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State House District 63·Alabama

Alabama 63rd State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 20 points.

One of Alabama's most Democratic state house seats by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+20
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
4,574
2024 ACS

Alabama 63rd State House District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+20MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
4,5742024 5-year
Median household income
$66,2312024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
60.1%2024 5-year
Black
30.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+89 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+69 in 1964MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 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
−20.3%
6439771,642
R
−14.8%
7279841,736
R
−19.6%
6129191,566
R
−17.4%
6178811,513
R
−16.0%
6318741,519
R
−23.6%
5098261,344
R
−15.6%
4746551,157
R
−9.0%
4445381,047
R
−6.9%
4525291,118
R
−20.1%
350527881
R
−26.9%
309541861
R
−1.5%
368380784
D
+11.5%
390308713
R
−42.9%
159408581
O
+6.0%
10774546
R
−68.7%
0255371
D
+19.0%
159108269
D
+23.3%
15896266
D
+32.3%
14875226
O
−12.4%
013105
D
+78.5%
9511107
D
+86.9%
1218130
D
+89.4%
1166123
D
+88.1%
1026109
D
+39.0%
532377
D
+75.5%
45553
D
+75.0%
66976
D
+82.7%
47452
D
+81.6%
33238
D
+76.9%
33339
D
+77.4%
27331
D
+27.8%
231336
D
+35.5%
411962
D
+35.4%
431482
D
+35.9%
432064
D
+36.0%
341650
D
+39.2%
361651
D
+37.7%
421961

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.8%
American
10.3%
Irish
7.0%
German
5.7%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.3%
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
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
24.1%
Other Christian
12.3%
Methodist
4.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of D+55.7, this Birmingham-area district anchors the Democratic end of Alabama's legislative map, where concentrated urban and majority-Black precincts consistently produce lopsided statewide contrasts.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Alabama 63rd State House District, by a two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 63rd State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,231, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 63, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 63, Alabama voted Republican by 20.3 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,642 votes cast, 643 went Democratic and 977 went Republican.
What is State House District 63, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 63, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" 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 63, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 63, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State House District 63, Alabama?
State House District 63, Alabama has a population of 4,574 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 63, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 63, Alabama is $66,231 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 63, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 63, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.