Jackson County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 5,676 votes cast

Trump · R+62

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−62.5%	1,040	4,586	5,676
2020	R	−56.0%	1,135	4,118	5,323
2016	R	−47.2%	1,129	3,236	4,466
2012	R	−15.4%	1,739	2,383	4,184
2008	D	+0.9%	2,224	2,185	4,501
2004	D	+19.2%	2,998	2,026	5,056
2000	D	+40.4%	3,304	1,384	4,754
1996	D	+46.7%	2,889	944	4,161
1992	D	+58.7%	3,208	708	4,258
1988	D	+25.3%	1,962	1,168	3,144
1984	D	+30.1%	2,894	1,544	4,486
1980	D	+42.0%	2,480	995	3,535
1976	D	+66.3%	2,959	591	3,569
1972	D	+6.2%	1,085	956	2,079
1968	D	+16.6%	1,122	673	2,703
1964	D	+61.2%	2,291	551	2,842
1960	D	+18.6%	1,539	1,049	2,636
1956	D	+32.4%	1,743	881	2,659
1952	D	+19.4%	1,686	1,138	2,827
1948	D	+44.2%	1,502	536	2,187
1944	D	+33.7%	1,407	695	2,114
1940	D	+54.2%	2,046	605	2,660
1936	D	+60.2%	1,702	422	2,128
1932	D	+74.0%	1,726	256	1,986
1928	D	+14.6%	827	614	1,456
1924	D	+50.1%	1,074	354	1,438
1920	R	−3.9%	1,097	1,187	2,284
1916	D	+34.1%	1,506	740	2,246
1912	D	+25.7%	1,344	743	2,338
1908	D	+18.4%	1,404	966	2,374
1904	D	+22.4%	1,222	772	2,011
1900	D	+22.5%	1,479	935	2,420
1896	D	+39.8%	1,752	754	2,507
1892	D	+42.3%	1,382	457	2,187
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 46.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

0.9%

3.2%

75–84

3.6%

7.2%

65–74

7.6%

8.2%

55–64

7.8%

6.7%

45–54

6.5%

5.4%

35–44

5.3%

6.2%

25–34

5.7%

3.8%

18–24

2.8%

6.8%

5–17

7.0%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$47,951

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

Jackson County$47,951

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.3%

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

Other Christian

19.0%

Baptist

2.5%

Methodist

2.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jackson County's sparse population and agricultural economy track closely with deep-red rural Appalachian voting patterns, delivering lopsided Republican margins that have widened consistently over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Jackson County peaked at seventy-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2012 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Jackson County's median household income of $47,951 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Houston County and Trousdale County.

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For one hundred sixteen years, Jackson County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.