Alachua County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

63 precincts · 136,515 votes cast

Harris · D+21

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+21.0%	81,557	52,929	136,515
2020	D	+27.2%	89,704	50,972	142,604
2016	D	+22.5%	75,820	46,834	128,571
2012	D	+17.4%	69,699	48,797	120,418
2008	D	+21.6%	75,565	48,513	125,519
2004	D	+13.2%	62,504	47,762	111,328
2000	D	+15.4%	47,380	34,135	85,757
1996	D	+19.9%	40,161	25,316	74,516
1992	D	+19.7%	37,888	22,813	76,372
1988	R	−1.3%	29,396	30,153	60,213
1984	R	−7.0%	26,584	30,609	57,253
1980	D	+13.7%	26,849	19,804	51,364
1976	D	+27.7%	27,895	15,546	44,578
1972	R	−13.3%	17,245	22,536	39,861
1968	D	+1.4%	10,060	9,670	28,426
1964	D	+9.5%	13,483	11,151	24,634
1960	R	−4.1%	9,279	10,072	19,351
1956	R	−7.1%	6,889	7,939	14,828
1952	R	−16.9%	5,990	8,432	14,422
1948	D	+13.2%	3,745	2,403	10,182
1944	D	+54.6%	5,755	1,690	7,445
1940	D	+66.1%	6,714	1,372	8,086
1936	D	+68.7%	4,788	890	5,678
1932	D	+56.2%	3,506	983	4,489
1928	D	+32.7%	1,965	132	5,612
1924	D	+52.5%	1,995	528	2,794
1920	D	+48.0%	3,310	1,119	4,564
1916	D	+62.5%	2,030	440	2,545
1912	D	+62.6%	1,304	221	1,731
1908	D	+27.2%	1,239	686	2,030
1904	D	+38.2%	1,277	543	1,923
1900	D	+57.6%	1,346	334	1,756
1896	D	+40.1%	1,545	645	2,245
1892	D	+84.3%	1,447	0	1,717
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	R	−9.1%	1,742	2,091	3,833
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.5%

African American

15.4%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 32.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.0%

75–84

2.4%

4.1%

65–74

5.0%

4.7%

55–64

5.3%

4.7%

45–54

4.9%

5.8%

35–44

5.9%

7.2%

25–34

7.3%

10.0%

18–24

11.1%

6.6%

5–17

6.5%

2.4%

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,949

Alachua County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Alachua County$61,949

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

21.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

15.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.9%

Baptist

8.5%

Methodist

5.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Non-Christian

1.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Alachua County tilts heavily Democratic in a state that has trended Republican statewide — its 2024 presidential margin of D+21 reflects a college-town electorate unlike most of Florida.

The Democratic margin in Alachua County peaked at eighty-four points in 1892. By 1992 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Alachua County's median household income of $61,949 sits well below state and national norms, and 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Newport County and Solano County.

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Alachua County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.