Benton County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 7,260 votes cast

Trump · R+63

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−62.9%	1,317	5,886	7,260
2020	R	−57.0%	1,529	5,668	7,260
2016	R	−51.2%	1,474	4,716	6,328
2012	R	−25.6%	2,258	3,850	6,226
2008	R	−16.2%	2,645	3,696	6,479
2004	D	+10.0%	3,869	3,161	7,090
2000	D	+19.3%	3,700	2,484	6,311
1996	D	+26.1%	4,341	2,395	7,450
1992	D	+37.1%	3,896	1,625	6,114
1988	D	+13.2%	2,826	2,167	5,009
1984	D	+15.6%	3,398	2,481	5,897
1980	D	+24.7%	3,811	2,281	6,193
1976	D	+41.5%	4,088	1,678	5,806
1972	R	−26.8%	1,479	2,614	4,228
1968	R	−8.6%	1,059	1,468	4,782
1964	D	+31.4%	2,611	1,363	3,974
1960	D	+6.6%	2,030	1,773	3,923
1956	D	+27.0%	2,231	1,279	3,531
1952	D	+30.4%	2,452	1,304	3,772
1948	D	+30.5%	1,757	908	2,788
1944	D	+22.6%	1,901	1,195	3,124
1940	D	+39.6%	1,996	858	2,877
1936	D	+45.3%	1,762	661	2,429
1932	D	+53.7%	1,540	455	2,021
1928	D	+13.3%	1,241	949	2,203
1924	D	+20.7%	1,097	714	1,853
1920	D	+11.6%	1,914	1,514	3,438
1916	D	+23.7%	1,313	805	2,142
1912	D	+21.4%	1,095	652	2,066
1908	D	+16.9%	1,221	860	2,140
1904	D	+15.7%	1,352	974	2,415
1900	D	+30.6%	1,385	720	2,172
1896	D	+31.0%	1,465	769	2,247
1892	D	+24.3%	1,001	563	1,805
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
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

1.2%

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: 47.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

3.8%

75–84

4.0%

7.1%

65–74

7.0%

7.8%

55–64

8.3%

6.3%

45–54

6.4%

5.1%

35–44

5.2%

4.8%

25–34

5.0%

3.4%

18–24

3.4%

7.7%

5–17

7.5%

2.6%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,746

Benton County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Benton County$51,746

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.8%

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

31.9%

Methodist

9.6%

Other Christian

5.7%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Benton County, a rural enclave anchored by Kentucky Lake, recorded an R+62.9 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest gaps in a state already dominated by one-party landslides at the county level.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Benton County peaked at fifty-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2008 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of sixteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Benton County's median household income of $51,746 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 Overton County and Perry County.

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For twenty-eight years, Benton County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.