† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAttallaAlabamaUnited States
American14.6%12.8%5.3%
English12.7%12.1%9.5%
Irish9.0%8.0%9.4%
German4.9%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.6%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.2%—
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
African American†8.4%24.6%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Mexican2.8%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
Attalla
Alabama
United States
Median age
48.5
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
2.7%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.4%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Attalla
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$59,215
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Attalla
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Attalla
Alabama
United States
Catholic
—
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.6%
51.5%
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.
Attalla, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−16.0%
2008
−28.8%
2012
−28.4%
2016
−43.2%
2020
−40.0%
2024
−52.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
23.3%Harris497
76.0%Trump1,617
0.7%
R+52.6
R+12.6
R+51.1
2,129
R
29.3%Biden743
69.3%Trump1,758
1.4%
R+40.0
D+3.1
R+44.5
2,536
R
26.9%Clinton634
70.0%Trump1,652
3.1%
R+43.2
R+14.8
R+45.2
2,359
R
35.1%Obama868
63.5%Romney1,569
1.4%
R+28.4
D+0.5
R+32.2
2,472
R
34.5%Obama870
63.3%McCain1,597
2.2%
R+28.8
R+12.8
R+36.1
2,523
R
40.9%Kerry1,011
56.9%Bush1,406
2.1%
R+16.0
—
R+13.5
2,470
Attalla sits at the southern end of Lookout Mountain in Etowah County, a historically blue-collar corridor that has shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades as manufacturing employment has declined.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 52.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.6 points.
A population of 5,775, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,215 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rockwood and Richlands.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Attalla, Alabama voted Republican by 52.6 points (R+52.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,129 votes cast, 497 went Democratic and 1,617 went Republican.
How many people live in Attalla, Alabama?
Attalla, Alabama has a population of 5,775 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Attalla, Alabama?
Median household income in Attalla, Alabama is $59,215 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Attalla, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Attalla, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
