Gov. Ivey succeeded to the office on April 10, 2017. Kay Ivey is now serving a 3rd consecutive term; the current term began Jan. 2023. The scored record above covers Alabama's outcomes during this continuous service, lagged per category (each category's lag was fixed before scoring).
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Alabama Under Kay Ivey
Republican · Succeeded to office April 10, 2017 · Now in 3rd term
Alabama has tracked the other 49 states almost exactly under Gov. Ivey — No. 16 of 29 governors with rated records, across 16 categories.
Kay Ivey
Alabama · Republican · since April 2017 · 3rd term
Overall · citizen-weighted
No. 16 of 29
−0.11σ · 16 of 20 categories
equal-weight: −0.15σ · weighting helps
| Category | Latest | Score vs. peers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honesty | — | In human review | |
| Spending discipline | — | Rubric in development | |
| Education scale score | 261.8 ’24 | −1.02σ* | |
| Air quality AQI | 42 ’24 | −0.77σ | |
| Water quality % of community systems | 2.0 ’25 | −0.01σ | |
| Unemployment % | 2.9 ’25 | +0.92σ | |
| Health coverage % of adults 18-64 | 11.0 ’24 | +0.53σ | |
| Tax burden % of personal income | 5.7 ’24 | −0.54σ | |
| Energy cost cents/kWh | 15.2 ’24 | −0.04σ | |
| Cost of living index, US=100 | 88.8 ’24 | −0.61σ | |
| Crime deaths per 100,000 | 13.3 ’24 | −0.29σ | |
| Teen births per 1,000 females 15-19 | 19.1 ’24 | +0.28σ | |
| Wellbeing mean days of past 30 | 5.4 ’24 | +1.72σ | |
| School food quality | — | Rubric in development | |
| School shootings | 4 ’24 | Context · 13/10yr | |
| Obesity % of adults | 38.9 ’24 | +1.33σ | |
| Early literacy % of 4th graders | 42.4 ’24 | +0.26σ* | |
| Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted) | 23.7 ’24 | −0.19σ | |
| Food-aid access index (higher = easier access) | 0.8 ’23 | +0.19σ | |
| Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI | 13.4 ’24 | −1.37σ |
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Scores are trends vs. the other 49 states over this governor’s window, in σ; *thin data (under 3 points). Tap ? on any row for what it measures, its chart, and the source. All provisional while the term runs. Methodology v2.1
Unemployment Rate, 2010–2025
Alabama against all 49 other states Alabama 50-state median Other 49 states Scored window
Annual-average unemployment rate — the longest-running series on the card, charted in full. The shaded band is its scored window: it opens one year after inauguration and tracks through the newest published data. The dashed line is the 50-state median, shown for context; scoring uses the median of the other 49 states. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
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every published number, reproducible| Education (NAEP (Nation's Report Card)) | −1.02σ · window 2020–2024 (2 pts, thin) · state −0.5%/yr vs peers −0.1%/yr |
| Air quality (EPA AirData) | −0.77σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +1.8%/yr vs peers +0.6%/yr |
| Water quality (EPA SDWIS/ECHO) | −0.01σ · window 2019–2025 (7 pts) · state +0.0%/yr vs peers +0.0%/yr |
| Unemployment (BLS LAUS) | +0.92σ · window 2019–2025 (7 pts) · state −7.3%/yr vs peers −4.7%/yr |
| Health coverage (CDC BRFSS) | +0.53σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state −10.1%/yr vs peers −8.0%/yr |
| Tax burden (Census STC ÷ BEA personal income) | −0.54σ · window 2018–2024 (7 pts) · state +1.7%/yr vs peers +0.6%/yr |
| Energy cost (EIA) | −0.04σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +4.4%/yr vs peers +4.3%/yr |
| Cost of living (BEA) | −0.61σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +0.2%/yr vs peers −0.0%/yr |
| Crime (CDC WONDER) | −0.29σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +0.7%/yr vs peers −0.5%/yr |
| Teen births (CDC WONDER) | +0.28σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state −6.1%/yr vs peers −5.7%/yr |
| Wellbeing (CDC BRFSS) | +1.72σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +0.4%/yr vs peers +3.2%/yr |
| Obesity (CDC BRFSS) | +1.33σ · window 2020–2024 (5 pts) · state −0.2%/yr vs peers +1.3%/yr |
| Early literacy (NAEP (Nation's Report Card)) | +0.26σ · window 2020–2024 (2 pts, thin) · state +1.3%/yr vs peers +2.2%/yr |
| Gun deaths (CDC WONDER) | −0.19σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state +1.5%/yr vs peers +1.2%/yr |
| Food-aid access (USDA FNS) | +0.19σ · window 2019–2023 (4 pts) · state +3.5%/yr vs peers +2.8%/yr |
| Jobless-benefit access (US DOL ETA) | −1.37σ · window 2019–2024 (6 pts) · state −17.4%/yr vs peers −10.7%/yr |
| Overall (mean of domain scores) | −0.11σ · economy +0.09 · health +0.97 · environment −0.39 · public_safety −0.24 · education −0.38 · social_services −0.59 · fiscal −0.54 |
| Methodology | v2.1, preregistered — directions and lags fixed before scoring; full dataset at /pwr.json |
Every score is a fitted log-linear trend over that category’s window, minus the median trend of the other 49 states, standardized by the spread across states (σ) and capped at ±2.5. Positive always means “moved better than peers” under the category’s preregistered direction.
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Alabama has tracked the other 49 states almost exactly under Gov. Ivey — No. 16 of 29 governors with rated records, across 16 categories. — Political Grades, methodology v2.1, data through 2025. Provisional; trend-vs-peers scoring; relative movement, not causation.