† 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
GroupTuscaloosaAlabamaUnited States
English9.2%12.1%9.5%
American8.8%12.8%5.3%
Irish6.0%8.0%9.4%
German4.9%6.4%12.5%
Italian1.8%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.6%2.0%1.3%
French1.1%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.2%—
African American†39.3%24.6%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Mexican3.3%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.6%0.5%0.5%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Chinese0.8%0.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.7%0.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
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
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
United States
Median age
27.2
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
29.5%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.9%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$51,464
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.1%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.4%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
3.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tuscaloosa
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.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.3%
2008
+16.1%
2012
+15.2%
2016
+18.0%
2020
+25.9%
2024
+18.3%
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
58.3%Harris17,557
40.0%Trump12,052
1.7%
D+18.3
R+7.6
D+19.7
30,135
D
62.1%Biden20,788
36.2%Trump12,121
1.7%
D+25.9
D+7.8
D+21.4
33,475
D
56.6%Clinton18,715
38.5%Trump12,742
4.9%
D+18.0
D+2.8
D+16.0
33,093
D
57.1%Obama18,409
41.9%Romney13,496
1.0%
D+15.2
R+0.9
D+11.4
32,231
D
57.6%Obama19,741
41.4%McCain14,211
1.0%
D+16.1
D+7.9
D+8.9
34,299
D
54.0%Kerry15,851
45.7%Bush13,421
0.4%
D+8.3
—
D+10.7
29,378
The University of Alabama anchors a college-town demographic that tempers the heavily Republican lean typical of west-central Alabama, producing margins that trail statewide Republican performance by a consistent few points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.3 points.
A population of 111,038, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,464 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenville and Newport News.
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, Tuscaloosa, Alabama voted Democratic by 18.3 points (D+18.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 30,135 votes cast, 17,557 went Democratic and 12,052 went Republican.
How many people live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama?
Tuscaloosa, Alabama has a population of 111,038 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tuscaloosa, Alabama?
Median household income in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is $51,464 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Tuscaloosa, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
