Coffee County, Alabama: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+58%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1888.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 54,9202024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,3532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1888MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- White County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Coffee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Coffee 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 | +94.2% |
| 1880 | +84.8% |
| 1884 | +91.5% |
| 1888 | +98.8% |
| 1892 | +48.6% |
| 1896 | +81.9% |
| 1900 | +29.3% |
| 1904 | +51.2% |
| 1908 | +51.1% |
| 1912 | +66.9% |
| 1916 | +64.7% |
| 1920 | +43.5% |
| 1924 | +65.5% |
| 1928 | +21.7% |
| 1932 | +93.5% |
| 1936 | +92.8% |
| 1940 | +87.8% |
| 1944 | +92.1% |
| 1948 | −5.3% |
| 1952 | +69.7% |
| 1956 | +60.6% |
| 1960 | +52.7% |
| 1964 | −80.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −61.0% |
| 1976 | +25.0% |
| 1980 | −4.6% |
| 1984 | −40.9% |
| 1988 | −34.2% |
| 1992 | −11.7% |
| 1996 | −18.6% |
| 2000 | −30.6% |
| 2004 | −48.5% |
| 2008 | −48.9% |
| 2012 | −49.3% |
| 2016 | −56.9% |
| 2020 | −53.1% |
| 2024 | −57.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,601 | 17,495 | 22,319 | ||
| R | 5,076 | 16,899 | 22,275 | ||
| R | 4,221 | 15,875 | 20,492 | ||
| R | 4,925 | 14,666 | 19,770 | ||
| R | 5,079 | 14,919 | 20,128 | ||
| R | 4,480 | 13,019 | 17,616 | ||
| R | 5,220 | 9,938 | 15,434 | ||
| R | 5,168 | 7,805 | 14,159 | ||
| R | 5,776 | 7,591 | 15,533 | ||
| R | 4,319 | 8,890 | 13,355 | ||
| R | 4,370 | 10,558 | 15,118 | ||
| R | 6,140 | 6,760 | 13,399 | ||
| D | 7,844 | 4,683 | 12,651 | ||
| R | 2,160 | 9,076 | 11,336 | ||
| O | 1,071 | 682 | 10,766 | ||
| R | 0 | 4,910 | 6,123 | ||
| D | 4,470 | 1,381 | 5,867 | ||
| D | 4,163 | 973 | 5,268 | ||
| D | 3,919 | 699 | 4,620 | ||
| O | 0 | 113 | 2,152 | ||
| D | 2,846 | 115 | 2,964 | ||
| D | 2,226 | 145 | 2,371 | ||
| D | 3,178 | 110 | 3,305 | ||
| D | 2,868 | 95 | 2,965 | ||
| D | 1,609 | 1,036 | 2,645 | ||
| D | 1,597 | 323 | 1,945 | ||
| D | 1,721 | 673 | 2,408 | ||
| D | 2,029 | 426 | 2,476 | ||
| D | 1,277 | 68 | 1,807 | ||
| D | 1,305 | 341 | 1,886 | ||
| D | 1,106 | 226 | 1,719 | ||
| D | 998 | 535 | 1,582 | ||
| D | 1,494 | 114 | 1,684 | ||
| D | 992 | 47 | 1,943 | ||
| D | 1,124 | 7 | 1,131 | ||
| D | 875 | 39 | 914 | ||
| D | 764 | 63 | 827 | ||
| D | 835 | 25 | 860 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.9%
German
9.2%
Irish
9.1%
American
8.9%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.4%
African American
13.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 39.0 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
$68,353
Coffee County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coffee County$68,353
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Coffee County ranks near the middle 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
16.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.3%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)12.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.0%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Coffee County, anchored by Enterprise and Elba in the wiregrass region, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deeply conservative voting patterns common across rural southeast Alabama.
The Republican margin here reached eighty points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-eight points.
A median household income of $68,353, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 54,920 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White County and Harris County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coffee County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coffee County, Alabama voted Republican by 57.8 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,319 votes cast, 4,601 went Democratic and 17,495 went Republican.
What is Coffee County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Coffee County, Alabama in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 22 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.
When did Coffee County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coffee County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Coffee County, Alabama?
Coffee County, Alabama has a population of 54,920 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coffee County, Alabama?
Median household income in Coffee County, Alabama is $68,353 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Coffee County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coffee County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.