† 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
GroupLeedsAlabamaUnited States
English15.1%12.1%9.5%
American14.9%12.8%5.3%
Irish8.5%8.0%9.4%
German6.8%6.4%12.5%
Scottish3.1%2.0%1.3%
Italian2.5%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.2%—
French1.4%1.1%1.6%
African American†12.6%24.6%9.9%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Mexican9.2%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan1.2%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.5%1.8%
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.6%—0.7%
Colombian0.6%—0.4%
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
Leeds
Alabama
United States
Median age
39.3
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Leeds
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$69,737
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.8%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.7%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Leeds
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
15.5%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Leeds
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.
Leeds, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−48.4%
2008
−40.0%
2012
−45.1%
2016
−45.3%
2020
−36.3%
2024
−39.1%
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
29.7%Harris1,756
68.7%Trump4,069
1.6%
R+39.1
R+2.8
R+37.6
5,920
R
31.0%Biden1,953
67.2%Trump4,238
1.8%
R+36.3
D+9.1
R+40.7
6,303
R
25.1%Clinton1,408
70.4%Trump3,954
4.5%
R+45.3
R+0.3
R+47.4
5,617
R
27.1%Obama1,411
72.1%Romney3,759
0.8%
R+45.1
R+5.0
R+48.9
5,211
R
29.2%Obama1,374
69.2%McCain3,258
1.6%
R+40.0
D+8.3
R+47.3
4,706
R
25.2%Kerry1,136
73.6%Bush3,315
1.2%
R+48.4
—
R+45.9
4,504
Leeds sits on Birmingham's eastern fringe, where expanding bedroom-community development overlays a legacy of steel and manufacturing employment that still shapes its working-class voter base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 48.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.1 points.
A population of 12,028, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,737 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Robertsdale and Timberlake.
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, Leeds, Alabama voted Republican by 39.1 points (R+39.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,920 votes cast, 1,756 went Democratic and 4,069 went Republican.
How many people live in Leeds, Alabama?
Leeds, Alabama has a population of 12,028 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Leeds, Alabama?
Median household income in Leeds, Alabama is $69,737 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Leeds, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Leeds, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
