† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupArabAlabamaUnited States
American21.3%12.8%5.3%
English14.7%12.1%9.5%
Irish8.7%8.0%9.4%
German7.0%6.4%12.5%
Italian1.8%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.8%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.2%1.2%—
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
Mexican4.2%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan1.4%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Arab
Alabama
United States
Median age
35.9
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Arab
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$64,333
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.3%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Arab
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.6%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Arab
Alabama
United States
Catholic
—
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Arab, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−53.4%
2008
−64.3%
2012
−67.7%
2016
−72.5%
2020
−73.2%
2024
−72.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
13.6%Harris559
85.5%Trump3,527
0.9%
R+72.0
D+1.3
R+70.5
4,125
R
12.7%Biden513
86.0%Trump3,467
1.3%
R+73.2
R+0.7
R+77.7
4,033
R
11.9%Clinton438
84.4%Trump3,114
3.8%
R+72.5
R+4.8
R+74.6
3,691
R
15.5%Obama608
83.2%Romney3,255
1.2%
R+67.7
R+3.4
R+71.5
3,911
R
17.1%Obama837
81.4%McCain3,985
1.6%
R+64.3
R+10.9
R+71.5
4,898
R
22.6%Kerry1,052
76.0%Bush3,537
1.4%
R+53.4
—
R+50.9
4,655
Arab sits in the foothills of northeast Alabama with an economy shaped by light manufacturing and a deeply Protestant demographic that has aligned reliably with Republican candidates by wide margins in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 73.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.0 points.
A population of 8,679, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,333 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glencoe and Southside.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Arab, Alabama voted Republican by 72.0 points (R+72.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,125 votes cast, 559 went Democratic and 3,527 went Republican.
How many people live in Arab, Alabama?
Arab, Alabama has a population of 8,679 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Arab, Alabama?
Median household income in Arab, Alabama is $64,333 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Arab, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Arab, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
