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State Senate District 30·Alabama

Alabama 30th State Senate District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 52 points.

One of Alabama's widest presidential margins in 2024

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
113,178
2024 ACS

Alabama 30th State Senate District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+52%. Republican peak: R+79 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+52MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
113,1782024 5-year
Median household income
$69,5142024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
72.9%2024 5-year
Black
19.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+64 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+79 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
5 counties · 0 D · 5 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
−51.8%
12,43039,79852,785
R
−48.2%
13,22538,42452,304
R
−50.9%
11,24635,42347,524
R
−45.1%
12,49033,31546,191
R
−45.9%
12,36633,59546,281
R
−47.5%
10,53029,82640,607
R
−34.0%
11,44923,51535,527
R
−20.4%
11,80018,36732,266
R
−19.0%
11,49817,80433,218
R
−32.8%
8,87317,67626,803
R
−38.6%
7,95518,29426,793
R
−9.9%
11,09213,62425,520
D
+10.1%
12,1889,91322,472
R
−58.3%
3,66514,40418,413
O
+4.2%
2,9142,08519,728
R
−78.8%
09,42711,966
D
+5.6%
5,0614,5229,674
D
+7.3%
4,7964,1139,350
D
+25.2%
5,5453,3078,879
O
−25.4%
01,2835,045
D
+53.4%
4,3031,3015,622
D
+57.3%
5,6741,5297,236
D
+63.6%
5,3261,1586,555
D
+54.8%
4,4181,2545,770
R
−16.6%
2,7883,9016,692
D
+21.9%
2,4291,5414,061
D
+14.1%
3,0162,2615,338
D
+31.7%
2,6161,3364,040
D
+53.7%
2,2502513,726
D
+30.8%
2,0681,0573,279
D
+41.4%
2,4959493,738
D
+10.9%
2,8112,2415,208
D
+48.4%
3,8421,2435,373
O
+38.6%
2,7663106,369
D
+30.5%
3,4011,8125,213
D
+21.4%
3,2562,1075,375
D
+20.1%
3,2532,1605,444
D
+8.5%
3,1612,6655,826

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.4%
American
10.6%
Irish
8.5%
German
7.4%
Scottish
2.1%
Italian
1.4%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.0%
2.5%
75–84
3.3%
4.9%
65–74
5.5%
6.8%
55–64
6.9%
6.3%
45–54
6.7%
6.2%
35–44
6.4%
6.2%
25–34
6.5%
4.0%
18–24
3.7%
8.3%
5–17
8.5%
3.2%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,514
State Senate District 30 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 30$69,514
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.0%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)9.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
34.4%
Other Christian
11.0%
Methodist
5.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

District 30 recorded an R+76.6 margin in 2024, placing it among the most lopsided state senate districts in Alabama. Its rural Black Belt geography and sparse population density have historically produced outsized partisan gaps.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Alabama 30th State Senate District, by a ten points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 1964. The 2024 margin was fifty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 30th State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 73% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $69,514, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 30, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 30, Alabama voted Republican by 51.8 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 52,785 votes cast, 12,430 went Democratic and 39,798 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 30, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 30, 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 15 times, and other 3 times.
When did State Senate District 30, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 30, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State Senate District 30, Alabama?
State Senate District 30, Alabama has a population of 113,178 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 30, Alabama?
Median household income in State Senate District 30, Alabama is $69,514 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State Senate District 30, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 30, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.