Morgan County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

39 precincts · 53,543 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−52.4%	12,392	40,449	53,543
2020	R	−49.2%	13,234	39,664	53,722
2016	R	−52.6%	11,254	37,486	49,908
2012	R	−44.5%	13,439	35,391	49,323
2008	R	−43.8%	13,895	36,014	50,542
2004	R	−39.0%	14,131	32,477	47,007
2000	R	−22.8%	16,060	25,774	42,681
1996	R	−17.9%	14,616	21,765	40,013
1992	R	−13.6%	15,091	21,073	43,978
1988	R	−27.5%	10,594	18,679	29,397
1984	R	−36.3%	11,324	24,301	35,741
1980	D	+5.1%	14,703	13,214	29,271
1976	D	+28.8%	16,547	9,058	25,986
1972	R	−55.6%	5,004	18,100	23,553
1968	R	−5.2%	1,878	3,043	22,277
1964	R	−56.6%	0	7,013	12,381
1960	D	+28.4%	7,822	4,357	12,200
1956	D	+43.2%	7,671	2,974	10,872
1952	D	+50.0%	7,029	2,335	9,380
1948	R	−11.7%	0	512	4,382
1944	D	+71.5%	4,124	664	4,838
1940	D	+82.4%	5,345	500	5,878
1936	D	+85.3%	5,597	432	6,058
1932	D	+75.0%	4,896	656	5,652
1928	R	−9.6%	3,366	4,085	7,460
1924	D	+55.0%	2,247	519	3,139
1920	D	+53.6%	4,057	1,201	5,329
1916	D	+68.4%	2,120	364	2,566
1912	D	+60.9%	1,686	241	2,371
1908	D	+47.5%	1,548	497	2,211
1904	D	+51.1%	1,437	416	1,997
1900	D	+7.4%	1,747	1,500	3,331
1896	D	+17.4%	2,128	1,462	3,837
1892	D	+50.0%	2,160	3	4,314
1888	D	+53.9%	1,707	507	2,227
1884	D	+27.7%	1,573	853	2,602
1880	D	+33.2%	1,420	644	2,339
1876	D	+29.9%	1,432	773	2,205

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

10.4%

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: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.3%

75–84

3.1%

4.9%

65–74

5.8%

6.7%

55–64

6.9%

6.3%

45–54

6.1%

6.3%

35–44

6.2%

6.1%

25–34

6.0%

4.2%

18–24

3.8%

9.0%

5–17

8.4%

3.2%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,845

Morgan County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Morgan County$68,845

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.5%

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

28.5%

Other Christian

20.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.7%

Methodist

5.6%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morgan County, anchored by Decatur along the Tennessee River, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting a rural-to-suburban shift that has deepened conservative alignment across much of northern Alabama.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Morgan County peaked at eighty-five points in 1936; 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 thirty-six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Morgan County's median household income of $68,845 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sullivan County and Chilton County.

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