† 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
GroupMobile, ALAlabamaUnited States
English9.4%12.1%9.5%
American8.2%12.8%5.3%
Irish7.5%8.0%9.4%
German6.2%6.4%12.5%
French2.5%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.7%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.5%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.2%—
African American†34.7%24.6%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Mexican1.4%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%0.5%
Vietnamese0.8%—0.6%
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.2%0.3%1.4%
Filipino0.2%—0.9%
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
Mobile, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
38.5
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mobile, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$58,880
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.2%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.0%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mobile, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.8%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mobile, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
10.7%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
41.7%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
27.0%
36.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
6.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
12.0%
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.
Mobile, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+60.7%
1896
+15.9%
1900
+12.9%
1904
+80.5%
1908
+61.0%
1912
+76.3%
1916
+54.8%
1920
+38.7%
1924
+36.4%
1928
+8.2%
1932
+69.4%
1936
+82.1%
1940
+71.1%
1944
+52.9%
1948
−19.4%
1952
+1.1%
1956
−8.8%
1960
+7.4%
1964
−70.7%
1968
+8.8%
1972
−49.0%
1976
−3.4%
1980
−18.2%
1984
−26.5%
1988
−22.5%
1992
−12.5%
1996
−9.2%
2000
−14.0%
2004
−18.0%
2008
−8.7%
2012
−9.2%
2016
−13.4%
2020
−11.9%
2024
−16.4%
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
41.1%Harris72,055
57.5%Trump100,759
1.3%
R+16.4
R+4.5
R+14.9
175,164
R
43.4%Biden79,474
55.3%Trump101,243
1.3%
R+11.9
D+1.6
R+16.3
183,164
R
42.3%Clinton72,186
55.8%Trump95,116
1.9%
R+13.4
R+4.2
R+15.5
170,593
R
45.0%Obama78,760
54.3%Romney94,893
0.7%
R+9.2
R+0.5
R+13.1
174,864
R
45.3%Obama82,181
54.0%McCain98,049
0.7%
R+8.7
D+9.3
R+16.0
181,424
R
40.7%Kerry63,732
58.7%Bush92,014
0.7%
R+18.0
R+4.1
R+15.6
156,771
R
42.0%Gore58,640
55.9%Bush78,162
2.1%
R+14.0
R+4.7
R+14.5
139,745
R
42.1%Clinton54,749
51.3%Dole66,775
6.6%
R+9.2
D+3.3
R+17.8
130,103
R
38.2%Clinton54,962
50.7%Bush72,935
11.1%
R+12.5
D+10.0
R+18.1
143,788
R
38.4%Dukakis45,524
60.9%Bush72,203
0.7%
R+22.5
D+4.0
R+14.8
118,597
R
36.1%Mondale47,252
62.6%Reagan81,923
1.4%
R+26.5
R+8.2
R+8.3
130,959
R
39.5%Carter46,180
57.7%Reagan67,515
2.8%
R+18.2
R+14.9
R+8.5
116,992
R
47.5%Carter50,264
50.8%Ford53,835
1.7%
R+3.4
D+45.6
R+5.4
105,876
R
24.2%McGovern20,694
73.1%Nixon62,639
2.7%
R+49.0
R+57.8
R+25.8
85,634
O
20.2%Humphrey18,615
11.4%Nixon10,509
68.3%
Wallace +48.1
D+79.5
D+9.5
91,936
R
0.0%Johnson0
70.7%Goldwater49,493
29.3%
R+70.7
R+78.1
R+93.3
69,981
D
52.5%Kennedy28,626
45.1%Nixon24,608
2.4%
D+7.4
D+16.2
D+7.2
54,542
R
43.4%Stevenson17,163
52.2%Eisenhower20,639
4.4%
R+8.8
R+9.9
D+6.6
39,534
D
50.4%Stevenson14,473
49.3%Eisenhower14,153
0.3%
D+1.1
D+20.5
D+11.9
28,715
O
0.0%Truman0
19.4%Dewey2,685
80.6%
Thurmond +61.2
R+72.3
R+23.9
13,835
D
76.0%Roosevelt9,439
23.1%Dewey2,867
0.9%
D+52.9
R+18.2
D+45.4
12,423
D
85.1%Roosevelt11,480
14.0%Willkie1,887
0.9%
D+71.1
R+11.0
D+61.1
13,493
D
90.8%Roosevelt11,165
8.7%Landon1,072
0.5%
D+82.1
D+12.6
D+57.8
12,299
D
84.4%Roosevelt9,658
14.9%Hoover1,710
0.7%
D+69.4
D+61.2
D+51.6
11,447
D
54.1%Smith5,965
45.8%Hoover5,058
0.1%
D+8.2
R+28.1
D+25.7
11,033
D
64.9%Davis4,125
28.5%Coolidge1,814
6.5%
D+36.4
R+2.3
D+61.5
6,355
D
68.4%Cox6,171
29.7%Harding2,681
1.9%
D+38.7
R+16.1
D+64.9
9,023
D
76.2%Wilson2,968
21.4%Hughes832
2.5%
D+54.8
R+21.4
D+51.7
3,896
D
80.0%Wilson3,009
3.7%Taft140
16.3%
D+76.3
D+15.3
D+56.7
3,762
D
75.0%Bryan2,422
14.0%Taft453
10.9%
D+61.0
R+19.5
D+70.6
3,228
D
89.3%Parker3,283
8.8%Roosevelt325
1.8%
D+80.5
D+67.6
D+100.2
3,675
D
54.6%Bryan2,939
41.6%McKinley2,243
3.8%
D+12.9
R+3.0
D+20.5
5,387
D
53.7%Bryan3,948
37.8%McKinley2,778
8.6%
D+15.9
R+44.8
D+22.0
7,357
D
66.3%Cleveland4,680
5.6%Harrison397
28.0%
D+60.7
—
D+59.0
7,056
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
37.6%40,266
60.1%64,378
107,100
2020
R
47.1%86,034
52.7%96,320
182,669
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Mobile, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
296,298
2020
315,446
2022
311,434
2024
322,520
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−996 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −20,621 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Mobile, AL in Mobile, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,321
2012
−1,514
2013
−1,467
2014
−1,548
2015
−1,766
2016
−1,363
2017
−2,431
2018
−1,677
2019
−1,821
2021
−1,330
2022
−1,509
2023
−364
2024
−514
2025
−996
Mobile's electorate blends a substantial Black voting-age population with a white working-class majority shaped by shipbuilding and petrochemical industries, producing GOP margins at the top of the ticket that have widened steadily since the 1990s.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 70.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 412,590, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,880 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA and Jackson, MS.
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In 2024, Mobile, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 175,164 votes cast, 72,055 went Democratic and 100,759 went Republican.
When did Mobile, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Mobile, AL, Alabama has a population of 412,590 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile, AL, Alabama is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Mobile, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
