† 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
GroupBirminghamAlabamaUnited States
African American†63.6%24.6%9.9%
African2.1%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
American5.6%12.8%5.3%
English5.4%12.1%9.5%
Irish2.9%8.0%9.4%
German2.4%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.1%2.0%1.3%
Italian0.9%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.6%1.2%—
French0.5%1.1%1.6%
Mexican2.9%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.5%0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
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
Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Median age
35.6
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
12.1%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$46,051
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.7%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.1%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.9%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Birmingham
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.
Birmingham, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+59.4%
2008
+67.5%
2012
+70.4%
2016
+69.2%
2020
+71.3%
2024
+66.7%
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
D
82.6%Harris62,971
15.9%Trump12,092
1.6%
D+66.7
R+4.6
D+68.2
76,260
D
85.0%Biden77,985
13.6%Trump12,515
1.4%
D+71.3
D+2.1
D+66.9
91,794
D
82.9%Clinton73,727
13.7%Trump12,153
3.5%
D+69.2
R+1.2
D+67.1
88,973
D
84.8%Obama80,995
14.4%Romney13,777
0.8%
D+70.4
D+2.9
D+66.5
95,508
D
83.3%Obama85,767
15.8%McCain16,228
1.0%
D+67.5
D+8.1
D+60.2
103,016
D
79.2%Kerry68,087
19.8%Bush17,013
1.0%
D+59.4
—
D+61.9
85,978
Birmingham delivers some of Alabama's most lopsided Democratic margins, driven by a majority-Black electorate, yet persistent turnout gaps between municipal and general elections make its aggregate contribution to statewide outcomes highly variable.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.7 points.
A population of 198,173, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,051 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Savannah and Jackson.
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, Birmingham, Alabama voted Democratic by 66.7 points (D+66.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 76,260 votes cast, 62,971 went Democratic and 12,092 went Republican.
How many people live in Birmingham, Alabama?
Birmingham, Alabama has a population of 198,173 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Birmingham, Alabama?
Median household income in Birmingham, Alabama is $46,051 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Birmingham, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Birmingham, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
