Colbert County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

34 precincts · 27,160 votes cast

Trump · R+46

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−46.3%	7,137	19,714	27,160
2020	R	−38.9%	8,343	19,203	27,886
2016	R	−38.4%	7,312	16,746	24,569
2012	R	−20.4%	9,166	13,936	23,385
2008	R	−20.3%	9,703	14,739	24,843
2004	R	−10.8%	10,598	13,188	23,935
2000	D	+0.1%	10,543	10,518	21,532
1996	D	+9.5%	10,226	8,305	20,318
1992	D	+18.4%	12,206	8,073	22,439
1988	D	+14.2%	10,397	7,775	18,404
1984	D	+7.0%	11,008	9,530	21,032
1980	D	+29.6%	12,550	6,619	20,013
1976	D	+44.7%	11,996	4,471	16,842
1972	R	−38.7%	4,811	11,215	16,564
1968	D	+3.6%	2,291	1,727	15,621
1964	R	−48.6%	0	5,267	10,840
1960	D	+45.1%	7,550	2,815	10,508
1956	D	+58.1%	7,007	1,819	8,937
1952	D	+62.1%	5,920	1,381	7,308
1948	R	−15.6%	0	488	3,125
1944	D	+74.3%	3,386	496	3,889
1940	D	+83.1%	3,998	365	4,371
1936	D	+85.8%	3,365	251	3,628
1932	D	+80.0%	2,908	312	3,244
1928	D	+34.1%	2,596	1,249	3,948
1924	D	+40.7%	1,503	576	2,278
1920	D	+47.2%	1,869	650	2,581
1916	D	+51.0%	1,132	352	1,529
1912	D	+48.0%	946	228	1,495
1908	D	+39.2%	849	353	1,266
1904	D	+63.1%	936	203	1,162
1900	D	+10.3%	1,542	1,243	2,905
1896	R	−2.7%	1,658	1,754	3,519
1892	D	+56.5%	1,960	0	3,470
1888	R	−1.6%	1,274	1,315	2,596
1884	R	−4.6%	1,094	1,200	2,326
1880	D	+6.7%	1,237	1,072	2,476
1876	D	+28.0%	1,382	778	2,160

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

12.4%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.4%

3.0%

75–84

3.6%

5.4%

65–74

6.5%

6.6%

55–64

7.2%

6.1%

45–54

6.4%

6.3%

35–44

6.2%

5.5%

25–34

6.2%

3.9%

18–24

3.8%

7.8%

5–17

8.1%

3.3%

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,628

Colbert County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Colbert County$60,628

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

38.8%

Other Christian

10.6%

Methodist

5.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.1%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Colbert County sits along the Tennessee River in Alabama's northwest corner, where a manufacturing and agricultural economy anchors a predominantly white working-class electorate that has shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Colbert County peaked at eighty-six points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eleven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Colbert County's median household income of $60,628 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lawrence County and Jefferson County.

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For one hundred eight years, Colbert County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.