† 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
5 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
GroupMontgomery-Selma, ALAlabamaUnited States
African American†45.1%24.6%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
American17.4%12.8%5.3%
English9.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish5.6%8.0%9.4%
German4.9%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.4%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.1%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.2%—
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
Mexican2.4%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Korean0.9%0.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.4%0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.2%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
Montgomery-Selma, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
38.4
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.9%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Montgomery-Selma, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$62,644
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.8%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Montgomery-Selma, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Montgomery-Selma, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
3.1%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.5%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
37.4%
36.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.2%
6.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
12.9%
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.
Montgomery-Selma, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+57.5%
1896
+51.6%
1900
+50.3%
1904
+89.2%
1908
+88.0%
1912
+87.8%
1916
+93.4%
1920
+85.3%
1924
+81.2%
1928
+26.7%
1932
+89.8%
1936
+94.3%
1940
+93.9%
1944
+90.3%
1948
−8.3%
1952
+14.1%
1956
+0.9%
1960
−3.0%
1964
−79.5%
1968
+15.6%
1972
−41.5%
1976
−0.7%
1980
−7.1%
1984
−16.5%
1988
−15.8%
1992
−4.5%
1996
−2.8%
2000
−6.2%
2004
−11.5%
2008
+1.1%
2012
+4.5%
2016
+2.0%
2020
+4.6%
2024
−0.0%
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
49.3%Harris89,262
49.4%Trump89,283
1.3%
R+0.01
R+4.6
D+1.5
180,905
D
51.7%Biden99,601
47.1%Trump90,673
1.2%
D+4.6
D+2.6
D+0.2
192,638
D
50.2%Clinton91,014
48.2%Trump87,349
1.6%
D+2.0
R+2.4
R+0.1
181,261
D
51.9%Obama98,461
47.4%Romney90,008
0.7%
D+4.5
D+3.3
D+0.6
189,815
D
50.3%Obama95,995
49.2%McCain93,818
0.5%
D+1.1
D+12.6
R+6.1
190,829
R
44.0%Kerry71,797
55.5%Bush90,470
0.5%
R+11.5
R+5.2
R+9.0
163,005
R
46.2%Gore67,489
52.4%Bush76,595
1.3%
R+6.2
R+3.5
R+6.8
146,047
R
46.6%Clinton64,404
49.4%Dole68,211
4.0%
R+2.8
D+1.7
R+11.3
138,207
R
42.9%Clinton62,937
47.3%Bush69,535
9.8%
R+4.5
D+11.4
R+10.1
146,877
R
41.6%Dukakis49,865
57.5%Bush68,846
0.9%
R+15.8
D+0.7
R+8.1
119,783
R
41.3%Mondale53,292
57.8%Reagan74,586
0.8%
R+16.5
R+9.4
D+1.7
128,969
R
44.4%Carter51,607
51.5%Reagan59,896
4.1%
R+7.1
R+6.5
D+2.6
116,233
R
48.8%Carter48,525
49.5%Ford49,188
1.7%
R+0.7
D+40.8
R+2.7
99,402
R
28.2%McGovern24,193
69.7%Nixon59,815
2.2%
R+41.5
R+57.1
R+18.3
85,868
O
26.8%Humphrey23,029
11.2%Nixon9,633
62.0%
Wallace +35.3
D+95.1
D+16.3
86,012
R
0.0%Johnson0
79.5%Goldwater39,783
20.5%
R+79.5
R+76.6
R+102.1
50,017
R
47.9%Kennedy17,084
50.9%Nixon18,150
1.2%
R+3.0
R+3.9
R+3.2
35,679
D
42.8%Stevenson14,148
41.9%Eisenhower13,853
15.3%
D+0.9
R+13.2
D+16.3
33,072
D
56.7%Stevenson17,829
42.6%Eisenhower13,385
0.7%
D+14.1
D+22.5
D+24.9
31,430
O
0.0%Truman0
8.3%Dewey1,224
91.7%
Thurmond +83.4
R+98.6
R+12.8
14,722
D
95.0%Roosevelt17,178
4.7%Dewey847
0.3%
D+90.3
R+3.6
D+82.8
18,083
D
96.8%Roosevelt21,446
2.9%Willkie642
0.3%
D+93.9
R+0.4
D+84.0
22,145
D
96.7%Roosevelt21,962
2.4%Landon541
0.9%
D+94.3
D+4.5
D+70.1
22,712
D
94.1%Roosevelt18,685
4.3%Hoover849
1.7%
D+89.8
D+63.1
D+72.0
19,867
D
63.3%Smith11,147
36.6%Hoover6,452
0.0%
D+26.7
R+54.6
D+44.1
17,605
D
87.7%Davis8,841
6.5%Coolidge653
5.8%
D+81.2
R+4.1
D+106.4
10,080
D
92.4%Cox12,520
7.1%Harding961
0.5%
D+85.3
R+8.0
D+111.5
13,548
D
96.3%Wilson7,825
2.9%Hughes237
0.8%
D+93.4
D+5.6
D+90.2
8,128
D
90.2%Wilson6,865
2.5%Taft187
7.3%
D+87.8
R+0.3
D+68.2
7,608
D
93.6%Bryan6,392
5.5%Taft378
0.9%
D+88.0
R+1.1
D+97.6
6,831
D
94.0%Parker6,620
4.9%Roosevelt342
1.1%
D+89.2
D+38.9
D+108.8
7,041
D
73.6%Bryan12,284
23.3%McKinley3,893
3.0%
D+50.3
R+1.3
D+57.8
16,682
D
73.1%Bryan12,949
21.5%McKinley3,806
5.4%
D+51.6
R+5.9
D+57.7
17,708
D
63.5%Cleveland16,463
6.0%Harrison1,549
30.5%
D+57.5
—
D+55.9
25,919
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
45.0%52,411
52.7%61,432
116,566
2020
D
54.0%103,822
45.9%88,131
192,198
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Montgomery-Selma, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
296,260
2020
312,340
2022
303,362
2024
312,743
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−994 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −30,381 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Montgomery-Selma, AL in Montgomery-Selma, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,223
2012
−3,504
2013
−3,353
2014
−2,900
2015
−2,413
2016
−2,089
2017
−2,108
2018
−3,522
2019
−2,123
2021
−1,297
2022
−570
2023
−1,606
2024
−1,679
2025
−994
Montgomery-Selma, AL sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 79.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.0 points.
A population of 422,882, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,644 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS and Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL.
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The combined metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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How did Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama voted a near-tie (R+0.01), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 180,905 votes cast, 89,262 went Democratic and 89,283 went Republican.
When did Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama?
Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama has a population of 422,882 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama is $62,644 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Montgomery-Selma, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
