 in 2024.

Rocket City's aerospace economy reshaped Madison County's political map

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
LatestR+16in 2024
TypologyRealigning Affluent Suburbcluster typology
Population516,9512024 ACS

Huntsville, AL, Alabama: Realigning Affluent Suburb metro. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+16MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
Population
516,9512024 5-year
Median household income
$85,8812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
65.3%2024 5-year
Black
21.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+86 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+51 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Huntsville, AL
TrumpR+16
—
2024 presidential margin by county for Huntsville, AL, ALA map of the constituent counties of Huntsville, AL, AL, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Madison County, AL · R+9Limestone County, AL · R+44
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican57.1%143,317
Kamala HarrisDemocratic40.8%102,405
OtherAll other candidates2.1%5,227
D+60
R+60
2 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
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: −16.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1984−16.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+10.7%
1880−2.9%
1884−4.2%
1888−2.1%
1892+44.7%
1896+17.8%
1900+24.4%
1904+78.5%
1908+72.1%
1912+73.6%
1916+82.7%
1920+70.8%
1924+73.2%
1928+17.0%
1932+83.1%
1936+85.8%
1940+85.3%
1944+85.4%
1948−10.5%
1952+69.0%
1956+56.9%
1960+40.9%
1964−50.6%
1968−8.3%
1972−48.7%
1976+29.4%
1980+4.4%
1984−28.8%
1988−33.2%
1992−11.0%
1996−9.0%
2000−14.0%
2004−21.9%
2008−19.8%
2012−23.3%
2016−23.3%
2020−14.9%
2024−16.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−16.3%
102,405143,317250,949
R
−14.9%
100,958137,420244,002
R
−23.3%
72,290118,587198,553
R
−23.3%
71,844116,179190,518
R
−19.8%
73,653110,563186,450
R
−21.9%
61,77096,875160,135
R
−14.0%
57,19176,355136,952
R
−9.0%
50,30461,252121,540
R
−11.0%
47,06161,306129,431
R
−33.2%
31,25562,66194,654
R
−28.8%
32,29158,85192,144
D
+4.4%
38,64935,17878,456
D
+29.4%
44,30023,95669,287
R
−48.7%
15,18745,08761,436
O
−8.3%
8,89314,08362,328
R
−50.6%
016,65632,900
D
+40.9%
15,1066,29021,532
D
+56.9%
13,1993,58216,900
D
+69.0%
12,0602,17214,326
O
−10.5%
05785,508
D
+85.4%
7,5565848,165
D
+85.3%
8,4566619,143
D
+85.8%
8,5236219,210
D
+83.1%
7,4626668,182
D
+17.0%
4,3703,1027,474
D
+73.2%
3,5815044,206
D
+70.8%
4,6347745,454
D
+82.7%
3,6563074,048
D
+73.6%
3,1582403,963
D
+72.1%
3,3565153,942
D
+78.5%
3,1723693,570
D
+24.4%
4,7042,8367,653
D
+17.8%
5,8684,06810,135
O
+44.7%
4,493219,997
R
−2.1%
3,6253,7787,431
R
−4.2%
4,2304,6058,991
R
−2.9%
4,4084,6859,638
D
+10.7%
5,1074,1209,227

Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.6%
American
11.2%
Irish
9.5%
German
9.2%
Italian
2.2%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.5%
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: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.1%
75–84
2.7%
4.4%
65–74
4.9%
6.8%
55–64
7.0%
6.1%
45–54
6.2%
6.6%
35–44
6.6%
7.2%
25–34
6.8%
4.7%
18–24
4.5%
8.1%
5–17
8.0%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$85,881
Huntsville, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Huntsville, AL$85,881
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
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.9%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.6%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
23.1%
Other Christian
16.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.5%
Methodist
6.7%
Mainline Protestant
3.5%
Non-Christian
2.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and a dense concentration of defense contractors, the Huntsville metro has drawn a highly educated, engineering-heavy workforce that has gradually compressed Republican margins compared with the rest of Alabama.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of eighty-six points in 1936 and a Republican high of fifty-one points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixteen points.

A population of 516,951, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,881 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Huntsville, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Huntsville, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 16.3 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 250,949 votes cast, 102,405 went Democratic and 143,317 went Republican.
What is Huntsville, AL, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Huntsville, AL, Alabama in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" 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 16 times, and other 3 times.
When did Huntsville, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Huntsville, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Huntsville, AL, Alabama?
Huntsville, AL, Alabama has a population of 516,951 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Huntsville, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Huntsville, AL, Alabama is $85,881 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Huntsville, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Huntsville, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.