| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 60.9% | 1,368 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 38.2% | 858 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.9% | 21 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | −48.5% |
| 2016 | +22.9% |
| 2020 | +28.6% |
| 2024 | +22.7% |
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1,368 | 858 | 2,247 | ||
| D | 1,632 | 897 | 2,568 | ||
| D | 1,543 | 961 | 2,545 | ||
| R | 95 | 274 | 369 | ||
| D | 1,413 | 1,375 | 2,810 |
Demographics
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | LanettCity | AlabamaState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 19.1% | 64.5% | 61.0% |
| Black | 68.4% | 25.8% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 0.3% | 1.5% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% | 5.3% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 7.1% | 2.9% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7.9% | 5.6% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $42,357 | $63,999 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 19.1% | 15.6% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 38.1 | 39.4 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 8.1% | 9.4% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 20.2% | 17.7% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 10.7% | 28.4% | 35.7% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 6.4% | 6.0% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 3.0% | 3.9% | 13.6% |
| Other languages | 3.0% | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | American 17.4% | American 12.8% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | English 9.5% | English 12.1% | English 9.5% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | Irish 7.6% | Irish 8.0% | Irish 9.4% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 0.8%County context | 5.0% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 31.0%County context | 42.2% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 44.2%County context | 36.6% | 51.5% |
| Black Protestant | 15.8%County context | 7.3% | 2.2% |
| Mainline Protestant | 5.7%County context | 6.5% | 5.2% |
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.
Lanett sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.6 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 48.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.7 points.
A population of 6,814, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,357 describe the city.
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Lanett, Alabama. Akashic. https://akashic.app/city/0141296/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.