Escambia County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+46%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+46MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,6292024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,2252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 29.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hardee County, FL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Escambia CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Escambia County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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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 | +59.7% |
| 1880 | +47.1% |
| 1884 | +29.6% |
| 1888 | +17.7% |
| 1892 | +60.9% |
| 1896 | +28.8% |
| 1900 | +16.0% |
| 1904 | +75.7% |
| 1908 | +66.7% |
| 1912 | +80.3% |
| 1916 | +80.0% |
| 1920 | +78.0% |
| 1924 | +75.0% |
| 1928 | −23.9% |
| 1932 | +85.5% |
| 1936 | +85.8% |
| 1940 | +90.3% |
| 1944 | +76.9% |
| 1948 | −10.0% |
| 1952 | +48.0% |
| 1956 | +36.0% |
| 1960 | +36.9% |
| 1964 | −74.5% |
| 1968 | +7.5% |
| 1972 | −65.5% |
| 1976 | +9.2% |
| 1980 | −11.3% |
| 1984 | −38.0% |
| 1988 | −25.4% |
| 1992 | −8.9% |
| 1996 | −5.1% |
| 2000 | −21.0% |
| 2004 | −37.9% |
| 2008 | −28.5% |
| 2012 | −25.5% |
| 2016 | −36.2% |
| 2020 | −37.4% |
| 2024 | −46.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,964 | 10,884 | 14,957 | ||
| R | 4,918 | 10,869 | 15,910 | ||
| R | 4,605 | 9,935 | 14,728 | ||
| R | 5,489 | 9,287 | 14,869 | ||
| R | 5,188 | 9,375 | 14,674 | ||
| R | 3,814 | 8,513 | 12,395 | ||
| R | 4,523 | 6,975 | 11,660 | ||
| R | 4,651 | 5,214 | 11,104 | ||
| R | 4,809 | 5,955 | 12,824 | ||
| R | 4,020 | 6,807 | 10,954 | ||
| R | 3,853 | 8,694 | 12,724 | ||
| R | 5,148 | 6,513 | 12,053 | ||
| D | 5,957 | 4,934 | 11,157 | ||
| R | 1,598 | 7,883 | 9,591 | ||
| O | 1,492 | 680 | 10,765 | ||
| R | 0 | 5,623 | 7,551 | ||
| D | 3,990 | 1,810 | 5,905 | ||
| D | 3,437 | 1,529 | 5,299 | ||
| D | 3,385 | 1,187 | 4,583 | ||
| O | 0 | 188 | 1,882 | ||
| D | 2,077 | 266 | 2,355 | ||
| D | 2,772 | 137 | 2,917 | ||
| D | 2,585 | 193 | 2,788 | ||
| D | 2,024 | 157 | 2,184 | ||
| R | 1,077 | 1,754 | 2,832 | ||
| D | 1,217 | 152 | 1,420 | ||
| D | 1,455 | 178 | 1,637 | ||
| D | 982 | 108 | 1,093 | ||
| D | 829 | 52 | 968 | ||
| D | 641 | 113 | 792 | ||
| D | 627 | 83 | 719 | ||
| D | 609 | 436 | 1,084 | ||
| D | 914 | 482 | 1,498 | ||
| D | 1,110 | 21 | 1,789 | ||
| D | 694 | 484 | 1,187 | ||
| D | 682 | 367 | 1,065 | ||
| D | 812 | 285 | 1,119 | ||
| D | 784 | 198 | 982 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
8.7%
English
8.0%
Irish
5.7%
German
4.6%
Scottish
1.3%
Italian
1.2%
French
0.9%
African American
23.7%
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: 40.6 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
$48,225
Escambia County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Escambia County$48,225
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Escambia 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
20.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.6%
Working age (18–64)18.3%
Seniors (65+)23.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Escambia sits in southwest Alabama's piney woods, where a sparse, majority-white rural population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in consecutive cycles, reflecting a broader realignment across the Deep South's non-metro counties.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety points in 1940. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-six 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 $48,225 and a 20% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardee County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Escambia County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Escambia County, Alabama voted Republican by 46.3 points (R+46), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,957 votes cast, 3,964 went Democratic and 10,884 went Republican.
What is Escambia County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Escambia 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 21 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Escambia County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Escambia County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Escambia County, Alabama?
Escambia County, Alabama has a population of 36,629 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Escambia County, Alabama?
Median household income in Escambia County, Alabama is $48,225 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Escambia County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Escambia County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.