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Ozark, AL·Alabama

Ozark, AL has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential elections — R+52.2 in 2024.

One of Alabama's most Republican-leaning metros by raw margin

2008 — 2024·5 elections
AL
2024 presidential election
Ozark, AL
TrumpR+52.2
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2024 presidential margin by county for Ozark, AL, ALA map of the single county of Ozark, AL, AL, 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.Dale County, AL · R+52.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican75.6%14,476
Kamala HarrisDemocratic23.4%4,484
OtherAll other candidates0.9%179
D+60
R+60
A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full 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: −52.2% in 2024.flipped R · 1980−52.2%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+61.9%
1880+62.3%
1884+69.8%
1888+97.7%
1892+55.9%
1896+72.1%
1900+11.4%
1904+45.7%
1908+43.5%
1912+59.9%
1916+35.5%
1920+28.4%
1924+56.9%
1928+10.4%
1932+87.3%
1936+85.1%
1940+74.2%
1944+72.3%
1948−14.4%
1952+42.4%
1956+27.9%
1960+22.0%
1964−83.8%
1968+2.6%
1972−67.3%
1976+11.7%
1980−18.4%
1984−51.9%
1988−44.9%
1992−19.2%
1996−24.8%
2000−36.0%
2004−50.1%
2008−44.6%
2012−42.2%
2016−50.6%
2020−46.3%
2024−52.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
23.4%Harris4,484
75.6%Trump14,476
0.9%
−52.2%
19,139
R
26.2%Biden5,170
72.5%Trump14,303
1.3%incl. Jorgensen
−46.3%
19,738
R
23.8%Clinton4,413
74.4%Trump13,808
1.9%incl. Johnson
−50.6%
18,571
R
28.5%Obama5,286
70.6%Romney13,108
0.9%
−42.2%
18,557
R
27.3%Obama5,270
71.9%McCain13,886
0.8%
−44.6%
19,320
R
24.6%Kerry4,484
74.7%Bush13,621
0.7%
−50.1%
18,231
R
31.0%Gore4,906
67.0%Bush10,593
1.9%incl. Nader
−36.0%
15,806
R
33.0%Clinton4,732
57.8%Dole8,288
9.1%incl. Perot
−24.8%
14,330
R
32.3%Clinton5,098
51.5%Bush8,123
16.3%incl. Perot
−19.2%
15,787
R
26.9%Dukakis3,476
71.8%Bush9,266
1.3%
−44.9%
12,905
R
23.5%Mondale3,215
75.4%Reagan10,319
1.2%
−51.9%
13,692
R
39.3%Carter4,936
57.6%Reagan7,247
3.1%incl. Anderson
−18.4%
12,573
D
55.0%Carter6,346
43.3%Ford4,996
1.6%
+11.7%
11,531
R
15.9%McGovern1,594
83.1%Nixon8,346
1.0%
−67.3%
10,038
O
8.9%Humphrey862
6.3%Nixon607
84.9%incl. Wallace
+2.6%
9,705
R
0.0%Johnson0
83.8%Goldwater4,970
16.2%
−83.8%
5,933
D
60.8%Kennedy2,563
38.7%Nixon1,634
0.5%
+22.0%
4,218
D
62.4%Stevenson2,318
34.6%Eisenhower1,284
3.0%
+27.9%
3,712
D
70.9%Stevenson2,669
28.5%Eisenhower1,073
0.6%
+42.4%
3,763
O
0.0%Truman0
14.4%Dewey230
85.6%incl. Thurmond
−14.4%
1,602
D
85.6%Roosevelt2,094
13.3%Dewey325
1.1%
+72.3%
2,447
D
87.0%Roosevelt2,543
12.8%Willkie374
0.2%
+74.2%
2,922
D
92.5%Roosevelt2,404
7.4%Landon193
0.1%
+85.1%
2,599
D
93.6%Roosevelt2,300
6.3%Hoover155
0.0%
+87.3%
2,456
D
55.2%Smith1,233
44.8%Hoover1,000
0.0%
+10.4%
2,234
D
77.5%Davis1,117
20.6%Coolidge297
1.9%incl. La Follette
+56.9%
1,441
D
63.7%Cox1,386
35.3%Harding768
1.0%
+28.4%
2,175
D
67.4%Wilson1,260
31.9%Hughes597
0.7%
+35.5%
1,870
D
66.0%Wilson1,059
6.2%Taft99
27.8%incl. Roosevelt
+59.9%
1,604
D
69.6%Bryan921
26.2%Taft346
4.2%
+43.5%
1,323
D
69.9%Parker997
24.2%Roosevelt345
5.9%
+45.7%
1,426
D
51.2%Bryan1,141
39.9%McKinley888
8.9%
+11.4%
2,228
D
83.3%Bryan2,155
11.2%McKinley289
5.6%
+72.1%
2,588
D
56.5%Cleveland1,460
0.6%Harrison15
42.9%incl. Weaver
+55.9%
2,585
D
98.8%Cleveland1,266
1.2%Harrison15
0.0%
+97.7%
1,281
D
81.9%Cleveland980
12.1%Blaine145
5.9%
+69.8%
1,196
D
81.2%Hancock1,224
18.8%Garfield284
0.0%
+62.3%
1,508
D
80.9%Tilden1,143
19.1%Hayes269
0.0%
+61.9%
1,412

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.
IndicatorOzark, ALMetro areaAlabamaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White67.6%64.5%61.0%
Black20.4%25.8%12.2%
Asian1.2%1.5%6.0%
Two or more races7.4%5.3%12.6%
Other race3.4%2.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino7.1%5.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$54,963$63,999$84,427
Poverty rate18.7%15.6%12.5%
Median age37.739.439.1
Age 18–248.8%9.4%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.0%17.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)20.4%28.5%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home5.7%6.1%22.3%
Spanish3.9%3.9%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryAmerican 11.8%American 12.8%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.5%English 12.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 7.0%Irish 8.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic0.7%5.0%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant36.1%42.2%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed49.7%36.6%51.5%
Black Protestant5.2%7.3%2.2%

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
11.8%
English
9.5%
Irish
7.0%
German
6.8%
Italian
2.0%
French
1.7%
Scottish
1.5%
Polish
1.2%
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
0.6%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
4.3%
Puerto Rican
1.7%
Cuban
0.2%
Dominican
0.2%
Spanish
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Korean
0.4%
Chinese
0.2%
Filipino
0.2%
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: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.9%
2.4%
75–84
3.3%
5.3%
65–74
5.6%
6.0%
55–64
6.7%
5.3%
45–54
5.8%
6.0%
35–44
6.4%
6.7%
25–34
6.9%
4.9%
18–24
3.9%
8.5%
5–17
8.1%
3.7%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$54,963
Ozark, AL$54,963
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
18.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.2%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)9.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.3%
speak English only
Spanish3.9%
Korean0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Other Indo-European0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
36.1%
Black Protestant
5.2%
Mainline Protestant
4.9%
Latter-day Saints
1.9%
Muslim
1.1%
Catholic
0.7%
Other Christian
0.4%
Unaffiliated or not counted49.7%
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.

Ozark anchors Dale County in southeastern Alabama's wiregrass region, where a largely rural, majority-white electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 45 points in recent cycles, leaving Democrats with minimal competitive footing.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.7 points in 1888 and a Republican high of 83.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.2 points.

A population of 49,599, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,963 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Ozark, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ozark, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 52.2 points (R+52.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,139 votes cast, 4,484 went Democratic and 14,476 went Republican.
When did Ozark, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ozark, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Ozark, AL, Alabama?
Ozark, AL, Alabama has a population of 49,599 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ozark, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Ozark, AL, Alabama is $54,963 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Ozark, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ozark, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.