Tallapoosa County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 20,023 votes cast

Trump · R+49

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−49.5%	4,975	14,884	20,023
2020	R	−43.4%	5,859	14,963	20,991
2016	R	−41.7%	5,519	13,594	19,346
2012	R	−32.3%	6,319	12,396	18,829
2008	R	−36.5%	6,063	13,116	19,311
2004	R	−38.7%	5,451	12,392	17,952
2000	R	−22.3%	6,183	9,805	16,253
1996	R	−10.5%	6,071	7,627	14,815
1992	R	−15.8%	5,703	8,140	15,456
1988	R	−29.4%	4,598	8,502	13,298
1984	R	−33.6%	4,458	9,045	13,666
1980	D	+9.6%	7,260	5,958	13,603
1976	D	+18.1%	7,614	5,237	13,163
1972	R	−59.2%	2,113	8,535	10,843
1968	D	+1.1%	1,331	1,205	11,821
1964	R	−76.1%	0	5,530	7,263
1960	D	+43.3%	5,460	2,150	7,648
1956	D	+45.3%	5,070	1,879	7,042
1952	D	+61.9%	5,055	1,187	6,249
1948	R	−6.3%	0	156	2,474
1944	D	+92.0%	3,326	136	3,469
1940	D	+93.5%	4,325	139	4,475
1936	D	+92.4%	3,625	141	3,772
1932	D	+92.0%	3,391	138	3,537
1928	D	+19.1%	1,849	1,257	3,107
1924	D	+99.5%	1,713	1	1,720
1920	D	+77.9%	2,257	269	2,552
1916	D	+85.7%	1,892	129	2,057
1912	D	+81.5%	1,586	84	1,843
1908	D	+75.3%	1,343	104	1,646
1904	D	+73.1%	1,791	234	2,130
1900	D	+35.0%	2,557	1,202	3,874
1896	D	+56.3%	2,691	685	3,563
1892	D	+50.8%	2,470	306	4,263
1888	D	+52.1%	2,385	751	3,136
1884	D	+54.0%	2,261	675	2,938
1880	D	+54.9%	2,676	779	3,455
1876	D	+60.5%	2,892	711	3,603

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.5%

African American

18.7%

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: 45.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

3.6%

75–84

3.9%

6.7%

65–74

7.3%

7.5%

55–64

7.7%

5.9%

45–54

6.4%

5.0%

35–44

5.5%

5.6%

25–34

6.1%

3.5%

18–24

3.5%

7.8%

5–17

7.3%

2.6%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,356

Tallapoosa County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Tallapoosa County$59,356

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.3%

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

45.5%

Other Christian

12.5%

Methodist

9.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tallapoosa County, anchored by the small city of Dadeville, delivered nearly 75% of its 2024 presidential vote to the Republican column — a margin consistent with the broader rural realignment across Alabama's Piedmont region over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Tallapoosa County peaked at 100 points in 1924; 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-four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Tallapoosa County's median household income of $59,356 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baker County and Marion County.

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For one hundred four years, Tallapoosa County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.