4th Congressional District of Alabama

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The 4th Congressional District of Alabama is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. The 4th District is currently represented by Robert Aderholt.

The district includes most of the rolling foothills north of the Birmingham area and south of the Tennessee River. The demographics of the predominantly white small town and rural district ran counter to the cotton-planters in the ante-bellum period. The district opposed secession and supported Republican candidates during the Civil Rights period. Since then the district has become a Republican Party stronghold, voting primarily on social issues.

As of the 2000 U. S. Census, the 8,524 square-mile 4th District's population is 635,300, of which 90.4% are White. Only 26.5% live in urban areas (primarily Cullman and Gadsden). The district's median per capita income was $31,344.

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