Mobile County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 412,5902024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,8802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 35.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Scott County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mobile CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mobile 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 | +11.0% |
| 1880 | +7.5% |
| 1884 | +0.3% |
| 1888 | +10.0% |
| 1892 | +60.7% |
| 1896 | +15.9% |
| 1900 | +12.9% |
| 1904 | +80.5% |
| 1908 | +61.0% |
| 1912 | +76.3% |
| 1916 | +54.8% |
| 1920 | +38.7% |
| 1924 | +36.4% |
| 1928 | +8.2% |
| 1932 | +69.4% |
| 1936 | +82.1% |
| 1940 | +71.1% |
| 1944 | +52.9% |
| 1948 | −19.4% |
| 1952 | +1.1% |
| 1956 | −8.8% |
| 1960 | +7.4% |
| 1964 | −70.7% |
| 1968 | +8.8% |
| 1972 | −49.0% |
| 1976 | −3.4% |
| 1980 | −18.2% |
| 1984 | −26.5% |
| 1988 | −22.5% |
| 1992 | −12.5% |
| 1996 | −9.2% |
| 2000 | −14.0% |
| 2004 | −18.0% |
| 2008 | −8.7% |
| 2012 | −9.2% |
| 2016 | −13.4% |
| 2020 | −11.9% |
| 2024 | −16.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 72,055 | 100,759 | 175,164 | ||
| R | 79,474 | 101,243 | 183,164 | ||
| R | 72,186 | 95,116 | 170,593 | ||
| R | 78,760 | 94,893 | 174,864 | ||
| R | 82,181 | 98,049 | 181,424 | ||
| R | 63,732 | 92,014 | 156,771 | ||
| R | 58,640 | 78,162 | 139,745 | ||
| R | 54,749 | 66,775 | 130,103 | ||
| R | 54,962 | 72,935 | 143,788 | ||
| R | 45,524 | 72,203 | 118,597 | ||
| R | 47,252 | 81,923 | 130,959 | ||
| R | 46,180 | 67,515 | 116,992 | ||
| R | 50,264 | 53,835 | 105,876 | ||
| R | 20,694 | 62,639 | 85,634 | ||
| O | 18,615 | 10,509 | 91,936 | ||
| R | 0 | 49,493 | 69,981 | ||
| D | 28,626 | 24,608 | 54,542 | ||
| R | 17,163 | 20,639 | 39,534 | ||
| D | 14,473 | 14,153 | 28,715 | ||
| O | 0 | 2,685 | 13,835 | ||
| D | 9,439 | 2,867 | 12,423 | ||
| D | 11,480 | 1,887 | 13,493 | ||
| D | 11,165 | 1,072 | 12,299 | ||
| D | 9,658 | 1,710 | 11,447 | ||
| D | 5,965 | 5,058 | 11,033 | ||
| D | 4,125 | 1,814 | 6,355 | ||
| D | 6,171 | 2,681 | 9,023 | ||
| D | 2,968 | 832 | 3,896 | ||
| D | 3,009 | 140 | 3,762 | ||
| D | 2,422 | 453 | 3,228 | ||
| D | 3,283 | 325 | 3,675 | ||
| D | 2,939 | 2,243 | 5,387 | ||
| D | 3,948 | 2,778 | 7,357 | ||
| D | 4,680 | 397 | 7,056 | ||
| D | 3,109 | 2,542 | 5,651 | ||
| D | 2,806 | 2,787 | 5,609 | ||
| D | 3,784 | 3,239 | 7,224 | ||
| D | 5,330 | 4,272 | 9,602 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.4%
American
8.2%
Irish
7.5%
German
6.2%
French
2.5%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
African American
28.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 38.5 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
$58,880
Mobile County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mobile County$58,880
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Mobile County ranks near the middle 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
16.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.9%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)14.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mobile County's port economy and sizable Black population—roughly 35% of residents—create a more competitive baseline than most of rural Alabama, yet the county still delivered a 16-point Republican margin in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-two points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixteen 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 $58,880 and a 16% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scott County and Culpeper County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mobile County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mobile County, Alabama voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 175,164 votes cast, 72,055 went Democratic and 100,759 went Republican.
What is Mobile County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Mobile 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 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did Mobile County, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile County, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile County, Alabama?
Mobile County, Alabama has a population of 412,590 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile County, Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile County, Alabama is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mobile County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.