Crenshaw County, Alabama: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+55%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,1222024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,5602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Schley County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Crenshaw CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Crenshaw 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 | +78.3% |
| 1880 | +77.0% |
| 1884 | +73.3% |
| 1888 | +81.4% |
| 1892 | +48.0% |
| 1896 | +63.4% |
| 1900 | +29.9% |
| 1904 | +66.0% |
| 1908 | +53.1% |
| 1912 | +80.5% |
| 1916 | +81.6% |
| 1920 | +63.7% |
| 1924 | +79.6% |
| 1928 | +14.7% |
| 1932 | +87.9% |
| 1936 | +92.1% |
| 1940 | +93.6% |
| 1944 | +88.5% |
| 1948 | −2.7% |
| 1952 | +64.0% |
| 1956 | +56.6% |
| 1960 | +67.1% |
| 1964 | −78.7% |
| 1968 | +9.4% |
| 1972 | −47.6% |
| 1976 | +29.8% |
| 1980 | +4.3% |
| 1984 | −25.7% |
| 1988 | −17.4% |
| 1992 | +1.2% |
| 1996 | +5.2% |
| 2000 | −17.9% |
| 2004 | −37.8% |
| 2008 | −37.8% |
| 2012 | −35.5% |
| 2016 | −45.6% |
| 2020 | −47.8% |
| 2024 | −54.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,457 | 5,000 | 6,486 | ||
| R | 1,700 | 4,864 | 6,617 | ||
| R | 1,664 | 4,513 | 6,242 | ||
| R | 2,050 | 4,331 | 6,418 | ||
| R | 1,938 | 4,319 | 6,291 | ||
| R | 1,698 | 3,777 | 5,500 | ||
| R | 1,934 | 2,793 | 4,795 | ||
| D | 2,172 | 1,939 | 4,447 | ||
| D | 2,404 | 2,339 | 5,290 | ||
| R | 1,836 | 2,617 | 4,478 | ||
| R | 1,904 | 3,261 | 5,272 | ||
| D | 2,704 | 2,478 | 5,256 | ||
| D | 3,372 | 1,801 | 5,266 | ||
| R | 1,085 | 3,129 | 4,294 | ||
| O | 726 | 209 | 5,480 | ||
| R | 0 | 3,008 | 3,824 | ||
| D | 2,923 | 573 | 3,501 | ||
| D | 2,252 | 567 | 2,975 | ||
| D | 2,485 | 544 | 3,032 | ||
| O | 0 | 38 | 1,432 | ||
| D | 1,980 | 118 | 2,105 | ||
| D | 2,680 | 84 | 2,773 | ||
| D | 2,371 | 96 | 2,471 | ||
| D | 2,248 | 127 | 2,412 | ||
| D | 1,314 | 978 | 2,292 | ||
| D | 1,107 | 117 | 1,243 | ||
| D | 1,411 | 310 | 1,729 | ||
| D | 1,427 | 139 | 1,578 | ||
| D | 986 | 47 | 1,167 | ||
| D | 1,100 | 311 | 1,485 | ||
| D | 1,077 | 180 | 1,359 | ||
| D | 1,141 | 549 | 1,978 | ||
| D | 1,808 | 330 | 2,331 | ||
| D | 1,320 | 49 | 2,647 | ||
| D | 1,923 | 197 | 2,120 | ||
| D | 1,600 | 246 | 1,846 | ||
| D | 1,774 | 231 | 2,005 | ||
| D | 1,427 | 174 | 1,601 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
20.9%
English
11.9%
Irish
4.2%
German
2.1%
French
1.0%
Scottish
1.0%
Italian
0.5%
African American
19.0%
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: 42.2 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
$48,560
Crenshaw County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Crenshaw County$48,560
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Crenshaw 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
17.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.4%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)20.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Crenshaw sits at the southern fringe of Alabama's Black Belt, and its roughly 13,000 residents have delivered some of the state's widest presidential margins over the past decade, reflecting a predominantly rural, low-density electorate with deep Republican alignment.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-five points.
A median household income of $48,560, a 18% poverty rate, and a 71% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schley County and Montgomery County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Crenshaw County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crenshaw County, Alabama voted Republican by 54.6 points (R+55), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,486 votes cast, 1,457 went Democratic and 5,000 went Republican.
What is Crenshaw County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Crenshaw 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 25 times, Republican 11 times, and other 2 times.
When did Crenshaw County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crenshaw County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Crenshaw County, Alabama?
Crenshaw County, Alabama has a population of 13,122 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crenshaw County, Alabama?
Median household income in Crenshaw County, Alabama is $48,560 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Crenshaw County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crenshaw County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.