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1876–2024
State House District 72·Alabama

Alabama 72nd State House District delivered R+4 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

One of Alabama's few Democratic-leaning state house seats

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+4
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
52,154
2024 ACS

Alabama 72nd State House District, Alabama: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+4%. Democratic peak: D+93 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+4MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
52,1542024 5-year
Median household income
$51,4372024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
49.7%2024 5-year
Black
43.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+93 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 2 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.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−3.6%
10,72811,54722,494
D
+5.8%
12,81011,38324,405
D
+7.2%
12,43810,75023,475
D
+13.8%
13,71410,36924,224
D
+11.9%
13,27510,44023,863
D
+6.8%
11,60310,10821,830
D
+14.5%
11,3868,46720,171
D
+21.3%
10,0006,34417,135
D
+21.9%
10,5296,44218,630
D
+12.0%
8,9437,01616,069
D
+7.7%
9,1997,86417,379
D
+25.1%
9,8815,80116,225
D
+28.2%
8,9944,98514,196
R
−9.3%
6,0757,36113,818
O
+30.3%
4,97389713,446
R
−73.2%
05,1307,006
D
+25.4%
3,3671,9965,406
D
+32.2%
3,2611,6135,111
D
+28.3%
3,2511,8105,087
O
−6.6%
01772,696
D
+85.7%
2,8262123,049
D
+89.5%
3,7702053,983
D
+92.6%
3,6621333,812
D
+89.1%
2,9741543,165
D
+44.6%
2,2948783,175
D
+81.8%
1,7701322,003
D
+83.1%
2,3281912,572
D
+86.0%
1,8101141,972
D
+85.1%
1,562291,802
D
+86.4%
1,517851,657
D
+86.5%
1,6811061,820
D
+60.8%
2,8716713,621
D
+50.4%
5,4601,7367,389
D
+65.1%
6,0585518,457
D
+30.6%
4,8332,5677,416
R
−11.4%
2,9193,6726,609
R
−0.5%
3,0923,1236,215
R
−17.2%
3,7255,2748,999

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.1%
American
8.6%
Irish
5.9%
German
4.5%
Scottish
1.3%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.7%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
2.1%
75–84
3.0%
5.0%
65–74
5.8%
5.8%
55–64
6.4%
5.4%
45–54
5.6%
5.9%
35–44
5.8%
6.5%
25–34
6.6%
6.1%
18–24
6.6%
8.4%
5–17
7.8%
2.9%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$51,437
State House District 72 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 72$51,437
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
23.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.9%
Working age (18–64)20.8%
Seniors (65+)15.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
23.6%
Methodist
8.9%
Other Christian
8.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.1%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

District 72 backed the Democratic presidential nominee by nearly 11 points in 2024, a notable margin in a state where most legislative districts trend heavily Republican. Its roughly 50,000 residents make it a compact but electorally distinct pocket of the state.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-three points in 1936; the Republican margin reached seventy-three points in 1964. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 52,154, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $51,437 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 72, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 72, Alabama voted Republican by 3.6 points (R+4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,494 votes cast, 10,728 went Democratic and 11,547 went Republican.
What is State House District 72, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 72, Alabama as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 30 times, Republican 6 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 72, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 72, Alabama voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in State House District 72, Alabama?
State House District 72, Alabama has a population of 52,154 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 72, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 72, Alabama is $51,437 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 72, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 72, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 30 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.