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State House District 29·Alabama

Alabama 29th State House District changed its political identity in living memory.

18762024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
90,534
2024 ACS

Alabama 29th State House District, Alabama: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+51%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1940.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+51MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
90,5342024 5-year
Median household income
$54,7822024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
73.9%2024 5-year
Black
18.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+71 in 1940MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+61 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−50.6%
9,50229,38939,305
R
−45.1%
10,96029,40040,899
R
−46.2%
9,71327,10337,614
R
−35.4%
11,64424,65536,748
R
−35.6%
12,26826,09538,869
R
−29.7%
12,66223,49336,448
R
−12.6%
13,89717,99032,574
R
−1.1%
14,13014,46531,010
R
−0.3%
15,59815,68835,444
R
−9.4%
12,83015,55629,154
R
−12.3%
13,55117,49232,007
D
+6.5%
15,91313,93430,622
D
+35.0%
19,1469,12028,623
R
−50.4%
5,56917,16823,004
O
+2.1%
3,6673,14724,328
R
−60.6%
09,89916,335
D
+33.2%
10,2045,08415,420
D
+28.5%
9,0834,98914,350
D
+41.9%
8,0593,28011,408
O
−20.9%
01,0655,098
D
+62.9%
4,3239645,344
D
+70.7%
4,8798275,729
D
+68.7%
4,2557755,066
D
+68.1%
4,0157474,802
R
−10.8%
1,9322,4014,352
D
+32.0%
2,1331,0553,368
D
+35.0%
4,0081,9155,986
D
+48.9%
1,6945632,314
D
+48.0%
1,3142522,212
D
+24.4%
1,1366721,899
D
+39.8%
1,2364881,879
D
+19.5%
1,4809662,642
D
+34.6%
1,8518542,878
D
+55.8%
2,2262053,623
D
+43.1%
1,8727352,637
D
+27.5%
1,3577692,140
D
+57.4%
1,2943481,648
D
+64.5%
1,3052811,587

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.8%
American
11.9%
Irish
9.4%
German
6.0%
Scottish
2.1%
Italian
1.5%
French
0.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.9%
speak English only
Spanish3.0%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
44.4%
Other Christian
16.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.4%
Methodist
4.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alabama 29th State House District sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Alabama 29th State House District peaked at seventy-one points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twelve points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $54,782 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 29, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 29, Alabama voted Republican by 50.6 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 39,305 votes cast, 9,502 went Democratic and 29,389 went Republican.
What is State House District 29, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 29, Alabama as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 29, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 29, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in State House District 29, Alabama?
State House District 29, Alabama has a population of 90,534 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 29, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 29, Alabama is $54,782 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 29, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 29, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.