† 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
GroupClantonAlabamaUnited States
English11.9%12.1%9.5%
American11.2%12.8%5.3%
Irish6.7%8.0%9.4%
German5.8%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.6%2.0%1.3%
Italian0.9%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.2%—
French0.4%1.1%1.6%
African American†15.2%24.6%9.9%
Mexican7.4%3.2%11.3%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Aztec0.6%——
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
Clanton
Alabama
United States
Median age
39.3
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
10.4%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.3%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clanton
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$47,520
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.1%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.3%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clanton
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clanton
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.
Clanton, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−48.8%
2008
−53.1%
2012
−55.1%
2016
−58.3%
2020
−60.8%
2024
−62.8%
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
18.2%Harris716
80.9%Trump3,189
0.9%
R+62.8
R+1.9
R+61.3
3,940
R
19.1%Biden722
79.9%Trump3,023
1.0%
R+60.8
R+2.5
R+65.3
3,783
R
19.8%Clinton725
78.1%Trump2,856
2.1%
R+58.3
R+3.2
R+60.4
3,656
R
22.1%Obama832
77.2%Romney2,908
0.8%
R+55.1
R+2.0
R+58.9
3,769
R
22.7%Obama834
75.8%McCain2,783
1.5%
R+53.1
R+4.2
R+60.3
3,672
R
24.9%Kerry867
73.8%Bush2,564
1.3%
R+48.8
—
R+46.4
3,475
Clanton sits at the heart of Chilton County, one of Alabama's most reliably Republican-voting counties, where rural agricultural identity and small-town demographics have shaped consistent supermajority margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 62.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.8 points.
A population of 8,958, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,520 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rainbow City and Scottsboro.
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, Clanton, Alabama voted Republican by 62.8 points (R+62.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,940 votes cast, 716 went Democratic and 3,189 went Republican.
How many people live in Clanton, Alabama?
Clanton, Alabama has a population of 8,958 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clanton, Alabama?
Median household income in Clanton, Alabama is $47,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Clanton, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Clanton, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
