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State House District 101·Alabama

Alabama 101st State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 16 points.

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

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+16
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
13,376
2024 ACS

Alabama 101st State House District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
13,3762024 5-year
Median household income
$58,8802024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
55.6%2024 5-year
Black
35.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+82 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+71 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
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.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−16.4%
2,3363,2675,679
R
−11.9%
2,5773,2825,938
R
−13.5%
2,3403,0845,531
R
−9.2%
2,5533,0765,669
R
−8.8%
2,6643,1795,882
R
−18.0%
2,0662,9835,083
R
−14.0%
1,9012,5344,531
R
−9.2%
1,7752,1654,218
R
−12.5%
1,7822,3654,662
R
−22.5%
1,4762,3413,845
R
−26.5%
1,5322,6564,246
R
−18.2%
1,4972,1893,793
R
−3.3%
1,6301,7453,433
R
−49.0%
6712,0312,776
O
+8.8%
6043412,981
R
−70.7%
01,6052,269
D
+7.4%
9287981,768
R
−8.8%
5566691,282
D
+1.1%
469459931
O
−19.4%
087449
D
+52.9%
30693403
D
+71.2%
37261437
D
+82.0%
36235399
D
+69.5%
31355371
D
+8.1%
193164358
D
+36.4%
13459206
D
+38.6%
20087293
D
+54.8%
9627126
D
+76.2%
985122
D
+61.0%
7915105
D
+79.8%
10611119
D
+12.6%
9573175
D
+15.9%
12890239
D
+60.7%
15213229
D
+10.4%
10182183
D
+0.5%
9190182
D
+7.7%
123105234
D
+10.9%
173139311

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.4%
American
8.2%
Irish
7.5%
German
6.2%
French
2.5%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
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: 38.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.2%
75–84
3.0%
4.9%
65–74
5.7%
6.0%
55–64
6.7%
5.5%
45–54
6.1%
5.9%
35–44
6.6%
6.6%
25–34
7.2%
4.4%
18–24
4.4%
8.6%
5–17
8.4%
3.3%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,880
State House District 101 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 101$58,880
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.9%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)14.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
29.4%
Other Christian
16.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.0%
Methodist
5.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of D+30.6, this Birmingham-area district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in a state where statewide offices have trended heavily Republican for decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Alabama 101st State House District, by a seventy-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 101st State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,880, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 101, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 101, Alabama voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,679 votes cast, 2,336 went Democratic and 3,267 went Republican.
What is State House District 101, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 101, 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 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 101, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 101, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State House District 101, Alabama?
State House District 101, Alabama has a population of 13,376 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 101, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 101, Alabama is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 101, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 101, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.