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Montgomery, AL·Alabama

Montgomery, AL delivered R+3.1 in 2024.

State-capital metro where Black-majority precincts anchor Democratic margins

2008 — 2024·5 elections
AL
2024 presidential election
Montgomery, AL
TrumpR+3.1
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2024 presidential margin by county for Montgomery, AL, ALA map of the constituent counties of Montgomery, AL, AL, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Autauga County, AL · R+46.1Elmore County, AL · R+51.9Lowndes County, AL · D+37.3Montgomery County, AL · D+30.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican50.9%84,093
Kamala HarrisDemocratic47.8%79,026
OtherAll other candidates1.4%2,239
D+60
R+60
4 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: −3.1% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−3.1%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876−38.4%
1880−19.9%
1884−4.5%
1888+13.0%
1892+51.8%
1896+42.7%
1900+32.9%
1904+87.7%
1908+86.1%
1912+85.8%
1916+92.6%
1920+83.0%
1924+79.0%
1928+23.3%
1932+89.1%
1936+93.9%
1940+94.6%
1944+90.4%
1948−9.2%
1952+18.3%
1956+1.8%
1960−1.0%
1964−78.1%
1968+11.7%
1972−45.3%
1976−2.9%
1980−10.6%
1984−20.9%
1988−20.5%
1992−8.1%
1996−6.4%
2000−10.0%
2004−15.6%
2008−2.9%
2012+0.1%
2016−2.1%
2020+1.3%
2024−3.1%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
47.8%Harris79,026
50.9%Trump84,093
1.4%
−3.1%
165,358
D
50.0%Biden87,371
48.7%Trump85,149
1.3%incl. Jorgensen
+1.3%
174,774
R
48.1%Clinton78,178
50.2%Trump81,560
1.7%incl. Johnson
−2.1%
162,540
D
49.7%Obama83,849
49.6%Romney83,720
0.8%
+0.1%
168,862
R
48.2%Obama82,009
51.2%McCain87,020
0.6%
−2.9%
169,977
R
42.0%Kerry60,622
57.6%Bush83,135
0.5%
−15.6%
144,432
R
44.3%Gore56,522
54.3%Bush69,235
1.4%incl. Nader
−10.0%
127,583
R
44.7%Clinton53,897
51.1%Dole61,599
4.2%incl. Perot
−6.4%
120,553
R
40.8%Clinton51,884
48.8%Bush62,141
10.4%incl. Perot
−8.1%
127,273
R
39.3%Dukakis40,205
59.8%Bush61,216
0.9%
−20.5%
102,360
R
39.1%Mondale42,337
60.0%Reagan65,001
0.8%
−20.9%
108,251
R
42.7%Carter41,837
53.3%Reagan52,249
4.1%incl. Anderson
−10.6%
98,086
R
47.8%Carter39,659
50.6%Ford42,044
1.6%
−2.9%
83,041
R
26.2%McGovern18,766
71.5%Nixon51,171
2.3%
−45.3%
71,588
O
23.8%Humphrey16,513
12.1%Nixon8,387
64.1%incl. Wallace
+11.7%
69,376
R
0.0%Johnson0
78.1%Goldwater33,895
21.9%
−78.1%
43,410
R
48.9%Kennedy14,981
49.9%Nixon15,278
1.2%
−1.0%
30,635
D
43.4%Stevenson12,027
41.6%Eisenhower11,529
15.0%
+1.8%
27,714
D
58.8%Stevenson15,747
40.4%Eisenhower10,835
0.8%
+18.3%
26,798
O
0.0%Truman0
9.2%Dewey1,092
90.8%incl. Thurmond
−9.2%
11,852
D
95.0%Roosevelt14,295
4.6%Dewey698
0.3%
+90.4%
15,040
D
97.1%Roosevelt18,340
2.6%Willkie485
0.3%
+94.6%
18,879
D
96.4%Roosevelt18,757
2.5%Landon492
1.1%
+93.9%
19,454
D
93.6%Roosevelt15,658
4.5%Hoover756
1.9%
+89.1%
16,734
D
61.6%Smith9,242
38.3%Hoover5,747
0.0%
+23.3%
14,994
D
86.6%Davis6,893
7.6%Coolidge603
5.8%incl. La Follette
+79.0%
7,957
D
91.2%Cox9,818
8.2%Harding883
0.6%
+83.0%
10,768
D
95.9%Wilson6,260
3.3%Hughes214
0.8%
+92.6%
6,529
D
88.6%Wilson5,404
2.8%Taft171
8.6%incl. Roosevelt
+85.8%
6,097
D
92.6%Bryan4,972
6.5%Taft350
0.9%
+86.1%
5,368
D
93.3%Parker5,148
5.5%Roosevelt306
1.2%
+87.7%
5,518
D
64.8%Bryan7,570
31.9%McKinley3,732
3.2%
+32.9%
11,681
D
68.0%Bryan8,858
25.2%McKinley3,287
6.8%
+42.7%
13,036
D
54.9%Cleveland9,124
3.1%Harrison521
41.9%incl. Weaver
+51.8%
16,605
D
56.5%Cleveland8,427
43.5%Harrison6,488
0.0%
+13.0%
14,916
R
47.6%Cleveland7,912
52.1%Blaine8,664
0.4%
−4.5%
16,638
R
39.9%Hancock6,830
59.7%Garfield10,231
0.4%
−19.9%
17,128
R
30.8%Tilden5,893
69.2%Hayes13,236
0.0%
−38.4%
19,129

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.
IndicatorMontgomery, ALMetro areaAlabamaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White46.5%64.5%61.0%
Black44.6%25.8%12.2%
Asian2.3%1.5%6.0%
Two or more races4.9%5.3%12.6%
Other race1.6%2.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino4.3%5.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$65,224$63,999$84,427
Poverty rate16.6%15.6%12.5%
Median age38.139.439.1
Age 18–249.0%9.4%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.5%17.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)31.0%28.5%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home5.6%6.1%22.3%
Spanish2.7%3.9%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryAmerican 18.4%American 12.8%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.2%English 12.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 5.9%Irish 8.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic3.3%5.0%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant35.5%42.2%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed36.6%36.6%51.5%
Black Protestant13.0%7.3%2.2%
Mainline Protestant8.7%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
American
18.4%
English
9.2%
Irish
5.9%
German
5.1%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.2%
Scotch-Irish
1.0%
French
0.8%
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
0.9%
Jamaican
0.2%
Nigerian
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
2.6%
Guatemalan
0.4%
Puerto Rican
0.3%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Korean
1.0%
Asian Indian
0.4%
Chinese
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
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.0%
75–84
2.9%
4.4%
65–74
5.5%
6.0%
55–64
6.7%
5.7%
45–54
6.5%
6.1%
35–44
6.8%
6.5%
25–34
7.1%
4.6%
18–24
4.4%
8.7%
5–17
8.4%
3.2%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,224
Montgomery, AL$65,224
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
16.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.5%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.7%
Korean0.9%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
German or other West Germanic0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
35.5%
Black Protestant
13.0%
Mainline Protestant
8.7%
Catholic
3.3%
Other Christian
0.9%
Latter-day Saints
0.8%
Muslim
0.5%
Buddhist
0.4%
Jewish
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted36.6%
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.

Montgomery's electorate divides sharply along racial geography: majority-Black city precincts vote heavily Democratic while surrounding suburban and exurban counties pull the broader metro toward Republican margins, making ward-level turnout a consistent swing variable.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.6 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 78.1 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.1 points.

A population of 386,024, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,224 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Montgomery, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Montgomery, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 3.1 points (R+3.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 165,358 votes cast, 79,026 went Democratic and 84,093 went Republican.
What is Montgomery, AL, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Montgomery, AL, Alabama in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" 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 Montgomery, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montgomery, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Montgomery, AL, Alabama?
Montgomery, AL, Alabama has a population of 386,024 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montgomery, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Montgomery, AL, Alabama is $65,224 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Montgomery, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Montgomery, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.