Madison County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

79 precincts · 197,617 votes cast

Trump · R+9

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.9%	87,824	105,430	197,617
2020	R	−8.0%	87,286	102,780	194,767
2016	R	−16.8%	62,822	89,520	158,963
2012	R	−18.6%	62,015	90,884	155,059
2008	R	−14.9%	64,117	86,965	152,899
2004	R	−18.7%	52,644	77,173	131,062
2000	R	−12.3%	48,199	62,151	113,318
1996	R	−8.1%	42,259	50,390	100,858
1992	R	−11.6%	38,974	51,444	107,834
1988	R	−34.8%	25,800	53,575	79,894
1984	R	−30.1%	26,881	50,428	78,134
1980	R	−0.2%	30,469	30,604	65,072
1976	D	+25.4%	35,497	20,959	57,287
1972	R	−48.7%	13,108	38,899	52,984
1968	R	−10.0%	8,004	13,213	51,953
1964	R	−51.9%	0	14,279	27,496
1960	D	+34.5%	10,959	5,299	16,386
1956	D	+49.9%	9,054	2,993	12,150
1952	D	+66.5%	8,216	1,623	9,920
1948	R	−13.2%	0	466	3,526
1944	D	+82.9%	4,951	455	5,421
1940	D	+81.2%	5,515	566	6,098
1936	D	+82.8%	5,662	513	6,220
1932	D	+78.4%	4,795	559	5,402
1928	R	−0.3%	2,681	2,695	5,378
1924	D	+69.5%	2,166	368	2,586
1920	D	+69.9%	2,822	489	3,340
1916	D	+80.5%	2,206	215	2,474
1912	D	+72.7%	2,146	150	2,744
1908	D	+76.0%	2,168	277	2,489
1904	D	+83.7%	2,119	182	2,313
1900	D	+36.5%	3,641	1,679	5,370
1896	D	+22.3%	4,056	2,548	6,753
1892	D	+45.7%	3,046	3	6,663
1888	R	−9.7%	2,136	2,595	4,738
1884	R	−5.9%	2,800	3,155	6,065
1880	R	−4.0%	2,808	3,062	6,359
1876	D	+10.4%	3,423	2,777	6,200

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

19.1%

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: 38.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

4.4%

65–74

4.9%

6.8%

55–64

7.0%

5.8%

45–54

6.1%

6.5%

35–44

6.5%

7.3%

25–34

7.0%

4.9%

18–24

4.8%

8.1%

5–17

7.9%

2.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,499

Madison County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Madison County$86,499

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.1%

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

22.7%

Other Christian

17.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.9%

Methodist

7.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Non-Christian

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Huntsville and a dense concentration of aerospace and defense engineers, Madison County has trended more competitive than most of Alabama, with the R+8.9 margin in 2024 reflecting a college-educated suburban electorate that has moderated the traditional statewide gap.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Madison County, by a zero points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1964. The 2024 margin was nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Madison County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,499, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hamilton County and Hunterdon County.

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