Jackson County, Alabama: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+71%. Republican peak: R+71 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 53,0532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,9082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+66 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Latimer County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jackson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jackson 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 | +59.0% |
| 1880 | +40.4% |
| 1884 | +32.3% |
| 1888 | +38.1% |
| 1892 | +65.0% |
| 1896 | +65.8% |
| 1900 | +6.5% |
| 1904 | +41.4% |
| 1908 | +47.6% |
| 1912 | +60.7% |
| 1916 | +53.1% |
| 1920 | +25.7% |
| 1924 | +35.7% |
| 1928 | −17.7% |
| 1932 | +53.6% |
| 1936 | +57.6% |
| 1940 | +60.2% |
| 1944 | +48.5% |
| 1948 | −25.7% |
| 1952 | +48.5% |
| 1956 | +43.5% |
| 1960 | +40.2% |
| 1964 | −46.5% |
| 1968 | −1.5% |
| 1972 | −34.2% |
| 1976 | +46.2% |
| 1980 | +27.3% |
| 1984 | +6.2% |
| 1988 | +9.7% |
| 1992 | +26.0% |
| 1996 | +16.4% |
| 2000 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | −14.3% |
| 2008 | −36.9% |
| 2012 | −41.9% |
| 2016 | −62.7% |
| 2020 | −67.5% |
| 2024 | −71.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,276 | 20,073 | 23,556 | ||
| R | 3,717 | 19,670 | 23,636 | ||
| R | 3,673 | 16,672 | 20,738 | ||
| R | 5,822 | 14,439 | 20,577 | ||
| R | 6,374 | 14,083 | 20,874 | ||
| R | 8,635 | 11,534 | 20,321 | ||
| D | 9,066 | 8,475 | 17,906 | ||
| D | 8,204 | 5,650 | 15,558 | ||
| D | 10,628 | 5,711 | 18,916 | ||
| D | 7,418 | 6,090 | 13,669 | ||
| D | 7,635 | 6,730 | 14,582 | ||
| D | 8,776 | 4,897 | 14,203 | ||
| D | 10,989 | 3,913 | 15,325 | ||
| R | 2,985 | 6,202 | 9,410 | ||
| O | 1,022 | 1,191 | 10,908 | ||
| O | 0 | 2,730 | 5,875 | ||
| D | 4,789 | 2,036 | 6,848 | ||
| D | 4,758 | 1,868 | 6,647 | ||
| D | 3,677 | 1,272 | 4,959 | ||
| O | 0 | 603 | 2,347 | ||
| D | 2,967 | 1,026 | 4,000 | ||
| D | 3,818 | 945 | 4,772 | ||
| D | 3,450 | 926 | 4,383 | ||
| D | 3,112 | 938 | 4,058 | ||
| R | 2,153 | 3,081 | 5,247 | ||
| D | 1,923 | 885 | 2,909 | ||
| D | 2,513 | 1,483 | 4,013 | ||
| D | 1,907 | 567 | 2,522 | ||
| D | 1,597 | 229 | 2,255 | ||
| D | 1,404 | 469 | 1,963 | ||
| D | 1,641 | 666 | 2,357 | ||
| D | 1,933 | 1,694 | 3,691 | ||
| D | 3,556 | 675 | 4,379 | ||
| D | 3,044 | 0 | 4,682 | ||
| D | 2,304 | 1,022 | 3,366 | ||
| D | 2,217 | 1,052 | 3,611 | ||
| D | 2,059 | 599 | 3,614 | ||
| D | 2,689 | 694 | 3,383 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.5%
American
13.2%
Irish
9.4%
German
5.6%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.4%
French
0.7%
African American
2.6%
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: 43.5 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
$51,908
Jackson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Jackson County$51,908
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Jackson 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
17.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.7%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jackson County, anchored by the Tennessee River valley in Alabama's northeastern corner, recorded an R+71.3 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in a state already defined by deep rural Republican dominance.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at sixty-six points in 1896 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2004 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by fourteen points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-one points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $51,908 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 17% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Latimer County and Lawrence County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jackson County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jackson County, Alabama voted Republican by 71.3 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,556 votes cast, 3,276 went Democratic and 20,073 went Republican.
What is Jackson County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Jackson County, Alabama in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to 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 27 times, Republican 8 times, and other 3 times.
When did Jackson County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jackson County, Alabama voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Jackson County, Alabama?
Jackson County, Alabama has a population of 53,053 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson County, Alabama?
Median household income in Jackson County, Alabama is $51,908 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Jackson County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jackson County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.