Geneva County, Alabama: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+77%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1884.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+77MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 26,8872024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,7712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Covington County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Geneva CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Geneva 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 | +99.0% |
| 1880 | +97.4% |
| 1884 | +99.2% |
| 1888 | +98.7% |
| 1892 | +52.6% |
| 1896 | +88.8% |
| 1900 | +1.5% |
| 1904 | +17.8% |
| 1908 | +23.3% |
| 1912 | +51.5% |
| 1916 | +27.4% |
| 1920 | +15.3% |
| 1924 | +41.7% |
| 1928 | −1.6% |
| 1932 | +80.8% |
| 1936 | +79.9% |
| 1940 | +74.8% |
| 1944 | +67.3% |
| 1948 | −13.5% |
| 1952 | +47.9% |
| 1956 | +40.4% |
| 1960 | +34.0% |
| 1964 | −80.7% |
| 1968 | +1.1% |
| 1972 | −69.2% |
| 1976 | +38.0% |
| 1980 | −0.5% |
| 1984 | −44.1% |
| 1988 | −35.6% |
| 1992 | −12.4% |
| 1996 | −17.3% |
| 2000 | −40.0% |
| 2004 | −59.2% |
| 2008 | −62.5% |
| 2012 | −63.0% |
| 2016 | −72.6% |
| 2020 | −73.8% |
| 2024 | −76.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,391 | 10,929 | 12,401 | ||
| R | 1,595 | 10,848 | 12,545 | ||
| R | 1,525 | 9,994 | 11,668 | ||
| R | 2,039 | 9,175 | 11,320 | ||
| R | 2,134 | 9,417 | 11,657 | ||
| R | 2,113 | 8,342 | 10,520 | ||
| R | 2,769 | 6,588 | 9,559 | ||
| R | 3,174 | 4,725 | 8,983 | ||
| R | 3,622 | 4,843 | 9,867 | ||
| R | 2,685 | 5,703 | 8,472 | ||
| R | 2,330 | 6,308 | 9,011 | ||
| R | 4,703 | 4,747 | 9,628 | ||
| D | 5,983 | 2,663 | 8,739 | ||
| R | 1,049 | 5,851 | 6,938 | ||
| O | 380 | 284 | 8,581 | ||
| R | 0 | 4,502 | 5,576 | ||
| D | 3,050 | 1,502 | 4,559 | ||
| D | 2,841 | 1,179 | 4,118 | ||
| D | 2,703 | 950 | 3,656 | ||
| O | 0 | 286 | 2,123 | ||
| D | 2,004 | 385 | 2,404 | ||
| D | 2,565 | 364 | 2,942 | ||
| D | 2,652 | 295 | 2,949 | ||
| D | 2,559 | 270 | 2,833 | ||
| R | 1,485 | 1,533 | 3,018 | ||
| D | 1,191 | 477 | 1,713 | ||
| D | 1,488 | 1,088 | 2,612 | ||
| D | 1,265 | 713 | 2,013 | ||
| D | 891 | 99 | 1,538 | ||
| D | 854 | 500 | 1,521 | ||
| D | 743 | 473 | 1,520 | ||
| D | 679 | 657 | 1,461 | ||
| D | 1,246 | 46 | 1,352 | ||
| D | 797 | 0 | 1,515 | ||
| D | 794 | 5 | 799 | ||
| D | 488 | 0 | 492 | ||
| D | 460 | 6 | 466 | ||
| D | 408 | 2 | 410 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.5%
Irish
11.8%
American
10.7%
German
9.6%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
1.3%
French
0.9%
African American
6.9%
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: 43.7 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
$52,771
Geneva County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Geneva County$52,771
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Geneva 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
19.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.2%
Working age (18–64)18.2%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
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 42.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Geneva county, tucked into Alabama's wiregrass corner, recorded an R+76.9 margin in 2024 — among the widest presidential spreads in the state — reflecting the deeply rural, majority-white demographic that has defined its voting pattern for decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-one points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-seven points.
A median household income of $52,771, a 19% poverty rate, and a 84% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Covington County and Kay County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Geneva County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Geneva County, Alabama voted Republican by 76.9 points (R+77), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,401 votes cast, 1,391 went Democratic and 10,929 went Republican.
What is Geneva County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Geneva 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 21 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Geneva County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Geneva County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Geneva County, Alabama?
Geneva County, Alabama has a population of 26,887 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Geneva County, Alabama?
Median household income in Geneva County, Alabama is $52,771 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Geneva County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Geneva County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.