Wilcox County, Alabama: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+31%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+31MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,1722024 5-year
- Median household income
- $40,6402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 27.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 70.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1908MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+92 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lowndes County, AL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wilcox CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wilcox 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 | −41.4% |
| 1880 | +19.1% |
| 1884 | +22.4% |
| 1888 | +77.6% |
| 1892 | +82.3% |
| 1896 | +95.5% |
| 1900 | +96.0% |
| 1904 | +98.7% |
| 1908 | +99.6% |
| 1912 | +97.0% |
| 1916 | +99.8% |
| 1920 | +99.5% |
| 1924 | +97.2% |
| 1928 | +57.2% |
| 1932 | +96.7% |
| 1936 | +98.3% |
| 1940 | +97.4% |
| 1944 | +95.0% |
| 1948 | −1.2% |
| 1952 | +15.3% |
| 1956 | +18.9% |
| 1960 | +27.5% |
| 1964 | −91.9% |
| 1968 | +32.0% |
| 1972 | +10.3% |
| 1976 | +34.1% |
| 1980 | +36.8% |
| 1984 | +22.0% |
| 1988 | +31.8% |
| 1992 | +33.3% |
| 1996 | +38.1% |
| 2000 | +34.8% |
| 2004 | +35.3% |
| 2008 | +42.3% |
| 2012 | +48.7% |
| 2016 | +42.6% |
| 2020 | +37.5% |
| 2024 | +31.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,449 | 1,793 | 5,263 | ||
| D | 4,048 | 1,833 | 5,903 | ||
| D | 4,339 | 1,742 | 6,103 | ||
| D | 4,868 | 1,679 | 6,551 | ||
| D | 4,612 | 1,868 | 6,494 | ||
| D | 3,838 | 1,834 | 5,682 | ||
| D | 3,444 | 1,661 | 5,126 | ||
| D | 3,303 | 1,454 | 4,847 | ||
| D | 3,439 | 1,671 | 5,304 | ||
| D | 3,369 | 1,739 | 5,118 | ||
| D | 3,663 | 2,337 | 6,022 | ||
| D | 4,951 | 2,280 | 7,261 | ||
| D | 3,723 | 1,824 | 5,565 | ||
| D | 3,254 | 2,641 | 5,945 | ||
| O | 1,658 | 237 | 4,435 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,789 | 1,946 | ||
| D | 905 | 513 | 1,425 | ||
| D | 778 | 499 | 1,474 | ||
| D | 988 | 725 | 1,714 | ||
| O | 0 | 14 | 1,176 | ||
| D | 1,209 | 30 | 1,241 | ||
| D | 1,534 | 20 | 1,554 | ||
| D | 1,365 | 11 | 1,377 | ||
| D | 1,358 | 23 | 1,381 | ||
| D | 979 | 266 | 1,246 | ||
| D | 938 | 6 | 959 | ||
| D | 1,099 | 2 | 1,102 | ||
| D | 866 | 1 | 867 | ||
| D | 878 | 7 | 898 | ||
| D | 1,027 | 2 | 1,029 | ||
| D | 912 | 2 | 922 | ||
| D | 2,031 | 30 | 2,084 | ||
| D | 2,956 | 45 | 3,049 | ||
| D | 4,687 | 215 | 5,434 | ||
| D | 4,811 | 607 | 5,418 | ||
| D | 2,429 | 1,541 | 3,970 | ||
| D | 1,860 | 1,264 | 3,124 | ||
| R | 1,490 | 3,599 | 5,089 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.5%
English
4.4%
Irish
3.4%
German
2.5%
Scottish
0.6%
African American
56.0%
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: 42.3 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
$40,640
Wilcox County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Wilcox County$40,640
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Wilcox County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
28.2%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1845.7%
Working age (18–64)24.5%
Seniors (65+)13.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.2%
speak English only
Spanish0.4%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wilcox County's electorate is roughly 70% Black, a demographic reality that has anchored its consistent double-digit Democratic presidential margins for decades despite the surrounding region trending sharply Republican.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-one 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 $40,640 and a 28% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lowndes County and Sumter County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wilcox County, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wilcox County, Alabama voted Democratic by 31.5 points (D+31), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,263 votes cast, 3,449 went Democratic and 1,793 went Republican.
What is Wilcox County, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Wilcox 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 34 times, Republican 2 times, and other 2 times.
When did Wilcox County, Alabama last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Wilcox County, Alabama voted Republican was 1964.
How many people live in Wilcox County, Alabama?
Wilcox County, Alabama has a population of 10,172 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wilcox County, Alabama?
Median household income in Wilcox County, Alabama is $40,640 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Wilcox County, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wilcox County, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 34 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.