Lowndes County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+37%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+37MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,8332024 5-year
- Median household income
- $37,0522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 24.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 73.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+83 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greene County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lowndes CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lowndes 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 | −52.1% |
| 1880 | −25.8% |
| 1884 | +34.7% |
| 1888 | +17.8% |
| 1892 | +67.1% |
| 1896 | +63.9% |
| 1900 | +7.4% |
| 1904 | +90.8% |
| 1908 | +88.8% |
| 1912 | +96.3% |
| 1916 | +96.4% |
| 1920 | +98.4% |
| 1924 | +95.1% |
| 1928 | +59.2% |
| 1932 | +96.7% |
| 1936 | +98.2% |
| 1940 | +97.8% |
| 1944 | +96.0% |
| 1948 | −1.6% |
| 1952 | +12.3% |
| 1956 | +24.9% |
| 1960 | +29.4% |
| 1964 | −83.3% |
| 1968 | +27.4% |
| 1972 | +12.2% |
| 1976 | +38.6% |
| 1980 | +38.5% |
| 1984 | +36.9% |
| 1988 | +40.3% |
| 1992 | +42.2% |
| 1996 | +47.8% |
| 2000 | +46.8% |
| 2004 | +40.6% |
| 2008 | +50.0% |
| 2012 | +53.1% |
| 2016 | +47.0% |
| 2020 | +45.9% |
| 2024 | +37.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,867 | 1,758 | 5,655 | ||
| D | 4,972 | 1,836 | 6,835 | ||
| D | 4,883 | 1,751 | 6,666 | ||
| D | 5,747 | 1,756 | 7,521 | ||
| D | 5,449 | 1,809 | 7,278 | ||
| D | 4,233 | 1,786 | 6,021 | ||
| D | 4,557 | 1,638 | 6,243 | ||
| D | 3,970 | 1,369 | 5,441 | ||
| D | 3,500 | 1,328 | 5,148 | ||
| D | 3,328 | 1,405 | 4,776 | ||
| D | 3,567 | 1,629 | 5,252 | ||
| D | 3,577 | 1,524 | 5,329 | ||
| D | 3,732 | 1,621 | 5,462 | ||
| D | 2,559 | 1,990 | 4,661 | ||
| O | 1,127 | 234 | 3,263 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,548 | 1,858 | ||
| D | 796 | 432 | 1,240 | ||
| D | 623 | 326 | 1,192 | ||
| D | 809 | 631 | 1,443 | ||
| O | 0 | 13 | 792 | ||
| D | 802 | 16 | 819 | ||
| D | 1,132 | 12 | 1,145 | ||
| D | 1,204 | 10 | 1,216 | ||
| D | 1,073 | 18 | 1,091 | ||
| D | 703 | 180 | 883 | ||
| D | 602 | 5 | 628 | ||
| D | 727 | 6 | 733 | ||
| D | 540 | 9 | 551 | ||
| D | 583 | 4 | 601 | ||
| D | 633 | 36 | 672 | ||
| D | 697 | 32 | 732 | ||
| D | 1,770 | 1,524 | 3,313 | ||
| D | 3,001 | 642 | 3,689 | ||
| D | 3,238 | 349 | 4,303 | ||
| D | 2,105 | 1,468 | 3,573 | ||
| D | 2,962 | 1,436 | 4,398 | ||
| R | 1,414 | 2,399 | 3,813 | ||
| R | 1,309 | 4,152 | 5,461 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
28.4%
English
4.8%
German
2.5%
Irish
2.2%
African American
59.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.7 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
$37,052
Lowndes County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Lowndes County$37,052
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Lowndes County ranks in the bottom 5% 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
29.9%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1853.8%
Working age (18–64)23.6%
Seniors (65+)18.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lowndes County sits in Alabama's historic Black Belt, where majority-Black demographics have produced some of the state's widest Democratic presidential margins for decades, reaching D+37.3 in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-eight points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-seven 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 $37,052 and a 30% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greene County and Macon County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lowndes County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lowndes County, Alabama voted Democratic by 37.3 points (D+37), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,655 votes cast, 3,867 went Democratic and 1,758 went Republican.
What is Lowndes County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Lowndes 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 33 times, Republican 3 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lowndes County, Alabama last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lowndes County, Alabama voted Republican was 1964.
How many people live in Lowndes County, Alabama?
Lowndes County, Alabama has a population of 9,833 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lowndes County, Alabama?
Median household income in Lowndes County, Alabama is $37,052 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Lowndes County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lowndes County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 33 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.