Alabama Personality Profile
- Population (est.):
- 5,193,088
- Test results:
- 122,889
Personality snapshot
Planning ahead comes a little more naturally to Alabama’s respondents. They rank ninth nationwide for the Judging trait, though in most other ways they mirror the U.S. as a whole. They lean Intuitive, Feeling, and Turbulent.
What sets them apart is a firmer Sentinel streak. ESFJs (Consuls) and ESTJs (Executives) each appear about a sixth more often than nationally, while Diplomats, still the largest Role, hold a slightly smaller share. The result is a group that’s a touch more practical and structured than test-takers across the country.
About Alabama
Alabama runs from the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains to the Gulf Coast at Mobile Bay, with rolling farmland and forests in between. Huntsville is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, and automotive manufacturing is a major industry. Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham were landmark sites of the civil rights movement, now marked by museums and memorials.
- Capital:
- Montgomery
- Nickname:
- The Yellowhammer State
- Statehood:
- December 14, 1819
- Census region:
- South
Stands out as
The 8th most Thinking
of the 50 states and D.C. – see the most Thinking U.S. states
Personality twin
The closest match across all five traits.
Also close: North Carolina and Texas
Twin abroad: Canada
Average personality traits
Out of every 100 test-takers
- 27 Analysts
- 39 Diplomats
- 18 Sentinels
- 16 Explorers
Personality types
- INTJ (Architect): 7.5% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- INTP (Logician): 7.0% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- ENTJ (Commander): 8.1% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- ENTP (Debater): 4.9% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- INFJ (Advocate): 7.3% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- INFP (Mediator): 11.2% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- ENFJ (Protagonist): 10.0% of respondents, 5% less common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ENFP (Campaigner): 10.3% of respondents, 8% less common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ISTJ (Logistician): 4.8% of respondents, 9% more common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ISFJ (Defender): 4.9% of respondents, 5% more common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ESTJ (Executive): 3.2% of respondents, 17% more common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ESFJ (Consul): 4.8% of respondents, 18% more common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ISTP (Virtuoso): 3.6% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- ISFP (Adventurer): 6.2% of respondents, about as common as in the U.S. as a whole
- ESTP (Entrepreneur): 2.0% of respondents, 7% more common than in the U.S. as a whole
- ESFP (Entertainer): 4.3% of respondents, 7% more common than in the U.S. as a whole
Share of respondents. Shaded types are clearly more (↑) or less (↓) common than in the U.S. as a whole, in their Role’s color: the deeper the shade, the bigger the difference.
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