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1876–2024
Mobile, AL·Alabama

Mobile, AL has voted Republican in fourteen straight presidential elections — R+16.4 in 2024.

Gulf Coast port metro where turnout patterns track industrial employment

20082024·5 elections
AL
Mobile, AL
TrumpR+16.4
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald TrumpRepublican57.5%100,759
Kamala HarrisDemocratic41.1%72,055
OtherAll other candidates1.3%2,350
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: −16.4% in 2024.flipped R · 1972−16.4%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+11.0%
1880+7.5%
1884+0.3%
1888+10.0%
1892+60.7%
1896+15.9%
1900+12.9%
1904+80.5%
1908+61.0%
1912+76.3%
1916+54.8%
1920+38.7%
1924+36.4%
1928+8.2%
1932+69.4%
1936+82.1%
1940+71.1%
1944+52.9%
1948−19.4%
1952+1.1%
1956−8.8%
1960+7.4%
1964−70.7%
1968+8.8%
1972−49.0%
1976−3.4%
1980−18.2%
1984−26.5%
1988−22.5%
1992−12.5%
1996−9.2%
2000−14.0%
2004−18.0%
2008−8.7%
2012−9.2%
2016−13.4%
2020−11.9%
2024−16.4%
DemocraticRepublican
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
41.1%Harris72,055
57.5%Trump100,759
1.3%
−16.4%
175,164
R
43.4%Biden79,474
55.3%Trump101,243
1.3%incl. Jorgensen
−11.9%
183,164
R
42.3%Clinton72,186
55.8%Trump95,116
1.9%incl. Johnson
−13.4%
170,593
R
45.0%Obama78,760
54.3%Romney94,893
0.7%
−9.2%
174,864
R
45.3%Obama82,181
54.0%McCain98,049
0.7%
−8.7%
181,424
R
40.7%Kerry63,732
58.7%Bush92,014
0.7%
−18.0%
156,771
R
42.0%Gore58,640
55.9%Bush78,162
2.1%incl. Nader
−14.0%
139,745
R
42.1%Clinton54,749
51.3%Dole66,775
6.6%incl. Perot
−9.2%
130,103
R
38.2%Clinton54,962
50.7%Bush72,935
11.1%incl. Perot
−12.5%
143,788
R
38.4%Dukakis45,524
60.9%Bush72,203
0.7%
−22.5%
118,597
R
36.1%Mondale47,252
62.6%Reagan81,923
1.4%
−26.5%
130,959
R
39.5%Carter46,180
57.7%Reagan67,515
2.8%incl. Anderson
−18.2%
116,992
R
47.5%Carter50,264
50.8%Ford53,835
1.7%
−3.4%
105,876
R
24.2%McGovern20,694
73.1%Nixon62,639
2.7%
−49.0%
85,634
O
20.2%Humphrey18,615
11.4%Nixon10,509
68.3%incl. Wallace
+8.8%
91,936
R
0.0%Johnson0
70.7%Goldwater49,493
29.3%
−70.7%
69,981
D
52.5%Kennedy28,626
45.1%Nixon24,608
2.4%
+7.4%
54,542
R
43.4%Stevenson17,163
52.2%Eisenhower20,639
4.4%
−8.8%
39,534
D
50.4%Stevenson14,473
49.3%Eisenhower14,153
0.3%
+1.1%
28,715
O
0.0%Truman0
19.4%Dewey2,685
80.6%incl. Thurmond
−19.4%
13,835
D
76.0%Roosevelt9,439
23.1%Dewey2,867
0.9%
+52.9%
12,423
D
85.1%Roosevelt11,480
14.0%Willkie1,887
0.9%
+71.1%
13,493
D
90.8%Roosevelt11,165
8.7%Landon1,072
0.5%
+82.1%
12,299
D
84.4%Roosevelt9,658
14.9%Hoover1,710
0.7%
+69.4%
11,447
D
54.1%Smith5,965
45.8%Hoover5,058
0.1%
+8.2%
11,033
D
64.9%Davis4,125
28.5%Coolidge1,814
6.5%incl. La Follette
+36.4%
6,355
D
68.4%Cox6,171
29.7%Harding2,681
1.9%
+38.7%
9,023
D
76.2%Wilson2,968
21.4%Hughes832
2.5%
+54.8%
3,896
D
80.0%Wilson3,009
3.7%Taft140
16.3%incl. Roosevelt
+76.3%
3,762
D
75.0%Bryan2,422
14.0%Taft453
10.9%
+61.0%
3,228
D
89.3%Parker3,283
8.8%Roosevelt325
1.8%
+80.5%
3,675
D
54.6%Bryan2,939
41.6%McKinley2,243
3.8%
+12.9%
5,387
D
53.7%Bryan3,948
37.8%McKinley2,778
8.6%
+15.9%
7,357
D
66.3%Cleveland4,680
5.6%Harrison397
28.0%incl. Weaver
+60.7%
7,056
D
55.0%Cleveland3,109
45.0%Harrison2,542
0.0%
+10.0%
5,651
D
50.0%Cleveland2,806
49.7%Blaine2,787
0.3%
+0.3%
5,609
D
52.4%Hancock3,784
44.8%Garfield3,239
2.8%
+7.5%
7,224
D
55.5%Tilden5,330
44.5%Hayes4,272
0.0%
+11.0%
9,602

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorMobile, ALMetro areaAlabamaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White55.6%64.5%61.0%
Black35.9%25.8%12.2%
Asian2.2%1.5%6.0%
Two or more races4.5%5.3%12.6%
Other race1.9%2.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino3.5%5.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$58,880$63,999$84,427
Poverty rate16.2%15.6%12.5%
Median age38.539.439.1
Age 18–248.8%9.4%9.2%
Age 65 and older17.5%17.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)26.0%28.5%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home4.8%6.1%22.3%
Spanish2.1%3.9%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryEnglish 9.4%American 12.8%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryAmerican 8.2%English 12.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 7.5%Irish 8.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic10.7%5.0%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant41.7%42.2%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed27.0%36.6%51.5%
Black Protestant12.0%7.3%2.2%
Mainline Protestant5.9%6.5%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
English
9.4%
American
8.2%
Irish
7.5%
German
6.2%
French
2.5%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
Scotch-Irish
1.0%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.8%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
1.4%
Puerto Rican
0.4%
Cuban
0.3%
Guatemalan
0.3%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Vietnamese
0.8%
Chinese
0.3%
Asian Indian
0.2%
Filipino
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Vietnamese0.8%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
Arabic0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Other languages0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Korean0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
41.7%
Black Protestant
12.0%
Catholic
10.7%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
Other Christian
0.8%
Muslim
0.8%
Buddhist
0.5%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Jewish
0.1%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted27.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Mobile's electorate blends a substantial Black voting-age population with a white working-class majority shaped by shipbuilding and petrochemical industries, producing GOP margins at the top of the ticket that have widened steadily since the 1990s.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 70.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.

A population of 412,590, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,880 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Mobile, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mobile, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 175,164 votes cast, 72,055 went Democratic and 100,759 went Republican.
What is Mobile, AL, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Mobile, AL, Alabama in the "Black Belt" 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 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did Mobile, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Mobile, AL, Alabama has a population of 412,590 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile, AL, Alabama is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mobile, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.