Crenshaw County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 6,486 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−54.6%	1,457	5,000	6,486
2020	R	−47.8%	1,700	4,864	6,617
2016	R	−45.6%	1,664	4,513	6,242
2012	R	−35.5%	2,050	4,331	6,418
2008	R	−37.8%	1,938	4,319	6,291
2004	R	−37.8%	1,698	3,777	5,500
2000	R	−17.9%	1,934	2,793	4,795
1996	D	+5.2%	2,172	1,939	4,447
1992	D	+1.2%	2,404	2,339	5,290
1988	R	−17.4%	1,836	2,617	4,478
1984	R	−25.7%	1,904	3,261	5,272
1980	D	+4.3%	2,704	2,478	5,256
1976	D	+29.8%	3,372	1,801	5,266
1972	R	−47.6%	1,085	3,129	4,294
1968	D	+9.4%	726	209	5,480
1964	R	−78.7%	0	3,008	3,824
1960	D	+67.1%	2,923	573	3,501
1956	D	+56.6%	2,252	567	2,975
1952	D	+64.0%	2,485	544	3,032
1948	R	−2.7%	0	38	1,432
1944	D	+88.5%	1,980	118	2,105
1940	D	+93.6%	2,680	84	2,773
1936	D	+92.1%	2,371	96	2,471
1932	D	+87.9%	2,248	127	2,412
1928	D	+14.7%	1,314	978	2,292
1924	D	+79.6%	1,107	117	1,243
1920	D	+63.7%	1,411	310	1,729
1916	D	+81.6%	1,427	139	1,578
1912	D	+80.5%	986	47	1,167
1908	D	+53.1%	1,100	311	1,485
1904	D	+66.0%	1,077	180	1,359
1900	D	+29.9%	1,141	549	1,978
1896	D	+63.4%	1,808	330	2,331
1892	D	+48.0%	1,320	49	2,647
1888	D	+81.4%	1,923	197	2,120
1884	D	+73.3%	1,600	246	1,846
1880	D	+77.0%	1,774	231	2,005
1876	D	+78.3%	1,427	174	1,601

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

19.0%

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: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.7%

3.1%

75–84

3.0%

5.6%

65–74

6.5%

6.9%

55–64

7.0%

6.1%

45–54

5.9%

4.8%

35–44

6.1%

6.2%

25–34

6.3%

4.1%

18–24

3.7%

9.0%

5–17

8.1%

2.5%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$48,560

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

Crenshaw County$48,560

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.9%

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

42.3%

Other Christian

9.8%

Methodist

6.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Crenshaw sits at the southern fringe of Alabama's Black Belt, and its roughly 13,000 residents have delivered some of the state's widest presidential margins over the past decade, reflecting a predominantly rural, low-density electorate with deep Republican alignment.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Crenshaw County peaked at ninety-four points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eighteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Crenshaw County's median household income of $48,560 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schley County and Montgomery County.

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