Cleburne County, Alabama: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+83%. Republican peak: R+83 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+83MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,4262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,3452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+83 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fannin County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cleburne CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cleburne County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +65.5% |
| 1880 | +77.1% |
| 1884 | +53.3% |
| 1888 | +54.6% |
| 1892 | +56.9% |
| 1896 | +34.3% |
| 1900 | +2.6% |
| 1904 | +24.9% |
| 1908 | −11.0% |
| 1912 | +41.8% |
| 1916 | +13.5% |
| 1920 | −17.3% |
| 1924 | −5.4% |
| 1928 | −16.5% |
| 1932 | +55.1% |
| 1936 | +37.9% |
| 1940 | +51.7% |
| 1944 | +30.5% |
| 1948 | −30.9% |
| 1952 | +32.5% |
| 1956 | +14.2% |
| 1960 | +19.9% |
| 1964 | −76.2% |
| 1968 | −8.1% |
| 1972 | −70.7% |
| 1976 | +26.5% |
| 1980 | −7.5% |
| 1984 | −43.7% |
| 1988 | −37.6% |
| 1992 | −5.4% |
| 1996 | −7.7% |
| 2000 | −32.8% |
| 2004 | −51.4% |
| 2008 | −62.4% |
| 2012 | −68.2% |
| 2016 | −77.7% |
| 2020 | −80.4% |
| 2024 | −83.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 605 | 6,988 | 7,651 | ||
| R | 675 | 6,484 | 7,227 | ||
| R | 684 | 5,764 | 6,538 | ||
| R | 971 | 5,272 | 6,305 | ||
| R | 1,168 | 5,216 | 6,492 | ||
| R | 1,391 | 4,370 | 5,798 | ||
| R | 1,664 | 3,333 | 5,092 | ||
| R | 1,737 | 2,063 | 4,241 | ||
| R | 2,144 | 2,425 | 5,237 | ||
| R | 1,383 | 3,071 | 4,490 | ||
| R | 1,238 | 3,259 | 4,623 | ||
| R | 2,050 | 2,389 | 4,526 | ||
| D | 2,490 | 1,436 | 3,981 | ||
| R | 581 | 3,420 | 4,014 | ||
| O | 160 | 485 | 3,995 | ||
| R | 0 | 2,156 | 2,828 | ||
| D | 1,510 | 1,008 | 2,522 | ||
| D | 1,407 | 1,056 | 2,470 | ||
| D | 1,557 | 792 | 2,354 | ||
| O | 0 | 317 | 1,027 | ||
| D | 948 | 504 | 1,458 | ||
| D | 1,369 | 434 | 1,808 | ||
| D | 1,212 | 543 | 1,766 | ||
| D | 1,403 | 405 | 1,812 | ||
| R | 794 | 1,108 | 1,902 | ||
| R | 622 | 696 | 1,360 | ||
| R | 684 | 971 | 1,657 | ||
| D | 760 | 578 | 1,352 | ||
| D | 691 | 133 | 1,336 | ||
| R | 278 | 357 | 716 | ||
| D | 701 | 414 | 1,152 | ||
| D | 660 | 624 | 1,384 | ||
| D | 993 | 472 | 1,519 | ||
| D | 1,045 | 47 | 1,754 | ||
| D | 940 | 276 | 1,217 | ||
| D | 935 | 285 | 1,220 | ||
| D | 904 | 117 | 1,021 | ||
| D | 1,052 | 219 | 1,271 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.5%
English
14.8%
Irish
13.0%
German
6.7%
Scottish
2.1%
Italian
1.3%
French
1.1%
African American
2.9%
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: 42.7 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
$55,345
Cleburne County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Cleburne County$55,345
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Cleburne 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
13.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.1%
Working age (18–64)10.7%
Seniors (65+)16.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.8%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cleburne, a rural Appalachian-foothills county in east Alabama, recorded an R+83.4 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deep partisan consolidation that has reshaped small, majority-white rural counties over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty-three points.
A median household income of $55,345, a 14% poverty rate, and a 93% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fannin County and Haralson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cleburne County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cleburne County, Alabama voted Republican by 83.4 points (R+83), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,651 votes cast, 605 went Democratic and 6,988 went Republican.
What is Cleburne County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Cleburne County, Alabama in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 18 times, Republican 18 times, and other 2 times.
When did Cleburne County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cleburne County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cleburne County, Alabama?
Cleburne County, Alabama has a population of 15,426 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cleburne County, Alabama?
Median household income in Cleburne County, Alabama is $55,345 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Cleburne County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cleburne County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.