Covington County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

25 precincts · 17,095 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−72.3%	2,314	14,677	17,095
2020	R	−68.1%	2,721	14,586	17,430
2016	R	−68.7%	2,387	13,267	15,837
2012	R	−58.3%	3,158	12,153	15,423
2008	R	−58.3%	3,240	12,444	15,787
2004	R	−52.6%	3,423	11,119	14,627
2000	R	−33.2%	4,440	8,961	13,613
1996	R	−12.5%	4,543	6,035	11,913
1992	R	−13.1%	5,004	6,840	13,962
1988	R	−35.5%	3,845	8,130	12,073
1984	R	−44.2%	3,812	9,944	13,883
1980	R	−5.2%	6,305	7,014	13,608
1976	D	+17.2%	7,081	4,977	12,224
1972	R	−71.1%	1,547	9,278	10,881
1968	R	−0.3%	791	831	13,128
1964	R	−82.3%	0	7,554	9,175
1960	D	+47.3%	5,744	2,047	7,824
1956	D	+35.1%	4,887	2,257	7,490
1952	D	+51.5%	4,956	1,581	6,558
1948	R	−5.2%	0	154	2,936
1944	D	+84.1%	2,972	256	3,231
1940	D	+92.2%	4,635	186	4,824
1936	D	+92.2%	4,265	167	4,446
1932	D	+94.7%	3,855	99	3,968
1928	D	+8.7%	2,000	1,681	3,686
1924	D	+78.3%	1,776	156	2,068
1920	D	+56.2%	2,039	548	2,654
1916	D	+65.9%	1,738	305	2,174
1912	D	+67.1%	1,251	110	1,701
1908	D	+49.7%	1,054	315	1,487
1904	D	+44.8%	907	310	1,334
1900	D	+44.8%	560	183	841
1896	D	+85.8%	1,097	69	1,198
1892	D	+59.1%	840	7	1,410
1888	D	+91.0%	1,058	50	1,108
1884	D	+78.4%	741	89	832
1880	D	+86.2%	879	64	946
1876	D	+92.7%	820	31	851

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

9.6%

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: 43.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.8%

2.6%

75–84

4.1%

6.1%

65–74

6.5%

6.7%

55–64

7.1%

5.9%

45–54

6.1%

5.4%

35–44

6.3%

5.0%

25–34

5.5%

4.1%

18–24

3.5%

8.5%

5–17

7.9%

2.8%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$52,456

Covington County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Covington County$52,456

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.2%

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

38.4%

Other Christian

9.1%

Methodist

4.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Covington's R+72.3 margin in 2024 places it among the most skewed rural counties in the Deep South, where a predominantly white, small-town population has shifted steadily away from competitive two-party contests over the past three decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Covington County peaked at ninety-five points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Covington County's median household income of $52,456 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stephens County and Geneva County.

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