Gadsden, AL
Etowah County's industrial past shapes a competitive blue-collar electorate
Gadsden anchors a small metro where manufacturing decline and demographic shifts have redrawn voter coalitions over the past two decades, making it a useful bellwether for working-class white realignment across the rural South.
- White79.3%
- Black14.9%
- Hispanic3.4%
- Two or more2.0%
- Other1.2%
- Asian0.6%
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Who Lives Here
| Group | Gadsden, AL | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 79.3% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 14.9% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 3.4% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.4% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.6% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(6) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Religious Adherents
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -78.1pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64.7% | 79.6% | — | — | |
| 5.4% | 6.7% | — | — | |
| 4.9% | 6.0% | — | — | |
| 4.1% | 5.0% | — | — | |
| 2.2% | 2.7% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.2% | 1.4% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 18.7% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Gadsden, AL metro area? 413,077 residents across 4 counties.
Demographics
16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 17pp 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.
Turnout in Gadsden, AL
Do voters in Gadsden, AL split their tickets?
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+60.1 | R+61.6 | 1.5pp |