† 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
GroupPrichardAlabamaUnited States
African American†85.7%24.6%9.9%
African2.0%0.6%0.5%
English1.7%12.1%9.5%
American1.5%12.8%5.3%
Irish1.4%8.0%9.4%
German1.1%6.4%12.5%
French0.5%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.3%2.0%1.3%
Italian0.3%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.2%1.2%—
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
Prichard
Alabama
United States
Median age
38.8
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.8%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Prichard
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$36,588
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
30.6%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.8%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Prichard
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.9%
6.1%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Prichard
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.
Prichard, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+81.8%
2008
+84.8%
2012
+84.8%
2016
+81.3%
2020
+79.2%
2024
+72.3%
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
D
85.6%Harris6,265
13.3%Trump975
1.1%
D+72.3
R+6.9
D+73.7
7,320
D
89.2%Biden8,011
10.0%Trump900
0.8%
D+79.2
R+2.1
D+74.7
8,981
D
90.0%Clinton8,398
8.6%Trump806
1.4%
D+81.3
R+3.5
D+79.2
9,336
D
92.1%Obama9,750
7.2%Romney767
0.7%
D+84.8
±0.0
D+81.0
10,590
D
92.1%Obama10,933
7.3%McCain866
0.6%
D+84.8
D+3.1
D+77.6
11,866
D
90.7%Kerry8,440
8.9%Bush826
0.5%
D+81.8
—
D+84.2
9,310
Prichard, a majority-Black city just north of Mobile, has faced decades of fiscal strain severe enough that its pension fund collapsed in 2009—making it a consistent case study in municipal finance failure and disinvestment in the Deep South.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.8 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.3 points.
A population of 18,961, a 9% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,588 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Inkster and Highland Park.
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, Prichard, Alabama voted Democratic by 72.3 points (D+72.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,320 votes cast, 6,265 went Democratic and 975 went Republican.
How many people live in Prichard, Alabama?
Prichard, Alabama has a population of 18,961 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Prichard, Alabama?
Median household income in Prichard, Alabama is $36,588 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Prichard, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Prichard, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
