† 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
11 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
GroupMobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)United States
English12.0%9.5%
Irish9.9%9.4%
German9.7%12.5%
American9.1%5.3%
Italian3.1%4.8%
French2.2%1.6%
Scottish2.1%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.9%—
African American†19.1%9.9%
African0.5%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.4%
Mexican2.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%
Honduran0.3%0.3%
Spaniard0.2%—
Spanish0.2%—
Filipino0.6%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.6%
Chinese0.3%1.3%
Asian Indian0.2%1.4%
Korean0.2%0.4%
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
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
United States
Median age
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
United States
Median household income
$70,815
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.9%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
United States
Catholic
9.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
34.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.8%
5.2%
Black Protestant
5.2%
2.2%
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.
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+60.4%
1896
+30.3%
1900
+30.8%
1904
+72.2%
1908
+58.9%
1912
+77.4%
1916
+68.6%
1920
+50.5%
1924
+47.2%
1928
−3.4%
1932
+73.8%
1936
+78.5%
1940
+76.8%
1944
+65.2%
1948
+19.1%
1952
+23.3%
1956
+14.2%
1960
+17.6%
1964
−47.5%
1968
+4.3%
1972
−58.8%
1976
−3.7%
1980
−21.8%
1984
−39.9%
1988
−35.0%
1992
−19.5%
1996
−20.9%
2000
−30.0%
2004
−36.7%
2008
−27.6%
2012
−30.1%
2016
−33.0%
2020
−29.4%
2024
−34.7%
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
32.1%Harris238,608
66.8%Trump496,176
1.1%
R+34.7
R+5.3
R+33.2
743,100
R
34.5%Biden258,159
63.9%Trump477,784
1.5%
R+29.4
D+3.6
R+33.8
747,358
R
31.9%Clinton211,463
64.9%Trump430,706
3.3%
R+33.0
R+2.9
R+35.1
663,807
R
34.5%Obama221,151
64.6%Romney414,203
1.0%
R+30.1
R+2.5
R+33.9
641,498
R
35.8%Obama232,470
63.4%McCain411,993
0.8%
R+27.6
D+9.1
R+34.9
649,866
R
31.3%Kerry181,079
67.9%Bush393,558
0.8%
R+36.7
R+6.7
R+34.2
579,322
R
33.9%Gore163,863
63.9%Bush308,744
2.2%
R+30.0
R+9.1
R+30.5
483,248
R
35.3%Clinton154,243
56.2%Dole245,564
8.6%
R+20.9
R+1.4
R+29.4
437,304
R
31.7%Clinton140,365
51.1%Bush226,738
17.2%
R+19.5
D+15.5
R+25.0
443,422
R
32.1%Dukakis119,586
67.1%Bush250,185
0.8%
R+35.0
D+4.8
R+27.3
372,905
R
29.7%Mondale112,432
69.5%Reagan263,520
0.8%
R+39.9
R+18.1
R+21.6
379,060
R
37.5%Carter128,971
59.2%Reagan203,787
3.3%
R+21.8
R+18.0
R+12.0
343,952
R
47.3%Carter143,011
51.1%Ford154,339
1.6%
R+3.7
D+55.0
R+5.8
302,111
R
19.9%McGovern49,945
78.7%Nixon197,460
1.4%
R+58.8
R+63.0
R+35.6
251,044
O
19.2%Humphrey48,760
15.0%Nixon37,905
65.8%
Wallace +46.5
D+51.8
D+5.0
253,316
R
18.9%Johnson37,047
66.5%Goldwater130,104
14.6%
R+47.5
R+65.2
R+70.1
195,737
D
58.0%Kennedy88,076
40.3%Nixon61,311
1.7%
D+17.6
D+3.4
D+17.4
151,970
D
55.9%Stevenson64,847
41.7%Eisenhower48,403
2.5%
D+14.2
R+9.1
D+29.6
116,109
D
61.5%Stevenson62,099
38.3%Eisenhower38,612
0.2%
D+23.3
D+4.1
D+34.0
100,909
O
33.5%Truman18,935
14.4%Dewey8,129
52.1%
Thurmond +18.5
R+46.1
D+14.7
56,455
D
82.4%Roosevelt43,348
17.2%Dewey9,046
0.4%
D+65.2
R+11.6
D+57.7
52,581
D
88.1%Roosevelt50,916
11.3%Willkie6,520
0.6%
D+76.8
R+1.7
D+66.9
57,800
D
88.9%Roosevelt40,584
10.4%Landon4,762
0.7%
D+78.5
D+4.7
D+54.2
45,654
D
86.6%Roosevelt33,534
12.8%Hoover4,959
0.6%
D+73.8
D+77.2
D+56.0
38,725
R
48.1%Smith18,349
51.5%Hoover19,636
0.3%
R+3.4
R+50.6
D+14.1
38,108
D
68.9%Davis14,225
21.7%Coolidge4,479
9.3%
D+47.2
R+3.2
D+72.4
20,632
D
73.2%Cox18,497
22.8%Harding5,747
4.0%
D+50.5
R+18.1
D+76.7
25,259
D
82.4%Wilson12,759
13.8%Hughes2,134
3.8%
D+68.6
R+8.7
D+65.5
15,483
D
81.2%Wilson10,023
3.8%Taft473
15.0%
D+77.4
D+18.4
D+57.8
12,344
D
73.9%Bryan9,064
14.9%Taft1,830
11.2%
D+58.9
R+13.3
D+68.5
12,273
D
84.6%Parker9,489
12.4%Roosevelt1,389
3.0%
D+72.2
D+41.4
D+91.9
11,220
D
62.5%Bryan10,267
31.6%McKinley5,200
5.9%
D+30.8
D+0.6
D+38.4
16,434
D
61.7%Bryan11,649
31.5%McKinley5,935
6.8%
D+30.3
R+30.1
D+36.4
18,871
D
66.0%Cleveland14,902
5.7%Harrison1,282
28.3%
D+60.4
—
D+58.7
22,566
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2023R+29.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+34.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.9 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017 (partial)
461,230
119,272
242,338
96,522
3,098
2019 (partial)
488,780
123,983
254,567
103,156
7,074
2021 (partial)
506,964
125,388
261,635
109,171
10,770
2023 (partial)
499,594
114,492
263,287
109,140
12,675
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+9,573 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +124,605 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach) in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach): net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,293
2012
+8,284
2013
+6,541
2014
+3,562
2015
+4,836
2016
+6,733
2017
+7,667
2018
+12,157
2019
+12,959
2021
+13,596
2022
+12,428
2023
+13,442
2024
+9,534
2025
+9,573
Spanning the Alabama-Florida panhandle, this media market clusters around Pensacola NAS, Eglin AFB, and Hurlburt Field, giving active-duty and veteran households an outsized share of the vote relative to comparable coastal metros.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 58.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.7 points.
A population of 1,519,166, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,815 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dothan and Tyler-Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches).
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How did Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama voted Republican by 34.7 points (R+34.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 743,100 votes cast, 238,608 went Democratic and 496,176 went Republican.
When did Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama?
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama has a population of 1,519,166 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama is $70,815 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
