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Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt)·Alabama

Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt) has voted Republican in fourteen straight presidential elections — R+35 in 2024.

Gulf Coast market where military installations shape the electorate

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
LatestR+35in 2024
TypologyIndustrial Catholic Metrocluster typology
Population1,519,1662024 ACS

Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama: Industrial Catholic Metro market. In 2024, voted R+35%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+35MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
Population
1,519,1662024 5-year
Median household income
$70,8152024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
67.3%2024 5-year
Black
20.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+78 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+59 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt)
TrumpR+35
—
2024 presidential margin by county for Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), ALA map of the constituent counties of Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), AL, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Monroe County, AL · R+23Escambia County, AL · R+46Washington County, AL · R+55Escambia County, FL · R+20Greene County, MS · R+70Clarke County, AL · R+17Santa Rosa County, FL · R+51Conecuh County, AL · R+14Baldwin County, AL · R+58Okaloosa County, FL · R+42Mobile County, AL · R+16
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican66.8%496,087
Kamala HarrisDemocratic32.1%238,504
OtherAll other candidates1.1%8,309
D+60
R+60
11 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: −34.7% in 2024.flipped R · 1972−34.7%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+19.9%
1880+15.8%
1884+8.3%
1888+17.9%
1892+60.4%
1896+30.3%
1900+30.8%
1904+72.2%
1908+58.9%
1912+77.4%
1916+68.6%
1920+50.5%
1924+47.2%
1928−3.4%
1932+73.8%
1936+78.5%
1940+76.8%
1944+65.2%
1948+19.1%
1952+23.3%
1956+14.2%
1960+17.6%
1964−47.5%
1968+4.3%
1972−58.8%
1976−3.7%
1980−21.8%
1984−39.9%
1988−35.0%
1992−19.5%
1996−20.9%
2000−30.0%
2004−36.7%
2008−27.6%
2012−30.1%
2016−33.0%
2020−29.4%
2024−34.7%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−34.7%
238,504496,087742,900
R
−29.4%
258,159477,784747,358
R
−33.0%
211,463430,706663,807
R
−30.1%
221,151414,203641,498
R
−27.6%
232,470411,993649,866
R
−36.7%
181,079393,558579,322
R
−30.0%
163,863308,744483,248
R
−20.9%
154,243245,564437,304
R
−19.5%
140,365226,738443,422
R
−35.0%
119,586250,185372,905
R
−39.9%
112,432263,520379,060
R
−21.8%
128,971203,787343,952
R
−3.7%
143,011154,339302,111
R
−58.8%
49,945197,460251,044
O
+4.3%
48,76037,905253,316
R
−47.5%
37,047130,104195,737
D
+17.6%
88,07661,311151,970
D
+14.2%
64,84748,403116,109
D
+23.3%
62,09938,612100,909
O
+19.1%
18,9358,12956,455
D
+65.2%
43,3489,04652,581
D
+76.8%
50,9166,52057,800
D
+78.5%
40,5844,76245,654
D
+73.8%
33,5344,95938,725
R
−3.4%
18,34919,63638,108
D
+47.2%
14,2254,47920,632
D
+50.5%
18,4975,74725,259
D
+68.6%
12,7592,13415,483
D
+77.4%
10,02347312,344
D
+58.9%
9,0641,83012,273
D
+72.2%
9,4891,38911,220
D
+30.8%
10,2675,20016,434
D
+30.3%
11,6495,93518,871
D
+60.4%
14,9021,28222,566
D
+17.9%
9,3936,54015,943
D
+8.3%
10,6258,98519,653
D
+15.8%
9,3176,73016,354
D
+19.9%
11,5637,73119,294

Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.0%
Irish
9.9%
German
9.7%
American
9.1%
Italian
3.1%
French
2.2%
Scottish
2.1%
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: 39.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.4%
75–84
3.1%
5.1%
65–74
5.8%
6.4%
55–64
6.9%
5.7%
45–54
6.0%
6.3%
35–44
6.3%
6.9%
25–34
6.6%
4.6%
18–24
4.1%
8.3%
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
$70,815
Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt) ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt)$70,815
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
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.6%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)11.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
20.5%
Other Christian
15.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.3%
Methodist
6.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spanning the Alabama-Florida panhandle, this media market clusters around Pensacola NAS, Eglin AFB, and Hurlburt Field, giving active-duty and veteran households an outsized share of the vote relative to comparable coastal metros.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of seventy-eight points in 1936 and a Republican high of fifty-nine points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-five points.

A population of 1,519,166, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,815 describe the market.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama voted Republican by 34.7 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 742,900 votes cast, 238,504 went Democratic and 496,087 went Republican.
What is Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), 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 market has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama?
Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama has a population of 1,519,166 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama is $70,815 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walt), Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The market's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.