combined metro areaHuntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+28.5
2008R+31.0
2012R+33.8
2016R+38.5
2020R+32.3
2024R+34.5
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 62.0% of 655,609 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
129,873
270,065
6,852
406,790
655,609
62.0%
2020
130,897
259,645
7,832
398,374
609,104
65.4%
2016
98,264
227,942
10,626
336,832
584,011
57.7%
2012
105,180
214,445
4,025
323,650
558,207
58.0%
2008
109,103
208,769
4,111
321,983
527,812
61.0%
2004
102,146
184,598
2,516
289,260
497,417†
58.2%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
7 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHuntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TNUnited States
English13.9%9.5%
American13.3%5.3%
Irish9.0%9.4%
German7.9%12.5%
Scottish2.1%1.3%
Italian1.8%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.3%—
French1.2%1.6%
African American†14.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%
Mexican5.2%11.3%
Guatemalan1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.3%1.3%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
United States
Median age
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
United States
Median household income
$76,395
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.6%
22.3%
Spanish
6.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
United States
Catholic
6.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
42.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+48.5%
1896
+21.7%
1900
+19.4%
1904
+43.0%
1908
+42.7%
1912
+52.7%
1916
+55.7%
1920
+22.5%
1924
+34.8%
1928
+0.6%
1932
+59.6%
1936
+60.0%
1940
+66.4%
1944
+60.0%
1948
−9.6%
1952
+48.2%
1956
+38.6%
1960
+31.5%
1964
−45.0%
1968
−8.7%
1972
−48.8%
1976
+32.6%
1980
+7.9%
1984
−26.2%
1988
−26.8%
1992
−8.3%
1996
−10.7%
2000
−16.4%
2004
−28.5%
2008
−31.0%
2012
−33.8%
2016
−38.5%
2020
−32.3%
2024
−34.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.9%Harris129,873
66.4%Trump270,065
1.7%
R+34.5
R+2.1
R+33.0
406,790
R
32.9%Biden130,897
65.2%Trump259,645
2.0%
R+32.3
D+6.2
R+36.8
398,374
R
29.2%Clinton98,264
67.7%Trump227,942
3.2%
R+38.5
R+4.7
R+40.6
336,832
R
32.5%Obama105,180
66.3%Romney214,445
1.2%
R+33.8
R+2.8
R+37.6
323,650
R
33.9%Obama109,103
64.8%McCain208,769
1.3%
R+31.0
R+2.4
R+38.2
321,983
R
35.3%Kerry102,146
63.8%Bush184,598
0.9%
R+28.5
R+12.1
R+26.0
289,260
R
40.7%Gore102,044
57.1%Bush143,146
2.2%
R+16.4
R+5.7
R+16.9
250,751
R
40.3%Clinton89,801
51.0%Dole113,607
8.7%
R+10.7
R+2.4
R+19.2
222,886
R
37.9%Clinton92,245
46.2%Bush112,537
15.9%
R+8.3
D+18.4
R+13.9
243,602
R
36.2%Dukakis64,857
62.9%Bush112,870
0.9%
R+26.8
R+0.6
R+19.0
179,372
R
36.4%Mondale67,500
62.6%Reagan116,028
0.9%
R+26.2
R+34.1
R+8.0
185,233
D
51.7%Carter84,525
43.8%Reagan71,536
4.6%
D+7.9
R+24.6
D+17.7
163,501
D
65.6%Carter96,844
33.0%Ford48,756
1.4%
D+32.6
D+81.4
D+30.5
147,612
R
24.8%McGovern31,127
73.6%Nixon92,410
1.6%
R+48.8
R+40.1
R+25.6
125,608
O
11.8%Humphrey15,498
20.6%Nixon26,912
67.6%
Wallace +47.0
D+36.3
R+8.0
130,902
R
6.3%Johnson4,861
51.3%Goldwater39,664
42.4%
R+45.0
R+76.5
R+67.6
77,321
D
65.6%Kennedy43,158
34.1%Nixon22,423
0.4%
D+31.5
R+7.1
D+31.3
65,813
D
68.9%Stevenson40,362
30.2%Eisenhower17,715
0.9%
D+38.6
R+9.6
D+54.0
58,612
D
74.0%Stevenson37,470
25.7%Eisenhower13,036
0.3%
D+48.2
D+57.8
D+59.0
50,665
O
11.6%Truman2,969
21.3%Dewey5,421
67.1%
Thurmond +45.8
R+69.6
R+14.1
25,504
D
79.9%Roosevelt25,030
19.8%Dewey6,213
0.3%
D+60.0
R+6.4
D+52.5
31,345
D
83.0%Roosevelt29,433
16.6%Willkie5,885
0.4%
D+66.4
D+6.4
D+56.5
35,443
D
79.8%Roosevelt30,114
19.8%Landon7,469
0.4%
D+60.0
D+0.4
D+35.8
37,733
D
79.2%Roosevelt25,511
19.6%Hoover6,309
1.2%
D+59.6
D+59.0
D+41.8
32,207
D
50.3%Smith17,427
49.6%Hoover17,210
0.1%
D+0.6
R+34.2
D+18.1
34,671
D
66.0%Davis14,806
31.2%Coolidge7,000
2.8%
D+34.8
D+12.3
D+60.0
22,431
D
60.9%Cox20,024
38.4%Harding12,628
0.7%
D+22.5
R+33.2
D+48.7
32,878
D
76.7%Wilson13,293
21.0%Hughes3,639
2.3%
D+55.7
D+3.0
D+52.6
17,323
D
66.4%Wilson10,974
13.7%Taft2,271
19.8%
D+52.7
D+10.0
D+33.1
16,517
D
69.6%Bryan10,525
26.9%Taft4,074
3.4%
D+42.7
R+0.4
D+52.2
15,118
D
68.6%Parker10,797
25.6%Roosevelt4,029
5.7%
D+43.0
D+23.6
D+62.7
15,728
D
57.8%Bryan13,447
38.4%McKinley8,934
3.7%
D+19.4
R+2.3
D+27.0
23,252
D
59.3%Bryan16,043
37.6%McKinley10,173
3.1%
D+21.7
R+26.8
D+27.8
27,042
D
50.8%Cleveland13,987
2.3%Harrison623
47.0%
D+48.5
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D+46.9
27,547
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
20,817
2018
558,162
2020
617,242
2022
629,538
2024
670,564
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+13,285 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +94,739 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,505
2012
+1,497
2013
+2,577
2014
+1,872
2015
+1,782
2016
+2,693
2017
+5,013
2018
+6,260
2019
+8,225
2021
+10,657
2022
+12,156
2023
+13,344
2024
+11,873
2025
+13,285
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.4 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 48.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.5 points.
A population of 882,661, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,395 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, TN and Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL.
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How did Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama voted Republican by 34.5 points (R+34.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 406,790 votes cast, 129,873 went Democratic and 270,065 went Republican.
When did Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama?
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama has a population of 882,661 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama?
Median household income in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama is $76,395 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL-TN, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
