Perry County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+43%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,0312024 5-year
- Median household income
- $37,6542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 27.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 71.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Claiborne County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Perry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Perry County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | −41.3% |
| 1880 | +4.5% |
| 1884 | +52.8% |
| 1888 | +55.1% |
| 1892 | +80.1% |
| 1896 | +69.6% |
| 1900 | +89.9% |
| 1904 | +80.0% |
| 1908 | +96.5% |
| 1912 | +93.5% |
| 1916 | +94.3% |
| 1920 | +93.4% |
| 1924 | +93.6% |
| 1928 | +46.0% |
| 1932 | +92.5% |
| 1936 | +96.9% |
| 1940 | +94.7% |
| 1944 | +90.9% |
| 1948 | −2.8% |
| 1952 | +28.2% |
| 1956 | +19.9% |
| 1960 | +12.8% |
| 1964 | −79.7% |
| 1968 | +38.7% |
| 1972 | −1.4% |
| 1976 | +34.7% |
| 1980 | +29.8% |
| 1984 | +2.4% |
| 1988 | +25.5% |
| 1992 | +32.4% |
| 1996 | +39.8% |
| 2000 | +39.5% |
| 2004 | +36.7% |
| 2008 | +45.1% |
| 2012 | +50.2% |
| 2016 | +46.0% |
| 2020 | +48.2% |
| 2024 | +42.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,174 | 1,269 | 4,465 | ||
| D | 3,860 | 1,339 | 5,230 | ||
| D | 3,824 | 1,407 | 5,254 | ||
| D | 4,568 | 1,506 | 6,099 | ||
| D | 4,457 | 1,679 | 6,159 | ||
| D | 3,767 | 1,738 | 5,523 | ||
| D | 4,020 | 1,732 | 5,787 | ||
| D | 4,053 | 1,703 | 5,903 | ||
| D | 3,712 | 1,829 | 5,813 | ||
| D | 3,574 | 2,107 | 5,758 | ||
| D | 2,731 | 2,600 | 5,408 | ||
| D | 4,208 | 2,262 | 6,522 | ||
| D | 4,486 | 2,164 | 6,683 | ||
| R | 2,718 | 2,800 | 5,699 | ||
| O | 2,457 | 308 | 5,553 | ||
| R | 0 | 2,046 | 2,566 | ||
| D | 973 | 744 | 1,792 | ||
| D | 974 | 613 | 1,812 | ||
| D | 1,352 | 756 | 2,112 | ||
| O | 0 | 30 | 1,081 | ||
| D | 1,004 | 47 | 1,053 | ||
| D | 1,509 | 39 | 1,553 | ||
| D | 1,527 | 24 | 1,551 | ||
| D | 1,382 | 37 | 1,454 | ||
| D | 1,242 | 459 | 1,702 | ||
| D | 928 | 25 | 965 | ||
| D | 1,195 | 34 | 1,243 | ||
| D | 895 | 20 | 928 | ||
| D | 731 | 3 | 779 | ||
| D | 776 | 12 | 792 | ||
| D | 799 | 47 | 940 | ||
| D | 1,748 | 80 | 1,856 | ||
| D | 2,682 | 463 | 3,189 | ||
| D | 3,452 | 48 | 4,248 | ||
| D | 2,729 | 790 | 3,519 | ||
| D | 3,508 | 1,079 | 4,602 | ||
| D | 2,278 | 2,082 | 4,360 | ||
| R | 1,467 | 3,528 | 4,995 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.8%
American
7.1%
German
4.1%
Irish
3.0%
Italian
1.3%
African American
57.0%
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: 41.1 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
$37,654
Perry County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Perry County$37,654
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Perry 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
31.4%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1861.1%
Working age (18–64)24.7%
Seniors (65+)5.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.6%
speak English only
Other languages1.1%
Spanish0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Perry County's electorate is roughly 70% Black, anchoring a Democratic presidential margin that has exceeded 40 points in recent cycles and placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-seven points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-three 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 $37,654 and a 31% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Claiborne County and Baltimore city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Perry County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Perry County, Alabama voted Democratic by 42.7 points (D+43), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,465 votes cast, 3,174 went Democratic and 1,269 went Republican.
What is Perry County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Perry 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 Perry County, Alabama last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Perry County, Alabama voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Perry County, Alabama?
Perry County, Alabama has a population of 8,031 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Perry County, Alabama?
Median household income in Perry County, Alabama is $37,654 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Perry County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Perry 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.