Clay County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

48 precincts · 126,784 votes cast

Trump · R+39

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−39.3%	37,905	87,705	126,784
2020	R	−37.1%	38,317	84,480	124,405
2016	R	−44.3%	27,822	74,963	106,483
2012	R	−45.8%	25,759	70,022	96,589
2008	R	−42.8%	26,697	67,203	94,577
2004	R	−52.9%	18,971	62,078	81,495
2000	R	−47.3%	14,668	41,903	57,559
1996	R	−36.3%	13,259	30,370	47,092
1992	R	−34.6%	10,610	26,360	45,485
1988	R	−53.7%	7,773	25,942	33,837
1984	R	−59.4%	5,489	21,571	27,060
1980	R	−33.2%	7,630	15,643	24,122
1976	R	−0.3%	8,410	8,468	17,148
1972	R	−71.2%	1,748	10,467	12,238
1968	R	−14.0%	1,954	3,251	9,251
1964	R	−10.0%	3,114	3,805	6,919
1960	D	+4.1%	2,728	2,515	5,243
1956	R	−7.3%	2,048	2,372	4,420
1952	D	+1.9%	2,196	2,116	4,312
1948	D	+30.0%	1,544	722	2,742
1944	D	+41.3%	1,251	520	1,771
1940	D	+49.8%	1,488	498	1,986
1936	D	+38.0%	1,251	562	1,813
1932	D	+39.6%	1,285	556	1,841
1928	R	−46.0%	394	1,088	1,510
1924	D	+28.3%	339	171	593
1920	D	+6.4%	558	486	1,123
1916	D	+54.4%	380	79	553
1912	D	+64.9%	279	26	390
1908	D	+41.8%	355	122	558
1904	D	+60.6%	247	50	325
1900	D	+50.1%	308	91	433
1896	D	+20.5%	355	230	611
1892	D	+85.4%	404	0	473
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+22.7%	500	315	815
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

9.4%

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: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.1%

75–84

2.7%

5.1%

65–74

5.5%

6.8%

55–64

6.9%

6.3%

45–54

6.6%

6.7%

35–44

7.0%

6.1%

25–34

6.0%

4.0%

18–24

3.6%

9.1%

5–17

8.6%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,820

Clay County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Clay County$87,820

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.2%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

13.0%

Baptist

11.6%

Other Christian

10.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Methodist

1.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by the Jacksonville exurbs, Clay County has delivered Republican presidential margins above 30 points in every cycle since 2000, making it one of the most consistent GOP strongholds in the state's rapidly growing I-95 corridor.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Clay County, by a ten points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Clay County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 70% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $87,820, and a 9% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Okaloosa County and Warren County.

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Clay County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.