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State Senate District 5·Alabama

Alabama 5th State Senate District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 24 points.

A mid-margin district anchoring Alabama's legislative map

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+24
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
341,723
2024 ACS

Alabama 5th State Senate District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+70 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+24MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
341,7232024 5-year
Median household income
$63,0112024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
62.8%2024 5-year
Black
28.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+70 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+68 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
5 counties · 1 D · 4 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
−23.9%
54,32689,151145,449
R
−19.5%
61,47491,692155,290
R
−23.3%
53,34286,570142,760
R
−18.4%
57,20083,349141,851
R
−16.5%
59,80883,679144,954
R
−21.8%
52,38481,766135,070
R
−9.2%
54,98166,420124,013
R
−1.1%
54,12955,448116,556
R
−2.5%
57,81961,136132,213
R
−13.2%
46,94061,315108,977
R
−20.0%
44,11066,409111,280
D
+1.2%
52,01650,722106,926
D
+12.6%
53,69441,55496,638
R
−47.1%
20,68159,11681,598
O
+3.7%
16,70613,54785,904
R
−68.4%
040,88559,789
D
+5.3%
25,55222,95248,923
D
+10.5%
23,72519,07044,261
D
+24.5%
22,92513,84137,020
O
−22.5%
04,36919,413
D
+52.4%
16,8445,21522,191
D
+64.2%
21,0884,55625,746
D
+69.8%
20,3793,54224,133
D
+65.1%
17,6423,62521,530
D
+5.2%
11,42610,29021,740
D
+31.5%
9,9374,93015,920
D
+24.7%
14,3578,57823,369
D
+39.3%
7,9333,37211,601
D
+49.0%
6,2211,5559,528
D
+32.9%
5,5842,7168,723
D
+39.6%
5,1512,1187,657
D
+3.9%
4,3123,9778,498
D
+32.9%
6,5203,19010,123
D
+52.2%
6,83159411,952
D
+32.0%
5,2842,7108,037
D
+27.7%
3,5251,9895,549
D
+46.8%
3,2611,1394,530
D
+47.1%
4,4061,5845,990

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
14.2%
English
11.7%
Irish
7.2%
German
5.3%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.9%
French
1.1%
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: 37.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.1%
75–84
2.9%
4.6%
65–74
5.6%
5.8%
55–64
6.3%
5.6%
45–54
6.0%
5.9%
35–44
6.2%
6.5%
25–34
6.8%
5.8%
18–24
6.3%
8.3%
5–17
7.9%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,011
State Senate District 5 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 5$63,011
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.5%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
31.5%
Other Christian
15.3%
Methodist
6.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+14.7, District 5 sits noticeably closer to competitive than the state's statewide average, making it a bellwether for shifts in Alabama's northern or suburban precincts.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Alabama 5th State Senate District, by a twenty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-eight points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 5th State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,011, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 5, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 5, Alabama voted Republican by 23.9 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 145,449 votes cast, 54,326 went Democratic and 89,151 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 5, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 5, 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 23 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.
When did State Senate District 5, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 5, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in State Senate District 5, Alabama?
State Senate District 5, Alabama has a population of 341,723 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 5, Alabama?
Median household income in State Senate District 5, Alabama is $63,011 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State Senate District 5, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 5, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.