Coosa County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+73 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,3002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,3552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 29.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+68 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Putnam County, FL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Coosa CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Coosa 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 | +29.5% |
| 1880 | +22.8% |
| 1884 | +24.9% |
| 1888 | +28.5% |
| 1892 | +36.0% |
| 1896 | +42.2% |
| 1900 | +0.4% |
| 1904 | +30.3% |
| 1908 | +21.7% |
| 1912 | +54.2% |
| 1916 | +27.5% |
| 1920 | +15.1% |
| 1924 | +21.5% |
| 1928 | −21.3% |
| 1932 | +66.3% |
| 1936 | +68.5% |
| 1940 | +61.4% |
| 1944 | +46.3% |
| 1948 | −24.5% |
| 1952 | +31.1% |
| 1956 | +13.5% |
| 1960 | +16.3% |
| 1964 | −72.8% |
| 1968 | +7.7% |
| 1972 | −54.9% |
| 1976 | +35.5% |
| 1980 | +15.9% |
| 1984 | −18.3% |
| 1988 | −12.7% |
| 1992 | +7.4% |
| 1996 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | −6.1% |
| 2004 | −17.0% |
| 2008 | −17.5% |
| 2012 | −16.3% |
| 2016 | −30.7% |
| 2020 | −33.5% |
| 2024 | −43.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,478 | 3,758 | 5,268 | ||
| R | 1,796 | 3,631 | 5,479 | ||
| R | 1,782 | 3,381 | 5,216 | ||
| R | 2,191 | 3,049 | 5,269 | ||
| R | 2,273 | 3,248 | 5,563 | ||
| R | 2,055 | 2,905 | 5,001 | ||
| R | 2,104 | 2,382 | 4,567 | ||
| D | 2,121 | 1,721 | 4,131 | ||
| D | 2,330 | 1,973 | 4,798 | ||
| R | 1,860 | 2,405 | 4,283 | ||
| R | 1,781 | 2,585 | 4,385 | ||
| D | 2,383 | 1,714 | 4,209 | ||
| D | 2,533 | 1,196 | 3,766 | ||
| R | 773 | 2,672 | 3,461 | ||
| O | 623 | 330 | 3,811 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,978 | 2,718 | ||
| D | 1,493 | 1,073 | 2,575 | ||
| D | 1,411 | 1,070 | 2,519 | ||
| D | 1,501 | 788 | 2,291 | ||
| O | 0 | 275 | 1,124 | ||
| D | 1,079 | 394 | 1,481 | ||
| D | 1,347 | 317 | 1,677 | ||
| D | 1,346 | 239 | 1,617 | ||
| D | 1,265 | 250 | 1,531 | ||
| R | 699 | 1,078 | 1,778 | ||
| D | 790 | 508 | 1,314 | ||
| D | 1,007 | 741 | 1,764 | ||
| D | 867 | 485 | 1,389 | ||
| D | 763 | 109 | 1,206 | ||
| D | 717 | 447 | 1,244 | ||
| D | 933 | 472 | 1,523 | ||
| D | 959 | 951 | 1,981 | ||
| D | 1,293 | 499 | 1,880 | ||
| O | 954 | 107 | 2,356 | ||
| D | 1,329 | 739 | 2,068 | ||
| D | 1,361 | 817 | 2,184 | ||
| D | 1,296 | 812 | 2,122 | ||
| D | 1,347 | 733 | 2,080 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.7%
American
9.7%
Irish
7.2%
German
5.9%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.2%
French
0.9%
African American
23.4%
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: 50.1 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
$57,355
Coosa County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Coosa County$57,355
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Coosa 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
13.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.6%
Working age (18–64)9.8%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other languages0.4%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Coosa County's population has dwindled for decades alongside its timber and agricultural economy, and its electorate now delivers some of the widest presidential margins in a state already dominated by lopsided rural patterns.
The Democratic margin here reached sixty-eight points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-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 $57,355 and a 13% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Putnam County and Treutlen County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Coosa County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Coosa County, Alabama voted Republican by 43.3 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,268 votes cast, 1,478 went Democratic and 3,758 went Republican.
What is Coosa County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Coosa 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 23 times, Republican 12 times, and other 3 times.
When did Coosa County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Coosa County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Coosa County, Alabama?
Coosa County, Alabama has a population of 10,300 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coosa County, Alabama?
Median household income in Coosa County, Alabama is $57,355 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Coosa County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Coosa County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 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.