† 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
2 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
GroupTalladega-Sylacauga, ALAlabamaUnited States
English12.2%12.1%9.5%
American10.8%12.8%5.3%
Irish8.4%8.0%9.4%
German6.1%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.6%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.2%—
Italian0.8%1.7%4.8%
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
African American†29.0%24.6%9.9%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Mexican1.3%3.2%11.3%
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%0.5%
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
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
42.9
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$57,729
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.2%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.3%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
1.0%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
41.4%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
44.5%
36.6%
51.5%
Black Protestant
7.7%
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.
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+43.9%
1896
+36.4%
1900
+4.2%
1904
+47.7%
1908
+35.3%
1912
+61.5%
1916
+43.5%
1920
+30.3%
1924
+37.1%
1928
−5.7%
1932
+68.1%
1936
+72.7%
1940
+72.1%
1944
+58.9%
1948
−18.0%
1952
+19.7%
1956
+11.4%
1960
+10.9%
1964
−71.0%
1968
+6.5%
1972
−48.3%
1976
+25.7%
1980
+3.7%
1984
−23.3%
1988
−20.3%
1992
−5.2%
1996
−0.5%
2000
−9.4%
2004
−22.4%
2008
−18.4%
2012
−16.0%
2016
−26.3%
2020
−26.6%
2024
−35.0%
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
32.1%Harris12,376
67.1%Trump25,858
0.7%
R+35.0
R+8.4
R+33.5
38,518
R
36.3%Biden14,934
62.9%Trump25,866
0.8%
R+26.6
R+0.3
R+31.0
41,142
R
36.2%Clinton13,903
62.5%Trump23,995
1.2%
R+26.3
R+10.3
R+28.4
38,362
R
41.7%Obama16,096
57.7%Romney22,295
0.6%
R+16.0
D+2.3
R+19.9
38,642
R
40.4%Obama16,052
58.7%McCain23,360
0.9%
R+18.4
D+4.0
R+25.6
39,767
R
38.5%Kerry13,429
60.8%Bush21,236
0.7%
R+22.4
R+13.0
R+19.9
34,899
R
44.5%Gore13,368
53.9%Bush16,189
1.5%
R+9.4
R+8.9
R+9.9
30,018
R
46.5%Clinton12,506
47.0%Dole12,652
6.5%
R+0.5
D+4.6
R+9.1
26,909
R
41.9%Clinton13,025
47.1%Bush14,634
11.0%
R+5.2
D+15.1
R+10.7
31,062
R
39.4%Dukakis10,151
59.6%Bush15,378
1.0%
R+20.3
D+3.0
R+12.5
25,789
R
37.5%Mondale10,271
60.8%Reagan16,652
1.8%
R+23.3
R+27.0
R+5.1
27,405
D
50.5%Carter12,542
46.7%Reagan11,616
2.8%
D+3.7
R+22.0
D+13.5
24,850
D
61.3%Carter13,110
35.7%Ford7,621
3.0%
D+25.7
D+73.9
D+23.6
21,374
R
25.5%McGovern5,340
73.8%Nixon15,435
0.7%
R+48.3
R+54.7
R+25.1
20,916
O
16.5%Humphrey3,722
10.0%Nixon2,265
73.5%
Wallace +57.0
D+77.5
D+7.2
22,567
R
0.0%Johnson0
71.0%Goldwater10,924
29.0%
R+71.0
R+81.9
R+93.6
15,376
D
55.1%Kennedy7,222
44.2%Nixon5,796
0.7%
D+10.9
R+0.6
D+10.7
13,104
D
54.9%Stevenson6,654
43.5%Eisenhower5,267
1.6%
D+11.4
R+8.2
D+26.8
12,116
D
59.7%Stevenson6,529
40.0%Eisenhower4,376
0.3%
D+19.7
D+37.7
D+30.5
10,933
O
0.0%Truman0
18.0%Dewey868
82.0%
Thurmond +64.1
R+76.8
R+22.5
4,829
D
79.1%Roosevelt4,181
20.2%Dewey1,069
0.7%
D+58.9
R+13.2
D+51.4
5,287
D
85.8%Roosevelt5,312
13.8%Willkie851
0.4%
D+72.1
R+0.6
D+62.1
6,189
D
84.8%Roosevelt5,097
12.1%Landon728
3.0%
D+72.7
D+4.6
D+48.5
6,008
D
83.9%Roosevelt4,618
15.7%Hoover867
0.4%
D+68.1
D+73.8
D+50.3
5,507
R
47.0%Smith2,392
52.7%Hoover2,680
0.3%
R+5.7
R+42.8
D+11.8
5,086
D
67.6%Davis2,520
30.5%Coolidge1,136
1.9%
D+37.1
D+6.8
D+62.3
3,726
D
64.8%Cox3,144
34.5%Harding1,672
0.8%
D+30.3
R+13.2
D+56.5
4,853
D
71.1%Wilson2,406
27.5%Hughes932
1.4%
D+43.5
R+18.0
D+40.4
3,385
D
68.8%Wilson2,075
7.3%Taft220
23.9%
D+61.5
D+26.2
D+42.0
3,016
D
65.5%Bryan1,727
30.3%Taft798
4.2%
D+35.3
R+12.4
D+44.8
2,635
D
71.1%Parker2,197
23.4%Roosevelt724
5.4%
D+47.7
D+43.5
D+67.4
3,088
D
49.8%Bryan2,561
45.6%McKinley2,344
4.6%
D+4.2
R+32.2
D+11.8
5,142
D
66.4%Bryan3,147
30.0%McKinley1,421
3.7%
D+36.4
R+7.5
D+42.5
4,742
O
46.7%Cleveland3,592
2.8%Harrison215
50.5%
Weaver +3.8
—
D+42.3
7,690
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
31.2%7,933
66.6%16,931
25,436
2020
R
38.3%15,754
61.5%25,285
41,092
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
63,627
2020
67,475
2022
67,278
2024
69,708
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+315 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −260 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−489
2012
+212
2013
−513
2014
−163
2015
−442
2016
−541
2017
−285
2018
+88
2019
+56
2021
−349
2022
+528
2023
+688
2024
+635
2025
+315
Talladega and Talladega Counties anchor a mid-sized metro whose white working-class majority has shifted sharply toward Republican presidential margins over the past two decades, even as local races occasionally split the ticket.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 71.0 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.0 points.
A population of 91,321, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,729 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dublin, GA and Thomasville, GA.
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How did Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 35.0 points (R+35.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 38,518 votes cast, 12,376 went Democratic and 25,858 went Republican.
When did Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama?
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama has a population of 91,321 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama is $57,729 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
