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1876–2024
Tuscaloosa, AL·Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+15.8 in 2024.

Home to the University of Alabama, reshaping its electorate one enrollment cycle at a time

2008 — 2024·5 elections
AL
2024 presidential election
Tuscaloosa, AL
TrumpR+15.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Tuscaloosa, AL, ALA map of the constituent counties of Tuscaloosa, 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.Greene County, AL · D+55.7Hale County, AL · D+6.8Pickens County, AL · R+23.3Tuscaloosa County, AL · R+20.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican57.3%60,443
Kamala HarrisDemocratic41.5%43,788
OtherAll other candidates1.2%1,281
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: −15.8% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−15.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+10.7%
1880+20.4%
1884+10.9%
1888+40.3%
1892+57.3%
1896+53.8%
1900+52.7%
1904+81.7%
1908+82.4%
1912+84.8%
1916+81.3%
1920+77.4%
1924+81.3%
1928+40.9%
1932+87.6%
1936+90.6%
1940+87.8%
1944+80.6%
1948−9.4%
1952+29.7%
1956+25.8%
1960+20.3%
1964−71.3%
1968+15.1%
1972−31.2%
1976+15.6%
1980+7.1%
1984−15.9%
1988−11.1%
1992+0.9%
1996+0.0%
2000−6.5%
2004−14.8%
2008−7.9%
2012−8.3%
2016−12.2%
2020−9.3%
2024−15.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
41.5%Harris43,788
57.3%Trump60,443
1.2%
−15.8%
105,512
R
44.7%Biden50,334
54.0%Trump60,778
1.2%incl. Jorgensen
−9.3%
112,515
R
42.9%Clinton44,522
55.1%Trump57,190
1.9%incl. Johnson
−12.2%
103,701
R
45.4%Obama46,435
53.7%Romney54,886
0.8%
−8.3%
102,184
R
45.6%Obama46,780
53.6%McCain54,915
0.8%
−7.9%
102,498
R
42.3%Kerry38,757
57.0%Bush52,286
0.7%
−14.8%
91,655
R
45.7%Gore36,913
52.2%Bush42,143
2.1%incl. Nader
−6.5%
80,781
D
47.2%Clinton33,983
47.1%Dole33,950
5.7%incl. Perot
+0.0%
72,052
D
44.9%Clinton34,624
44.0%Bush33,894
11.2%incl. Perot
+0.9%
77,119
R
44.2%Dukakis27,755
55.3%Bush34,709
0.5%
−11.1%
62,769
R
41.4%Mondale26,616
57.3%Reagan36,812
1.4%
−15.9%
64,300
D
51.6%Carter30,664
44.5%Reagan26,440
3.9%incl. Anderson
+7.1%
59,419
D
57.0%Carter30,187
41.4%Ford21,927
1.7%
+15.6%
53,004
R
33.2%McGovern15,219
64.4%Nixon29,506
2.3%
−31.2%
45,788
O
25.5%Humphrey11,222
10.4%Nixon4,589
64.0%incl. Wallace
+15.1%
43,928
R
0.0%Johnson0
71.3%Goldwater19,665
28.7%
−71.3%
27,582
D
59.6%Kennedy12,122
39.3%Nixon7,997
1.0%
+20.3%
20,331
D
60.5%Stevenson11,851
34.7%Eisenhower6,800
4.8%
+25.8%
19,583
D
64.3%Stevenson11,080
34.6%Eisenhower5,965
1.1%
+29.7%
17,239
O
0.0%Truman0
9.4%Dewey823
90.6%incl. Thurmond
−9.4%
8,722
D
90.0%Roosevelt8,362
9.4%Dewey871
0.6%
+80.6%
9,292
D
93.7%Roosevelt10,583
6.0%Willkie675
0.3%
+87.8%
11,289
D
95.1%Roosevelt10,181
4.5%Landon479
0.5%
+90.6%
10,710
D
93.0%Roosevelt8,742
5.4%Hoover509
1.6%
+87.6%
9,398
D
70.4%Smith5,446
29.6%Hoover2,286
0.0%
+40.9%
7,734
D
89.0%Davis4,672
7.8%Coolidge407
3.2%incl. La Follette
+81.3%
5,249
D
88.4%Cox6,330
10.9%Harding782
0.7%
+77.4%
7,164
D
89.9%Wilson4,794
8.6%Hughes460
1.5%
+81.3%
5,332
D
87.7%Wilson3,648
2.8%Taft117
9.5%incl. Roosevelt
+84.8%
4,162
D
88.6%Bryan3,682
6.2%Taft256
5.3%
+82.4%
4,158
D
88.9%Parker3,471
7.2%Roosevelt281
3.9%
+81.7%
3,905
D
74.3%Bryan4,497
21.6%McKinley1,308
4.0%
+52.7%
6,050
D
75.4%Bryan9,131
21.6%McKinley2,612
3.1%
+53.8%
12,115
D
65.9%Cleveland9,610
8.7%Harrison1,267
25.4%incl. Weaver
+57.3%
14,572
D
70.0%Cleveland7,855
29.7%Harrison3,330
0.4%
+40.3%
11,225
D
55.2%Cleveland5,411
44.4%Blaine4,345
0.4%
+10.9%
9,796
D
60.2%Hancock6,096
39.8%Garfield4,033
0.0%
+20.4%
10,129
D
55.3%Tilden7,574
44.7%Hayes6,110
0.0%
+10.7%
13,684

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.
IndicatorTuscaloosa, ALMetro areaAlabamaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White57.5%64.5%61.0%
Black34.2%25.8%12.2%
Asian1.5%1.5%6.0%
Two or more races5.0%5.3%12.6%
Other race1.8%2.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino5.1%5.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$62,466$63,999$84,427
Poverty rate18.1%15.6%12.5%
Median age34.139.439.1
Age 18–2417.3%9.4%9.2%
Age 65 and older15.2%17.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)29.6%28.5%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home6.0%6.1%22.3%
Spanish3.5%3.9%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryEnglish 10.2%American 12.8%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryAmerican 10.1%English 12.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 6.7%Irish 8.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic2.7%5.0%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant34.6%42.2%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed49.6%36.6%51.5%
Black Protestant7.0%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
English
10.2%
American
10.1%
Irish
6.7%
German
5.3%
Italian
1.8%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.2%
Scotch-Irish
1.1%
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%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
2.8%
Puerto Rican
0.5%
Guatemalan
0.5%
Cuban
0.3%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
0.4%
Asian Indian
0.3%
Vietnamese
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: 34.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.0%
1.7%
75–84
2.5%
4.3%
65–74
5.1%
5.3%
55–64
5.7%
5.1%
45–54
5.7%
5.9%
35–44
6.0%
6.6%
25–34
6.8%
8.3%
18–24
9.0%
7.7%
5–17
7.4%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,466
Tuscaloosa, AL$62,466
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
18.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.0%
Working age (18–64)17.3%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
German or other West Germanic0.5%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
Arabic0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Korean0.1%
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
34.6%
Black Protestant
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
4.6%
Catholic
2.7%
Latter-day Saints
0.6%
Other Christian
0.5%
Muslim
0.3%
Other faiths
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted49.6%
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.

Tuscaloosa's metropolitan politics are pulled in competing directions by a large student and university-employee population on one side and a deeply conservative surrounding rural county on the other, producing margins that consistently outperform statewide Republican baselines by a measurable gap.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 71.3 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.8 points.

A population of 278,526, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,466 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 15.8 points (R+15.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 105,512 votes cast, 43,788 went Democratic and 60,443 went Republican.
When did Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama?
Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama has a population of 278,526 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama is $62,466 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.