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      Home›Alabama›AL-06

      Alabama's 6th Congressional District

      R+40.8
      ↑ D+43.0 vs 2022· Alabama · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

      Population722K

      Current Representative

      REPGary J PalmerElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      “How has Alabama's 6th Congressional District voted in House elections since 2000?”

      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 38.8% margin

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      2024 House ElectionAlabama Profile

      Who lives in Alabama's 6th Congressional District? 721,709 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      AL-06 vs Alabama vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      722K
      State: 5.1M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.22%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      74.4%
      State: 75.1% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      6.7%
      State: 6.0% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      93.3%
      State: 94.0% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $84,306
      State: $65,481 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      9.8%
      State: 15.7% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      38.4%
      State: 28.5% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      76.3%
      State: 70.2% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      39.3 yrs
      State: 39.4 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.5%
      State: 15.8% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      16.7%
      State: 17.8% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      4.4%
      State: 4.0% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      AL-06 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 71.1%Black 18.1%Hispanic 5.8%Multiracial 2.9%Asian 1.7%
      GroupAL-06StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      71.1%63.4%57.4%
      ▶Black(10)
      18.1%25.8%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      5.8%5.6%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      2.9%3.2%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      1.7%1.5%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(8)
      1.2%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.3%0.5%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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