Etowah County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

31 precincts · 46,137 votes cast

Trump · R+56

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.5%	10,027	35,653	46,137
2020	R	−50.2%	11,567	35,528	47,728
2016	R	−50.2%	10,442	32,353	43,630
2012	R	−38.4%	12,803	29,130	42,530
2008	R	−38.2%	13,497	30,595	44,737
2004	R	−27.3%	15,328	26,999	42,680
2000	R	−9.3%	17,433	21,087	39,348
1996	D	+3.0%	17,976	16,835	37,561
1992	D	+7.3%	20,558	17,467	42,451
1988	R	−0.2%	17,762	17,828	35,891
1984	R	−0.4%	19,074	19,243	38,781
1980	D	+12.2%	20,790	16,177	37,806
1976	D	+41.1%	25,020	10,333	35,750
1972	R	−47.2%	7,372	20,851	28,581
1968	D	+0.8%	4,613	4,351	31,186
1964	R	−59.1%	0	12,894	21,833
1960	D	+33.4%	14,372	7,128	21,685
1956	D	+26.0%	12,374	7,198	19,886
1952	D	+40.5%	10,997	4,634	15,697
1948	R	−21.1%	0	1,615	7,661
1944	D	+58.1%	5,895	1,525	7,521
1940	D	+69.1%	7,012	1,270	8,315
1936	D	+64.9%	5,739	1,207	6,978
1932	D	+65.1%	5,167	1,066	6,295
1928	R	−11.9%	2,484	3,162	5,684
1924	D	+28.2%	3,081	1,664	5,017
1920	D	+29.2%	5,917	3,218	9,238
1916	D	+36.1%	1,883	862	2,825
1912	D	+40.0%	1,511	354	2,896
1908	D	+13.0%	1,309	996	2,411
1904	D	+24.2%	1,431	823	2,516
1900	D	+2.9%	1,734	1,629	3,564
1896	D	+32.5%	1,782	873	2,800
1892	D	+51.7%	2,225	269	3,781
1888	D	+38.1%	1,912	841	2,808
1884	D	+23.2%	1,313	813	2,153
1880	D	+55.5%	1,217	347	1,568
1876	D	+62.9%	1,198	273	1,471

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

11.8%

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: 41.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.1%

2.5%

75–84

3.4%

5.6%

65–74

6.5%

6.4%

55–64

6.9%

6.6%

45–54

6.8%

5.5%

35–44

6.2%

6.0%

25–34

6.2%

4.0%

18–24

3.8%

8.4%

5–17

7.8%

2.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$54,563

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

Etowah County$54,563

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.9%

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

48.7%

Other Christian

15.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.9%

Methodist

4.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 18.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Etowah County, anchored by Gadsden along the Coosa River, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red realignment of working-class white voters across the Sand Mountain foothills region.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Etowah County peaked at sixty-nine 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 nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Etowah County's median household income of $54,563 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 Garvin County and Walker County.

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