combined metro areaBirmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+28.5
2008R+21.5
2012R+23.0
2016R+25.4
2020R+20.9
2024R+24.9
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 61.0% of 1,024,838 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
230,249
386,162
9,150
625,561
1,024,838
61.0%
2020
254,645
391,778
9,472
655,895
998,792
65.7%
2016
214,578
365,367
12,590
592,535
980,481
60.4%
2012
222,002
355,916
5,163
583,081
960,503
60.7%
2008
231,668
360,219
5,788
597,675
947,603
63.1%
2004
192,887
348,523
3,878
545,288
934,703†
58.3%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
10 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBirmingham-Cullman-Talladega, ALAlabamaUnited States
English13.0%12.1%9.5%
American12.0%12.8%5.3%
Irish7.8%8.0%9.4%
German6.3%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.2%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.9%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%1.2%—
French1.0%1.1%1.6%
African American†25.3%24.6%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Mexican3.7%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Asian Indian0.4%0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
39.3
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.6%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$70,829
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.1%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.7%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
4.3%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
44.7%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
33.2%
36.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
6.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
8.7%
7.3%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+52.1%
1896
+30.9%
1900
+3.9%
1904
+37.3%
1908
+24.1%
1912
+49.5%
1916
+32.8%
1920
+22.7%
1924
+23.9%
1928
−8.8%
1932
+60.7%
1936
+65.8%
1940
+56.9%
1944
+49.8%
1948
−24.0%
1952
+13.6%
1956
−0.5%
1960
−5.2%
1964
−70.7%
1968
+3.0%
1972
−45.7%
1976
+2.9%
1980
−6.3%
1984
−24.2%
1988
−21.4%
1992
−12.3%
1996
−11.6%
2000
−17.0%
2004
−28.5%
2008
−21.5%
2012
−23.0%
2016
−25.4%
2020
−20.9%
2024
−24.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
36.8%Harris230,249
61.7%Trump386,162
1.5%
R+24.9
R+4.0
R+23.5
625,561
R
38.8%Biden254,645
59.7%Trump391,778
1.4%
R+20.9
D+4.5
R+25.4
655,895
R
36.2%Clinton214,578
61.7%Trump365,367
2.1%
R+25.4
R+2.5
R+27.5
592,535
R
38.1%Obama222,002
61.0%Romney355,916
0.9%
R+23.0
R+1.5
R+26.8
583,081
R
38.8%Obama231,668
60.3%McCain360,219
1.0%
R+21.5
D+7.0
R+28.8
597,675
R
35.4%Kerry192,887
63.9%Bush348,523
0.7%
R+28.5
R+11.6
R+26.1
545,288
R
40.5%Gore196,797
57.5%Bush279,097
1.9%
R+17.0
R+5.4
R+17.5
485,331
R
41.6%Clinton185,844
53.2%Dole237,632
5.2%
R+11.6
D+0.7
R+20.1
446,475
R
39.2%Clinton194,309
51.5%Bush255,493
9.3%
R+12.3
D+9.1
R+17.9
496,005
R
39.0%Dukakis159,794
60.4%Bush247,675
0.7%
R+21.4
D+2.8
R+13.7
410,147
R
37.5%Mondale155,080
61.7%Reagan255,152
0.8%
R+24.2
R+17.9
R+6.0
413,410
R
44.6%Carter176,843
51.0%Reagan201,885
4.4%
R+6.3
R+9.2
D+3.4
396,175
D
50.6%Carter169,729
47.7%Ford159,960
1.8%
D+2.9
D+48.6
D+0.8
335,564
R
25.9%McGovern77,095
71.6%Nixon213,010
2.5%
R+45.7
R+48.7
R+22.5
297,598
O
21.5%Humphrey66,176
18.5%Nixon56,828
60.0%
Wallace +38.5
D+73.8
D+3.7
307,378
R
0.0%Johnson0
70.7%Goldwater150,531
29.3%
R+70.7
R+65.5
R+93.3
212,791
R
46.9%Kennedy79,209
52.1%Nixon88,067
1.0%
R+5.2
R+4.8
R+5.4
168,974
R
47.7%Stevenson69,921
48.2%Eisenhower70,635
4.2%
R+0.5
R+14.1
D+14.9
146,685
D
56.6%Stevenson68,956
42.9%Eisenhower52,324
0.5%
D+13.6
D+37.7
D+24.4
121,857
O
0.0%Truman0
24.0%Dewey16,198
76.0%
Thurmond +51.9
R+73.9
R+28.5
67,357
D
74.7%Roosevelt52,978
24.8%Dewey17,610
0.5%
D+49.8
R+7.1
D+42.4
70,953
D
78.3%Roosevelt66,555
21.3%Willkie18,130
0.4%
D+56.9
R+8.8
D+47.0
85,033
D
82.4%Roosevelt62,544
16.6%Landon12,585
1.1%
D+65.8
D+5.0
D+41.5
75,929
D
79.5%Roosevelt53,202
18.7%Hoover12,546
1.8%
D+60.7
D+69.6
D+43.0
66,925
R
45.5%Smith32,118
54.3%Hoover38,351
0.2%
R+8.8
R+32.8
D+8.6
70,632
D
57.8%Davis29,782
33.9%Coolidge17,448
8.4%
D+23.9
D+1.2
D+49.1
51,540
D
60.3%Cox45,992
37.6%Harding28,674
2.0%
D+22.7
R+10.1
D+48.9
76,214
D
65.1%Wilson22,707
32.4%Hughes11,283
2.5%
D+32.8
R+16.7
D+29.6
34,858
D
59.8%Wilson19,044
10.2%Taft3,266
30.0%
D+49.5
D+25.4
D+30.0
31,865
D
59.0%Bryan16,691
34.9%Taft9,883
6.0%
D+24.1
R+13.2
D+33.6
28,278
D
63.8%Parker16,977
26.5%Roosevelt7,061
9.6%
D+37.3
D+33.3
D+56.9
26,598
D
49.1%Bryan13,779
45.2%McKinley12,672
5.7%
D+3.9
R+27.0
D+11.5
28,059
D
63.3%Bryan22,671
32.4%McKinley11,596
4.4%
D+30.9
R+21.2
D+37.0
35,840
D
54.7%Cleveland22,874
2.6%Harrison1,107
42.6%
D+52.1
—
D+50.4
41,807
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
34.2%136,476
62.8%250,962
399,625
2020
R
41.6%272,552
58.2%381,017
654,736
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
944,869
2020
1,005,352
2022
988,921
2024
1,029,281
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,236 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +8,222 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,500
2012
−1,355
2013
+1,043
2014
−647
2015
−168
2016
−1,253
2017
−253
2018
+417
2019
+619
2021
+2,476
2022
+1,634
2023
+3,771
2024
+3,202
2025
+2,236
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 70.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.9 points.
A population of 1,366,500, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,829 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope, AL and Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS.
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How did Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 24.9 points (R+24.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 625,561 votes cast, 230,249 went Democratic and 386,162 went Republican.
When did Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama?
Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama has a population of 1,366,500 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama is $70,829 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
