Marshall County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 40,388 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−71.5%	5,553	34,434	40,388
2020	R	−68.7%	5,943	33,191	39,655
2016	R	−69.8%	4,917	29,233	34,828
2012	R	−60.1%	6,299	25,867	32,566
2008	R	−56.3%	7,038	25,727	33,166
2004	R	−45.5%	8,452	22,783	31,491
2000	R	−23.9%	10,381	17,084	27,989
1996	R	−15.5%	8,722	12,323	23,300
1992	R	−6.8%	10,421	12,249	26,717
1988	R	−24.0%	7,357	12,148	19,947
1984	R	−22.7%	7,704	12,330	20,391
1980	D	+13.5%	10,854	8,159	19,933
1976	D	+38.3%	13,696	6,006	20,100
1972	R	−50.5%	3,894	12,090	16,238
1968	R	−10.6%	955	2,725	16,680
1964	R	−56.3%	0	5,712	10,140
1960	D	+32.0%	6,595	3,398	10,001
1956	D	+34.3%	6,329	3,071	9,495
1952	D	+48.7%	6,011	2,069	8,099
1948	R	−25.7%	0	870	3,387
1944	D	+47.3%	3,356	1,200	4,561
1940	D	+63.6%	4,142	913	5,079
1936	D	+63.7%	4,208	925	5,152
1932	D	+61.1%	3,921	904	4,935
1928	R	−3.9%	2,322	2,511	4,844
1924	D	+20.6%	2,629	1,718	4,433
1920	D	+2.0%	4,041	3,879	7,958
1916	D	+24.0%	1,944	1,183	3,170
1912	D	+33.3%	1,457	428	3,093
1908	D	+16.7%	1,313	923	2,341
1904	D	+14.2%	1,336	966	2,609
1900	D	+9.2%	1,398	1,139	2,825
1896	D	+56.2%	1,944	520	2,534
1892	D	+57.9%	1,521	1	2,627
1888	D	+62.5%	1,166	248	1,468
1884	D	+86.1%	987	73	1,062
1880	D	+79.2%	939	83	1,081
1876	D	+72.9%	1,067	167	1,234

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

2.1%

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: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.0%

2.4%

75–84

3.1%

4.7%

65–74

5.5%

6.3%

55–64

6.4%

6.1%

45–54

6.0%

35–44

6.0%

25–34

5.7%

4.3%

18–24

3.9%

9.5%

5–17

9.2%

3.8%

3.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$62,571

Marshall County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Marshall County$62,571

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.6%

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

36.4%

Other Christian

9.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.1%

Methodist

6.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marshall County delivered a 71.7-point Republican margin in the 2024 presidential race, a figure that places it among the most one-sided counties in the state and reflects the broader realignment of rural Appalachian Alabama over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Marshall County peaked at eighty-six points in 1884; 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-three points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Marshall County's median household income of $62,571 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cullman County and Wagoner County.

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