District Profile

                                      
                                                  Alabama's 7th Congressional District

The population of Alabama's seventh district is home to 667,721 people of which are about 64% African Americans, 33% Whites and just 3% Asian or Native American. The district lines were redrawn in an effort to better represent the minority population of Alabama.

One of the reasons Terri Sewell campaigns so hard on job creation is because the unemployment rate of her district is nearly twice the national average at 10.2. The median household income in Alabama's seventh district is $33,928. 42,146 people make less than $10,000 a year and 38,779 make only $15,000-24,999 a year. In addition, 34.7% of families with children under the age of 18 were below the poverty line, and 53.1% of families with single mothers were below the poverty line.

The three largest businesses/industries, in order, are educational services, health care, social assistance, manufacturing and retail trade. Educational services ranks so high because the district is home to the three largest universities in the state, University of Alabama, Alabama State University and University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Age
Median age 36 years

Cities
The district encompasses portions of Birmingham, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa. The largest city completely within the district is Selma (where Sewell was raised.)

Urban v Rural
72.2% live in urban
27.8% rural

Presidential election
69.8% of the population voted for Hillary and 28.6% for Trump. This is election was very comparable to many other elections within the district. The district has been represented by a democrat all but six years since 1843.