Lafayette County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 3,756 votes cast

Trump · R+76

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−76.0%	441	3,296	3,756
2020	R	−71.6%	510	3,128	3,658
2016	R	−67.5%	518	2,809	3,392
2012	R	−58.3%	687	2,668	3,399
2008	R	−60.6%	642	2,679	3,359
2004	R	−48.6%	845	2,460	3,325
2000	R	−35.2%	789	1,670	2,505
1996	R	−14.5%	829	1,166	2,322
1992	R	−6.8%	867	1,039	2,525
1988	R	−33.4%	722	1,451	2,185
1984	R	−27.4%	862	1,513	2,375
1980	D	+12.8%	1,034	795	1,863
1976	D	+36.2%	1,126	523	1,665
1972	R	−71.7%	173	1,060	1,237
1968	D	+5.3%	215	137	1,477
1964	R	−8.6%	545	648	1,193
1960	D	+45.5%	793	297	1,090
1956	D	+69.9%	1,054	187	1,241
1952	D	+57.0%	981	269	1,250
1948	D	+80.6%	975	52	1,145
1944	D	+71.0%	825	140	965
1940	D	+79.9%	1,090	122	1,212
1936	D	+86.3%	1,084	80	1,164
1932	D	+94.4%	929	27	956
1928	D	+52.2%	435	135	575
1924	D	+80.0%	358	33	406
1920	D	+76.9%	618	69	714
1916	D	+84.5%	849	45	951
1912	D	+64.9%	473	73	616
1908	D	+61.6%	487	90	645
1904	D	+35.3%	275	122	434
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+77.7%	383	48	431
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

14.2%

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

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.9%

3.0%

75–84

3.4%

6.7%

65–74

5.8%

5.9%

55–64

4.4%

9.0%

45–54

3.8%

11.2%

35–44

4.7%

7.9%

25–34

5.3%

5.1%

18–24

4.0%

8.1%

5–17

5.0%

2.2%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$62,757

Lafayette County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lafayette County$62,757

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.5%

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

Baptist

31.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.4%

Other Christian

4.3%

Methodist

0.6%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lafayette County's rural, timber-economy character and sparse population of roughly 7,000 have produced some of the most lopsided presidential results in Florida, with Republican margins routinely exceeding 70 points.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lafayette County peaked at ninety-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lafayette County's median household income of $62,757 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Appling County and Covington County.

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For ninety-six years, Lafayette County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.