Houston County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

27 precincts · 44,349 votes cast

Trump · R+48

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−47.6%	11,352	32,469	44,349
2020	R	−42.7%	12,917	32,618	46,173
2016	R	−47.6%	10,664	30,728	42,171
2012	R	−40.3%	12,367	29,270	41,918
2008	R	−40.8%	12,225	29,254	41,735
2004	R	−49.0%	9,144	26,874	36,201
2000	R	−39.7%	9,412	22,150	32,057
1996	R	−30.9%	8,791	17,476	28,063
1992	R	−28.6%	8,857	17,360	29,760
1988	R	−48.0%	7,001	19,989	27,061
1984	R	−52.2%	6,488	20,854	27,505
1980	R	−30.3%	7,848	14,884	23,238
1976	R	−9.6%	8,787	10,672	19,738
1972	R	−67.9%	2,358	12,622	15,124
1968	D	+3.1%	1,488	974	16,536
1964	R	−87.9%	0	10,353	11,774
1960	R	−2.0%	3,897	4,055	8,017
1956	D	+14.6%	3,630	2,632	6,841
1952	D	+19.8%	3,779	2,517	6,364
1948	R	−13.5%	0	426	3,165
1944	D	+84.1%	3,349	282	3,648
1940	D	+77.9%	3,941	483	4,439
1936	D	+87.4%	3,538	230	3,783
1932	D	+91.9%	3,863	157	4,031
1928	D	+7.7%	2,290	1,963	4,256
1924	D	+72.1%	1,731	242	2,064
1920	D	+55.5%	2,045	571	2,656
1916	D	+54.8%	1,670	466	2,196
1912	D	+65.2%	1,160	82	1,653
1908	D	+37.2%	965	423	1,457
1904	D	+50.2%	1,248	384	1,722
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

21.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.5%

75–84

3.2%

5.0%

65–74

6.0%

6.3%

55–64

6.9%

5.8%

45–54

6.5%

6.0%

35–44

6.6%

5.9%

25–34

6.6%

3.9%

18–24

3.8%

8.7%

5–17

8.0%

3.2%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,626

Houston County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Houston County$58,626

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.5%

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

40.1%

Other Christian

22.4%

Methodist

10.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.0%

Non-Christian

2.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 15.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Houston County, anchored by Dothan, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the heavily evangelical, rural-suburban character of southeastern Alabama's Wiregrass agricultural belt.

The shift began with civil rights. 1972 marked the realignment in Houston County, by a sixty-eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-eight points in 1964. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Houston County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,626, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Santa Rosa County and Augusta County.

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Houston County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.