Henry County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 9,320 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−50.7%	2,263	6,989	9,320
2020	R	−43.0%	2,606	6,607	9,298
2016	R	−41.7%	2,292	5,632	8,015
2012	R	−29.1%	3,083	5,628	8,760
2008	R	−29.7%	3,018	5,585	8,648
2004	R	−33.0%	2,452	4,881	7,361
2000	R	−18.3%	2,782	4,054	6,932
1996	R	−0.9%	3,019	3,082	6,637
1992	R	−2.6%	2,804	2,970	6,499
1988	R	−24.1%	2,206	3,613	5,844
1984	R	−27.6%	2,231	3,952	6,239
1980	D	+2.7%	2,973	2,813	5,879
1976	D	+20.9%	3,144	2,052	5,234
1972	R	−59.7%	853	3,414	4,291
1968	D	+16.5%	955	84	5,292
1964	R	−83.1%	0	2,896	3,485
1960	D	+56.3%	2,115	588	2,714
1956	D	+62.6%	2,127	429	2,713
1952	D	+64.6%	1,966	421	2,392
1948	R	−4.3%	0	47	1,088
1944	D	+94.4%	1,635	46	1,683
1940	D	+93.1%	1,960	69	2,031
1936	D	+96.3%	1,925	35	1,963
1932	D	+95.1%	1,741	42	1,787
1928	D	+1.2%	815	796	1,613
1924	D	+61.5%	816	179	1,035
1920	D	+18.8%	715	489	1,205
1916	D	+69.6%	860	141	1,033
1912	D	+70.9%	711	47	937
1908	D	+72.4%	723	79	890
1904	D	+65.5%	701	104	911
1900	D	+51.5%	1,984	590	2,705
1896	D	+59.2%	3,060	675	4,027
1892	D	+63.5%	2,712	133	4,060
1888	D	+99.7%	1,947	2	1,950
1884	D	+78.7%	1,653	196	1,852
1880	D	+72.7%	1,729	273	2,002
1876	D	+57.1%	1,587	434	2,021

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

1.3%

African American

20.1%

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: 44.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.8%

3.6%

75–84

3.8%

6.8%

65–74

7.6%

6.5%

55–64

7.2%

5.9%

45–54

6.2%

5.7%

35–44

6.0%

5.8%

25–34

5.7%

3.4%

18–24

3.3%

8.0%

5–17

7.4%

2.0%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,931

Henry County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Henry County$59,931

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.3%

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

38.5%

Other Christian

11.8%

Methodist

9.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Henry County's small, predominantly rural population in southeastern Alabama has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points, reflecting a demographic and geographic pattern common to the Black Belt's white-majority neighboring counties.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Henry County peaked at 100 points in 1888; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Henry County's median household income of $59,931 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 Randolph County and Lawrence County.

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