Chambers County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 34,1922024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,6562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 38.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Screven County, GA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Chambers CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Chambers County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +36.8% |
| 1880 | +36.5% |
| 1884 | +25.6% |
| 1888 | +14.1% |
| 1892 | +53.4% |
| 1896 | +30.2% |
| 1900 | +52.4% |
| 1904 | +86.1% |
| 1908 | +88.3% |
| 1912 | +89.1% |
| 1916 | +80.9% |
| 1920 | +71.8% |
| 1924 | +84.1% |
| 1928 | −26.8% |
| 1932 | +76.1% |
| 1936 | +93.9% |
| 1940 | +94.6% |
| 1944 | +89.1% |
| 1948 | −12.3% |
| 1952 | +71.8% |
| 1956 | +55.2% |
| 1960 | +46.5% |
| 1964 | −64.4% |
| 1968 | +2.6% |
| 1972 | −60.3% |
| 1976 | +5.7% |
| 1980 | +15.0% |
| 1984 | −20.2% |
| 1988 | −20.0% |
| 1992 | +2.0% |
| 1996 | +7.3% |
| 2000 | −3.6% |
| 2004 | −17.5% |
| 2008 | −8.5% |
| 2012 | −5.2% |
| 2016 | −14.9% |
| 2020 | −15.6% |
| 2024 | −23.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,405 | 8,711 | 14,245 | ||
| R | 6,365 | 8,753 | 15,284 | ||
| R | 5,784 | 7,843 | 13,795 | ||
| R | 6,871 | 7,626 | 14,611 | ||
| R | 6,799 | 8,067 | 14,956 | ||
| R | 5,347 | 7,622 | 13,032 | ||
| R | 5,616 | 6,037 | 11,834 | ||
| D | 5,515 | 4,707 | 11,097 | ||
| D | 5,938 | 5,682 | 13,091 | ||
| R | 5,103 | 7,694 | 12,956 | ||
| R | 5,302 | 8,024 | 13,463 | ||
| D | 6,649 | 4,864 | 11,899 | ||
| D | 6,164 | 5,488 | 11,848 | ||
| R | 2,076 | 8,716 | 11,003 | ||
| O | 1,358 | 1,082 | 10,636 | ||
| R | 0 | 4,630 | 7,187 | ||
| D | 5,165 | 1,865 | 7,101 | ||
| D | 5,165 | 1,448 | 6,737 | ||
| D | 6,155 | 990 | 7,190 | ||
| O | 0 | 218 | 1,767 | ||
| D | 3,458 | 194 | 3,662 | ||
| D | 4,141 | 110 | 4,262 | ||
| D | 3,626 | 112 | 3,742 | ||
| D | 2,552 | 342 | 2,905 | ||
| R | 999 | 1,732 | 2,731 | ||
| D | 1,922 | 146 | 2,112 | ||
| D | 1,994 | 322 | 2,330 | ||
| D | 1,679 | 168 | 1,868 | ||
| D | 1,486 | 28 | 1,636 | ||
| D | 1,025 | 50 | 1,104 | ||
| D | 1,421 | 74 | 1,565 | ||
| D | 2,837 | 835 | 3,823 | ||
| D | 2,010 | 1,057 | 3,157 | ||
| D | 2,321 | 108 | 4,146 | ||
| D | 2,115 | 1,593 | 3,708 | ||
| D | 1,805 | 1,069 | 2,874 | ||
| D | 1,918 | 884 | 2,830 | ||
| D | 2,282 | 1,053 | 3,337 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.4%
English
9.5%
Irish
7.6%
German
4.7%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.5%
African American
30.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$49,656
Chambers County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Chambers County$49,656
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Chambers County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.4%
Working age (18–64)14.0%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other languages0.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Chambers County anchors Alabama's eastern border with Georgia, and its once-dominant textile industry has largely shuttered since the 1990s. The county shifted decisively Republican over the following decades as its working-class white majority realigned nationally.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-five points in 1940. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-three points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $49,656 and a 16% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Screven County and Brooks County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Chambers County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chambers County, Alabama voted Republican by 23.2 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,245 votes cast, 5,405 went Democratic and 8,711 went Republican.
What is Chambers County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Chambers County, Alabama in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Chambers County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chambers County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Chambers County, Alabama?
Chambers County, Alabama has a population of 34,192 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chambers County, Alabama?
Median household income in Chambers County, Alabama is $49,656 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Chambers County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Chambers County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.