Fayette County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 23,751 votes cast

Trump · R+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.3%	6,720	16,756	23,751
2020	R	−37.7%	7,027	15,690	22,984
2016	R	−37.0%	5,874	13,055	19,394
2012	R	−30.7%	6,688	12,689	19,574
2008	R	−27.4%	6,892	12,173	19,254
2004	R	−22.2%	5,696	8,962	14,737
2000	R	−11.8%	5,037	6,402	11,529
1996	D	+2.6%	4,655	4,406	9,519
1992	D	+5.8%	4,211	3,713	8,609
1988	R	−4.1%	3,292	3,573	6,921
1984	R	−1.3%	3,634	3,733	7,401
1980	D	+16.6%	4,141	2,944	7,195
1976	D	+28.5%	3,853	2,133	6,040
1972	R	−21.9%	2,067	3,264	5,463
1968	D	+27.0%	2,236	740	5,546
1964	R	−5.1%	2,636	2,922	5,558
1960	R	−17.1%	892	1,370	2,799
1956	D	+14.3%	639	358	1,968
1952	D	+6.5%	1,173	1,029	2,202
1948	D	+9.0%	226	66	1,785
1944	D	+78.3%	1,417	172	1,591
1940	D	+91.7%	1,826	78	1,906
1936	D	+96.8%	1,764	29	1,793
1932	D	+92.5%	1,287	42	1,346
1928	D	+80.2%	1,100	121	1,221
1924	D	+87.7%	1,181	65	1,273
1920	D	+73.8%	2,294	346	2,640
1916	D	+87.9%	1,812	116	1,930
1912	D	+78.5%	830	59	982
1908	D	+98.7%	1,849	4	1,870
1904	D	+93.3%	2,010	62	2,089
1900	D	+43.7%	2,282	885	3,200
1896	D	+28.4%	2,373	1,316	3,720
1892	D	+49.9%	2,167	660	3,022
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%

African American

20.1%

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: 47.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.3%

3.4%

75–84

3.6%

6.6%

65–74

7.4%

8.4%

55–64

8.5%

6.4%

45–54

6.7%

5.5%

35–44

5.6%

5.7%

25–34

5.7%

3.4%

18–24

3.1%

7.0%

5–17

6.2%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$88,456

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

Fayette County$88,456

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.3%

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

20.7%

Other Christian

19.9%

Methodist

9.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fayette County sits in the Memphis metro's eastern fringe but votes far more conservatively than its urban neighbor, delivering some of the largest Republican presidential margins in the state across recent elections.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Fayette County, by a twelve points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-two points in 2024. The 2024 margin was forty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Fayette County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,456, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carter County and Marion County.

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