Hernando County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 110,667 votes cast

Trump · R+37

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−37.1%	34,418	75,435	110,667
2020	R	−30.2%	37,519	70,412	108,922
2016	R	−29.0%	31,795	58,970	93,796
2012	R	−8.5%	37,830	44,938	83,667
2008	R	−3.6%	41,886	45,021	87,901
2004	R	−6.8%	37,187	42,635	80,547
2000	D	+3.1%	32,648	30,658	65,236
1996	D	+11.2%	28,524	22,046	58,066
1992	D	+2.6%	19,174	17,902	49,086
1988	R	−15.6%	15,437	21,195	36,863
1984	R	−27.1%	12,204	21,279	33,487
1980	R	−14.8%	8,858	12,115	22,032
1976	D	+14.0%	7,717	5,793	13,732
1972	R	−49.8%	2,110	6,296	8,409
1968	R	−8.9%	1,524	2,053	5,964
1964	R	−0.4%	2,320	2,337	4,657
1960	D	+4.0%	1,960	1,809	3,769
1956	D	+5.1%	1,435	1,295	2,730
1952	R	−7.3%	1,104	1,279	2,383
1948	D	+23.0%	825	441	1,672
1944	D	+48.7%	1,002	346	1,348
1940	D	+50.3%	1,151	381	1,532
1936	D	+56.2%	1,115	313	1,428
1932	D	+61.9%	1,097	258	1,355
1928	D	+2.9%	701	661	1,383
1924	D	+60.1%	300	59	401
1920	D	+59.9%	622	132	818
1916	D	+72.9%	446	38	560
1912	D	+66.3%	272	18	383
1908	D	+59.9%	260	57	339
1904	D	+79.6%	172	12	201
1900	D	+81.8%	252	18	286
1896	D	+69.8%	231	37	278
1892	D	+73.2%	227	0	310
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+58.8%	1,040	270	1,310
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%

African American

3.9%

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: 47.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.4%

85+

1.5%

4.1%

75–84

5.0%

6.7%

65–74

7.7%

6.8%

55–64

7.6%

5.8%

45–54

6.1%

5.5%

35–44

5.8%

5.5%

25–34

5.4%

3.3%

18–24

3.3%

7.2%

5–17

7.0%

2.2%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,058

Hernando County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hernando County$66,058

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.7%

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

20.8%

Other Christian

8.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Baptist

1.9%

Methodist

1.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hernando County's population has grown steadily through retiree in-migration from Tampa's northern sprawl, and that demographic shift has coincided with a 37-point Republican presidential margin in 2024—among the largest in the I-75 corridor.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Hernando County, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Hernando County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,058, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Clair County and Pasco County.

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