{"id":6421,"date":"2016-01-19T13:13:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:12","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-alabama","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.]\u00a0and other major groups of eligible voters in Alabama.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.]\u00a0All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n

Alabama Voter Registration Statistics<\/h3>\n\n
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According to the Alabama Secretary of State Elections Division<\/a>, voter registration statistics as of September 2016 show that about 26,000 Latinos are registered to vote statewide. Overall, Latinos make up 0.8% of the state\u2019s 3 million registered voters. The majority of voters in Alabama are white\u2014there are 2.3 million white registered voters, representing 70.1% of all registered voters in Alabama. Additionally, about a quarter of registered voters in Alabama are black (26.8%), with about 871,000 statewide. Asians represent a slightly smaller share of registered voters than Hispanics, with 19,000 registered statewide (0.6% of all registered voters in Alabama).<\/p>\n\n

The numbers and shares of Hispanics and other minorities among registered voters in Alabama have grown slightly since the presidential election in November 2008. There are about 14,000 more Hispanic registered voters today, and their share has risen from 0.4% of all registered voters in the state to 0.8%. In 2008, whites made up 71.8% of registered voters in the state, slightly larger than their share today (70.1%).<\/p>\n\n

Hispanics in Alabama\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n