† 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
GroupScottsboroAlabamaUnited States
English13.9%12.1%9.5%
American12.7%12.8%5.3%
Irish9.0%8.0%9.4%
German5.4%6.4%12.5%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.2%—
Scottish1.6%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.3%1.7%4.8%
Dutch0.8%——
African American†5.7%24.6%9.9%
Mexican2.7%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.7%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
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
Scottsboro
Alabama
United States
Median age
41.2
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.1%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Scottsboro
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$53,929
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.6%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.6%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Scottsboro
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.2%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Scottsboro
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.
Scottsboro, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.5%
2008
−42.9%
2012
−47.6%
2016
−58.0%
2020
−63.0%
2024
−63.0%
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
18.1%Harris1,223
81.1%Trump5,482
0.8%
R+63.0
±0.0
R+61.5
6,759
R
17.8%Biden1,106
80.8%Trump5,014
1.4%
R+63.0
R+5.0
R+67.4
6,205
R
19.2%Clinton1,135
77.2%Trump4,571
3.7%
R+58.0
R+10.4
R+60.1
5,924
R
25.4%Obama1,624
73.0%Romney4,662
1.5%
R+47.6
R+4.7
R+51.4
6,384
R
27.8%Obama1,782
70.7%McCain4,534
1.6%
R+42.9
R+22.4
R+50.2
6,416
R
39.6%Kerry2,443
60.2%Bush3,709
0.2%
R+20.5
—
R+18.1
6,163
Scottsboro sits at the economic core of Jackson County, where Tennessee Valley Authority infrastructure shaped decades of industrial employment. The city votes heavily Republican in federal contests, consistent with the broader rural-to-small-city realignment across northern Alabama.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 63.0 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 63.0 points.
A population of 15,712, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,929 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clanton and Oxford.
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, Scottsboro, Alabama voted Republican by 63.0 points (R+63.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,759 votes cast, 1,223 went Democratic and 5,482 went Republican.
How many people live in Scottsboro, Alabama?
Scottsboro, Alabama has a population of 15,712 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scottsboro, Alabama?
Median household income in Scottsboro, Alabama is $53,929 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Scottsboro, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Scottsboro, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
