Perry County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 4,465 votes cast

Harris · D+43

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+42.7%	3,174	1,269	4,465
2020	D	+48.2%	3,860	1,339	5,230
2016	D	+46.0%	3,824	1,407	5,254
2012	D	+50.2%	4,568	1,506	6,099
2008	D	+45.1%	4,457	1,679	6,159
2004	D	+36.7%	3,767	1,738	5,523
2000	D	+39.5%	4,020	1,732	5,787
1996	D	+39.8%	4,053	1,703	5,903
1992	D	+32.4%	3,712	1,829	5,813
1988	D	+25.5%	3,574	2,107	5,758
1984	D	+2.4%	2,731	2,600	5,408
1980	D	+29.8%	4,208	2,262	6,522
1976	D	+34.7%	4,486	2,164	6,683
1972	R	−1.4%	2,718	2,800	5,699
1968	D	+38.7%	2,457	308	5,553
1964	R	−79.7%	0	2,046	2,566
1960	D	+12.8%	973	744	1,792
1956	D	+19.9%	974	613	1,812
1952	D	+28.2%	1,352	756	2,112
1948	R	−2.8%	0	30	1,081
1944	D	+90.9%	1,004	47	1,053
1940	D	+94.7%	1,509	39	1,553
1936	D	+96.9%	1,527	24	1,551
1932	D	+92.5%	1,382	37	1,454
1928	D	+46.0%	1,242	459	1,702
1924	D	+93.6%	928	25	965
1920	D	+93.4%	1,195	34	1,243
1916	D	+94.3%	895	20	928
1912	D	+93.5%	731	3	779
1908	D	+96.5%	776	12	792
1904	D	+80.0%	799	47	940
1900	D	+89.9%	1,748	80	1,856
1896	D	+69.6%	2,682	463	3,189
1892	D	+80.1%	3,452	48	4,248
1888	D	+55.1%	2,729	790	3,519
1884	D	+52.8%	3,508	1,079	4,602
1880	D	+4.5%	2,278	2,082	4,360
1876	R	−41.3%	1,467	3,528	4,995

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

57.0%

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: 41.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.6%

3.2%

75–84

4.5%

5.2%

65–74

6.7%

5.8%

55–64

7.1%

3.7%

45–54

7.4%

5.5%

35–44

5.4%

4.9%

25–34

4.1%

5.2%

18–24

7.9%

6.7%

5–17

8.1%

4.1%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$37,654

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

Perry County$37,654

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

31.4%

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

24.5%

Methodist

20.0%

Other Christian

6.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Perry County's electorate is roughly 70% Black, anchoring a Democratic presidential margin that has exceeded 40 points in recent cycles and placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Perry County peaked at ninety-seven points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1976 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Perry County's median household income of $37,654 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Claiborne County and Baltimore city.

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