Escambia County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 14,957 votes cast

Trump · R+46

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−46.3%	3,964	10,884	14,957
2020	R	−37.4%	4,918	10,869	15,910
2016	R	−36.2%	4,605	9,935	14,728
2012	R	−25.5%	5,489	9,287	14,869
2008	R	−28.5%	5,188	9,375	14,674
2004	R	−37.9%	3,814	8,513	12,395
2000	R	−21.0%	4,523	6,975	11,660
1996	R	−5.1%	4,651	5,214	11,104
1992	R	−8.9%	4,809	5,955	12,824
1988	R	−25.4%	4,020	6,807	10,954
1984	R	−38.0%	3,853	8,694	12,724
1980	R	−11.3%	5,148	6,513	12,053
1976	D	+9.2%	5,957	4,934	11,157
1972	R	−65.5%	1,598	7,883	9,591
1968	D	+7.5%	1,492	680	10,765
1964	R	−74.5%	0	5,623	7,551
1960	D	+36.9%	3,990	1,810	5,905
1956	D	+36.0%	3,437	1,529	5,299
1952	D	+48.0%	3,385	1,187	4,583
1948	R	−10.0%	0	188	1,882
1944	D	+76.9%	2,077	266	2,355
1940	D	+90.3%	2,772	137	2,917
1936	D	+85.8%	2,585	193	2,788
1932	D	+85.5%	2,024	157	2,184
1928	R	−23.9%	1,077	1,754	2,832
1924	D	+75.0%	1,217	152	1,420
1920	D	+78.0%	1,455	178	1,637
1916	D	+80.0%	982	108	1,093
1912	D	+80.3%	829	52	968
1908	D	+66.7%	641	113	792
1904	D	+75.7%	627	83	719
1900	D	+16.0%	609	436	1,084
1896	D	+28.8%	914	482	1,498
1892	D	+60.9%	1,110	21	1,789
1888	D	+17.7%	694	484	1,187
1884	D	+29.6%	682	367	1,065
1880	D	+47.1%	812	285	1,119
1876	D	+59.7%	784	198	982

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

23.7%

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: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.7%

2.3%

75–84

3.2%

5.1%

65–74

6.0%

55–64

6.7%

6.3%

45–54

5.8%

6.9%

35–44

5.8%

7.5%

25–34

6.0%

3.8%

18–24

3.5%

8.2%

5–17

8.8%

2.3%

3.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$48,225

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

Escambia County$48,225

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.0%

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

38.6%

Other Christian

16.7%

Methodist

4.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Escambia sits in southwest Alabama's piney woods, where a sparse, majority-white rural population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in consecutive cycles, reflecting a broader realignment across the Deep South's non-metro counties.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Escambia County peaked at ninety points in 1940; 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 eleven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Escambia County's median household income of $48,225 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardee County and Franklin County.

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