Lee County, Alabama: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 181,1342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,8242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Kershaw County, SC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lee County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 25,798 | 46,020 | 73,127 | ||
| R | 27,860 | 42,221 | 71,449 | ||
| R | 21,230 | 34,617 | 57,877 | ||
| R | 21,381 | 32,194 | 54,359 | ||
| R | 21,498 | 32,230 | 54,325 | ||
| R | 16,227 | 27,972 | 44,610 | ||
| R | 14,574 | 22,433 | 38,264 | ||
| R | 12,919 | 17,985 | 33,214 | ||
| R | 13,770 | 16,885 | 35,490 | ||
| R | 9,078 | 17,180 | 26,683 | ||
| R | 9,077 | 16,757 | 26,161 | ||
| R | 9,606 | 10,982 | 21,972 | ||
| R | 8,427 | 9,884 | 18,737 | ||
| R | 3,622 | 11,571 | 15,441 | ||
| O | 2,803 | 2,366 | 13,136 | ||
| R | 0 | 5,914 | 7,516 | ||
| D | 3,759 | 2,301 | 6,099 | ||
| D | 3,302 | 1,586 | 5,051 | ||
| D | 2,803 | 1,626 | 4,434 | ||
| O | 0 | 258 | 2,007 | ||
| D | 2,011 | 134 | 2,151 | ||
| D | 2,566 | 103 | 2,674 | ||
| D | 2,182 | 93 | 2,282 | ||
| D | 1,988 | 103 | 2,103 | ||
| D | 1,436 | 1,016 | 2,435 | ||
| D | 1,290 | 98 | 1,504 | ||
| D | 1,620 | 155 | 1,893 | ||
| D | 1,369 | 42 | 1,446 | ||
| D | 1,179 | 43 | 1,325 | ||
| D | 1,126 | 64 | 1,274 | ||
| D | 1,348 | 40 | 1,428 | ||
| D | 1,718 | 1,026 | 2,847 | ||
| D | 1,737 | 1,491 | 3,402 | ||
| D | 2,760 | 318 | 4,452 | ||
| D | 1,991 | 1,432 | 3,426 | ||
| D | 1,907 | 1,680 | 3,612 | ||
| D | 1,943 | 1,569 | 3,517 | ||
| D | 2,885 | 1,105 | 3,990 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.1%
American
12.6%
Irish
8.6%
German
7.6%
Scottish
2.9%
Italian
2.0%
Polish
1.1%
African American
17.7%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,824
Lee County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lee County$65,824
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)20.0%
Seniors (65+)13.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.1%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Despite Auburn University anchoring a substantial college-town population, Lee County delivered a 27-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, suggesting the student and faculty presence has not fundamentally reshaped its partisan baseline.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Lee County, by a seventy-nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.
The political shift has tracked, in Lee County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,824, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kershaw County and Bulloch County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lee County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lee County, Alabama voted Republican by 27.7 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 73,127 votes cast, 25,798 went Democratic and 46,020 went Republican.
What is Lee County, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lee County, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lee County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lee County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Lee County, Alabama?
Lee County, Alabama has a population of 181,134 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lee County, Alabama?
Median household income in Lee County, Alabama is $65,824 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Lee County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lee County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.