Lowndes County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 5,655 votes cast

Harris · D+37

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+37.3%	3,867	1,758	5,655
2020	D	+45.9%	4,972	1,836	6,835
2016	D	+47.0%	4,883	1,751	6,666
2012	D	+53.1%	5,747	1,756	7,521
2008	D	+50.0%	5,449	1,809	7,278
2004	D	+40.6%	4,233	1,786	6,021
2000	D	+46.8%	4,557	1,638	6,243
1996	D	+47.8%	3,970	1,369	5,441
1992	D	+42.2%	3,500	1,328	5,148
1988	D	+40.3%	3,328	1,405	4,776
1984	D	+36.9%	3,567	1,629	5,252
1980	D	+38.5%	3,577	1,524	5,329
1976	D	+38.6%	3,732	1,621	5,462
1972	D	+12.2%	2,559	1,990	4,661
1968	D	+27.4%	1,127	234	3,263
1964	R	−83.3%	0	1,548	1,858
1960	D	+29.4%	796	432	1,240
1956	D	+24.9%	623	326	1,192
1952	D	+12.3%	809	631	1,443
1948	R	−1.6%	0	13	792
1944	D	+96.0%	802	16	819
1940	D	+97.8%	1,132	12	1,145
1936	D	+98.2%	1,204	10	1,216
1932	D	+96.7%	1,073	18	1,091
1928	D	+59.2%	703	180	883
1924	D	+95.1%	602	5	628
1920	D	+98.4%	727	6	733
1916	D	+96.4%	540	9	551
1912	D	+96.3%	583	4	601
1908	D	+88.8%	633	36	672
1904	D	+90.8%	697	32	732
1900	D	+7.4%	1,770	1,524	3,313
1896	D	+63.9%	3,001	642	3,689
1892	D	+67.1%	3,238	349	4,303
1888	D	+17.8%	2,105	1,468	3,573
1884	D	+34.7%	2,962	1,436	4,398
1880	R	−25.8%	1,414	2,399	3,813
1876	R	−52.1%	1,309	4,152	5,461

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

1.4%

African American

59.0%

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: 42.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

2.5%

75–84

4.0%

5.4%

65–74

6.5%

7.1%

55–64

8.2%

5.4%

45–54

6.3%

5.3%

35–44

5.3%

5.5%

25–34

6.4%

4.2%

18–24

3.7%

8.8%

5–17

7.1%

2.5%

3.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$37,052

Lowndes County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Lowndes County$37,052

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

29.9%

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

24.2%

Methodist

13.9%

Mainline Protestant

6.9%

Other Christian

6.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lowndes County sits in Alabama's historic Black Belt, where majority-Black demographics have produced some of the state's widest Democratic presidential margins for decades, reaching D+37.3 in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lowndes County peaked at ninety-eight points in 1920; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1968 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-seven points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lowndes County's median household income of $37,052 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 30% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Macon County.

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