Calhoun County's industrial legacy shapes a persistently conservative electorate
Anchored by a former steel and munitions manufacturing base, Anniston-Oxford sits in the Alabama Piedmont and has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting both its rural surroundings and a shrinking but historically union-tied workforce.
| Group | Anniston-Oxford, AL | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 74.0% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(7) | 20.2% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(14) | 3.0% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.6% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.8% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -79.3pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56.8% | 78.8% | — | — | |
| 6.3% | 8.8% | — | — | |
| 4.5% | 6.2% | — | — | |
| 2.9% | 4.0% | — | — | |
| 1.5% | 2.1% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.5% | 0.7% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 27.9% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area? 457,191 residents across 4 counties.
18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 15pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+48.7 | R+50.6 | 1.9pp |