Alabama

Congressional Races:
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Senatorial Race

Population (1994): 4,219,000 (up 4.4% from 1990); 1.6% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 3,138,000; 1994 turnout, 38%

Median age: 33.0 years

Median household income: $23,597 ($8,667 below U.S. median)

Unemployment: 5.2% (0.4% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 41%

Bush (R): 48%

Perot (I): 11%

Congressional delegation: Five Democrats, four Republicans

Alabama is home to a long list of renowned black figures, from George Washington Carver to Nat King Cole to Jesse Owens, but it is perhaps best remembered for Selma and Birmingham and some of the most violent civil-rights skirmishes of the 20th century. Much has changed since the turbulent Sixties, but there is still only one African American from Alabama in Congress. Despite a Democratic surge during the Wallace era, voters in the Camellia State still lean toward the G.O.P. as space-age communities like Huntsville grow and heavy industry, attracted by the state's red, iron-filled soil, declines.

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