† 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
4 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
GroupMontgomery, ALAlabamaUnited States
American18.4%12.8%5.3%
English9.2%12.1%9.5%
Irish5.9%8.0%9.4%
German5.1%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.5%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.2%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.2%—
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
African American†43.0%24.6%9.9%
African0.9%0.6%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican2.6%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Korean1.0%0.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.4%0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
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
Montgomery, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
38.1
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Montgomery, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$65,224
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.6%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.0%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Montgomery, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.6%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Montgomery, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
3.3%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.5%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.6%
36.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.7%
6.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
13.0%
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.
Montgomery, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+51.8%
1896
+42.7%
1900
+32.9%
1904
+87.7%
1908
+86.1%
1912
+85.8%
1916
+92.6%
1920
+83.0%
1924
+79.0%
1928
+23.3%
1932
+89.1%
1936
+93.9%
1940
+94.6%
1944
+90.4%
1948
−9.2%
1952
+18.3%
1956
+1.8%
1960
−1.0%
1964
−78.1%
1968
+11.7%
1972
−45.3%
1976
−2.9%
1980
−10.6%
1984
−20.9%
1988
−20.5%
1992
−8.1%
1996
−6.4%
2000
−10.0%
2004
−15.6%
2008
−2.9%
2012
+0.1%
2016
−2.1%
2020
+1.3%
2024
−3.1%
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
47.8%Harris79,026
50.9%Trump84,093
1.4%
R+3.1
R+4.3
R+1.6
165,358
D
50.0%Biden87,371
48.7%Trump85,149
1.3%
D+1.3
D+3.4
R+3.2
174,774
R
48.1%Clinton78,178
50.2%Trump81,560
1.7%
R+2.1
R+2.2
R+4.2
162,540
D
49.7%Obama83,849
49.6%Romney83,720
0.8%
D+0.1
D+3.0
R+3.8
168,862
R
48.2%Obama82,009
51.2%McCain87,020
0.6%
R+2.9
D+12.6
R+10.2
169,977
R
42.0%Kerry60,622
57.6%Bush83,135
0.5%
R+15.6
R+5.6
R+13.1
144,432
R
44.3%Gore56,522
54.3%Bush69,235
1.4%
R+10.0
R+3.6
R+10.5
127,583
R
44.7%Clinton53,897
51.1%Dole61,599
4.2%
R+6.4
D+1.7
R+14.9
120,553
R
40.8%Clinton51,884
48.8%Bush62,141
10.4%
R+8.1
D+12.5
R+13.6
127,273
R
39.3%Dukakis40,205
59.8%Bush61,216
0.9%
R+20.5
D+0.4
R+12.8
102,360
R
39.1%Mondale42,337
60.0%Reagan65,001
0.8%
R+20.9
R+10.3
R+2.7
108,251
R
42.7%Carter41,837
53.3%Reagan52,249
4.1%
R+10.6
R+7.7
R+0.9
98,086
R
47.8%Carter39,659
50.6%Ford42,044
1.6%
R+2.9
D+42.4
R+4.9
83,041
R
26.2%McGovern18,766
71.5%Nixon51,171
2.3%
R+45.3
R+57.0
R+22.1
71,588
O
23.8%Humphrey16,513
12.1%Nixon8,387
64.1%
Wallace +40.3
D+89.8
D+12.4
69,376
R
0.0%Johnson0
78.1%Goldwater33,895
21.9%
R+78.1
R+77.1
R+100.7
43,410
R
48.9%Kennedy14,981
49.9%Nixon15,278
1.2%
R+1.0
R+2.8
R+1.1
30,635
D
43.4%Stevenson12,027
41.6%Eisenhower11,529
15.0%
D+1.8
R+16.5
D+17.2
27,714
D
58.8%Stevenson15,747
40.4%Eisenhower10,835
0.8%
D+18.3
D+27.5
D+29.1
26,798
O
0.0%Truman0
9.2%Dewey1,092
90.8%
Thurmond +81.6
R+99.6
R+13.7
11,852
D
95.0%Roosevelt14,295
4.6%Dewey698
0.3%
D+90.4
R+4.2
D+82.9
15,040
D
97.1%Roosevelt18,340
2.6%Willkie485
0.3%
D+94.6
D+0.7
D+84.6
18,879
D
96.4%Roosevelt18,757
2.5%Landon492
1.1%
D+93.9
D+4.8
D+69.6
19,454
D
93.6%Roosevelt15,658
4.5%Hoover756
1.9%
D+89.1
D+65.7
D+71.3
16,734
D
61.6%Smith9,242
38.3%Hoover5,747
0.0%
D+23.3
R+55.7
D+40.8
14,994
D
86.6%Davis6,893
7.6%Coolidge603
5.8%
D+79.0
R+3.9
D+104.2
7,957
D
91.2%Cox9,818
8.2%Harding883
0.6%
D+83.0
R+9.6
D+109.2
10,768
D
95.9%Wilson6,260
3.3%Hughes214
0.8%
D+92.6
D+6.8
D+89.5
6,529
D
88.6%Wilson5,404
2.8%Taft171
8.6%
D+85.8
R+0.3
D+66.3
6,097
D
92.6%Bryan4,972
6.5%Taft350
0.9%
D+86.1
R+1.6
D+95.7
5,368
D
93.3%Parker5,148
5.5%Roosevelt306
1.2%
D+87.7
D+54.9
D+107.4
5,518
D
64.8%Bryan7,570
31.9%McKinley3,732
3.2%
D+32.9
R+9.9
D+40.4
11,681
D
68.0%Bryan8,858
25.2%McKinley3,287
6.8%
D+42.7
R+9.1
D+48.8
13,036
D
54.9%Cleveland9,124
3.1%Harrison521
41.9%
D+51.8
—
D+50.2
16,605
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
42.8%45,099
54.7%57,544
105,255
2020
D
52.4%91,319
47.5%82,833
174,382
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Montgomery, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
264,374
2020
280,491
2022
273,477
2024
283,209
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−560 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −21,210 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Montgomery, AL in Montgomery, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,588
2012
−2,950
2013
−2,574
2014
−2,464
2015
−1,812
2016
−1,286
2017
−1,289
2018
−2,668
2019
−1,121
2021
−862
2022
+71
2023
−1,151
2024
−956
2025
−560
Montgomery's electorate divides sharply along racial geography: majority-Black city precincts vote heavily Democratic while surrounding suburban and exurban counties pull the broader metro toward Republican margins, making ward-level turnout a consistent swing variable.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.6 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 78.1 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.1 points.
A population of 386,024, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,224 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson, MS and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC.
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In 2024, Montgomery, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 3.1 points (R+3.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 165,358 votes cast, 79,026 went Democratic and 84,093 went Republican.
When did Montgomery, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montgomery, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Montgomery, AL, Alabama?
Montgomery, AL, Alabama has a population of 386,024 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montgomery, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Montgomery, AL, Alabama is $65,224 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Montgomery, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Montgomery, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
