† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGadsden, ALAlabamaUnited States
American13.4%12.8%5.3%
English11.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish8.2%8.0%9.4%
German4.5%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.8%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.5%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.2%—
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
African American†14.4%24.6%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Mexican2.7%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan1.1%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Gadsden, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
41.7
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gadsden, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$54,563
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.9%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.1%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gadsden, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.3%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gadsden, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
4.9%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
64.5%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
18.8%
36.6%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.4%
7.3%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Gadsden, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+51.7%
1896
+32.5%
1900
+2.9%
1904
+24.2%
1908
+13.0%
1912
+40.0%
1916
+36.1%
1920
+29.2%
1924
+28.2%
1928
−11.9%
1932
+65.1%
1936
+64.9%
1940
+69.1%
1944
+58.1%
1948
−21.1%
1952
+40.5%
1956
+26.0%
1960
+33.4%
1964
−59.1%
1968
+0.8%
1972
−47.2%
1976
+41.1%
1980
+12.2%
1984
−0.4%
1988
−0.2%
1992
+7.3%
1996
+3.0%
2000
−9.3%
2004
−27.3%
2008
−38.2%
2012
−38.4%
2016
−50.2%
2020
−50.2%
2024
−55.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
21.7%Harris10,027
77.3%Trump35,653
1.0%
R+55.5
R+5.3
R+54.1
46,137
R
24.2%Biden11,567
74.4%Trump35,528
1.3%
R+50.2
±0.0
R+54.7
47,728
R
23.9%Clinton10,442
74.2%Trump32,353
1.9%
R+50.2
R+11.8
R+52.3
43,630
R
30.1%Obama12,803
68.5%Romney29,130
1.4%
R+38.4
R+0.2
R+42.2
42,530
R
30.2%Obama13,497
68.4%McCain30,595
1.4%
R+38.2
R+10.9
R+45.5
44,737
R
35.9%Kerry15,328
63.3%Bush26,999
0.8%
R+27.3
R+18.1
R+24.9
42,680
R
44.3%Gore17,433
53.6%Bush21,087
2.1%
R+9.3
R+12.3
R+9.8
39,348
D
47.9%Clinton17,976
44.8%Dole16,835
7.3%
D+3.0
R+4.2
R+5.5
37,561
D
48.4%Clinton20,558
41.1%Bush17,467
10.4%
D+7.3
D+7.5
D+1.7
42,451
R
49.5%Dukakis17,762
49.7%Bush17,828
0.8%
R+0.2
D+0.3
D+7.5
35,891
R
49.2%Mondale19,074
49.6%Reagan19,243
1.2%
R+0.4
R+12.6
D+17.8
38,781
D
55.0%Carter20,790
42.8%Reagan16,177
2.2%
D+12.2
R+28.9
D+21.9
37,806
D
70.0%Carter25,020
28.9%Ford10,333
1.1%
D+41.1
D+88.2
D+39.0
35,750
R
25.8%McGovern7,372
73.0%Nixon20,851
1.3%
R+47.2
R+48.0
R+24.0
28,581
O
14.8%Humphrey4,613
14.0%Nixon4,351
71.3%
Wallace +56.5
D+59.9
D+1.5
31,186
R
0.0%Johnson0
59.1%Goldwater12,894
40.9%
R+59.1
R+92.5
R+81.6
21,833
D
66.3%Kennedy14,372
32.9%Nixon7,128
0.9%
D+33.4
D+7.4
D+33.2
21,685
D
62.2%Stevenson12,374
36.2%Eisenhower7,198
1.6%
D+26.0
R+14.5
D+41.4
19,886
D
70.1%Stevenson10,997
29.5%Eisenhower4,634
0.4%
D+40.5
D+61.6
D+51.3
15,697
O
0.0%Truman0
21.1%Dewey1,615
78.9%
Thurmond +57.8
R+79.2
R+25.6
7,661
D
78.4%Roosevelt5,895
20.3%Dewey1,525
1.3%
D+58.1
R+11.0
D+50.6
7,521
D
84.3%Roosevelt7,012
15.3%Willkie1,270
0.4%
D+69.1
D+4.1
D+59.1
8,315
D
82.2%Roosevelt5,739
17.3%Landon1,207
0.5%
D+64.9
R+0.2
D+40.7
6,978
D
82.1%Roosevelt5,167
16.9%Hoover1,066
1.0%
D+65.1
D+77.1
D+47.4
6,295
R
43.7%Smith2,484
55.6%Hoover3,162
0.7%
R+11.9
R+40.2
D+5.5
5,684
D
61.4%Davis3,081
33.2%Coolidge1,664
5.4%
D+28.2
R+1.0
D+53.4
5,017
D
64.1%Cox5,917
34.8%Harding3,218
1.1%
D+29.2
R+6.9
D+55.4
9,238
D
66.7%Wilson1,883
30.5%Hughes862
2.8%
D+36.1
R+3.8
D+33.0
2,825
D
52.2%Wilson1,511
12.2%Taft354
35.6%
D+40.0
D+27.0
D+20.4
2,896
D
54.3%Bryan1,309
41.3%Taft996
4.4%
D+13.0
R+11.2
D+22.5
2,411
D
56.9%Parker1,431
32.7%Roosevelt823
10.4%
D+24.2
D+21.2
D+43.8
2,516
D
48.7%Bryan1,734
45.7%McKinley1,629
5.6%
D+2.9
R+29.5
D+10.5
3,564
D
63.6%Bryan1,782
31.2%McKinley873
5.2%
D+32.5
R+19.3
D+38.5
2,800
D
58.8%Cleveland2,225
7.1%Harrison269
34.0%
D+51.7
—
D+50.1
3,781
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
18.9%4,925
78.9%20,599
26,092
2020
R
27.6%13,145
72.2%34,351
47,589
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Gadsden, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
72,371
2020
76,054
2022
75,145
2024
77,749
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+629 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,771 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Gadsden, AL in Gadsden, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−15
2012
+161
2013
−169
2014
−305
2015
−204
2016
−5
2017
+278
2018
−154
2019
−62
2021
+149
2022
+477
2023
+698
2024
+293
2025
+629
Gadsden anchors a small metro where manufacturing decline and demographic shifts have redrawn voter coalitions over the past two decades, making it a useful bellwether for working-class white realignment across the rural South.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.1 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 59.1 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.5 points.
A population of 103,105, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,563 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Decatur, AL and Union City, TN.
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In 2024, Gadsden, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 55.5 points (R+55.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 46,137 votes cast, 10,027 went Democratic and 35,653 went Republican.
When did Gadsden, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Gadsden, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Gadsden, AL, Alabama?
Gadsden, AL, Alabama has a population of 103,105 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gadsden, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Gadsden, AL, Alabama is $54,563 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Gadsden, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Gadsden, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
