Madison County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 39,964 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.2%	16,115	23,385	39,964
2020	R	−12.9%	18,390	23,943	42,950
2016	R	−15.4%	15,448	21,335	38,120
2012	R	−8.9%	18,367	21,993	40,702
2008	R	−7.0%	20,209	23,290	43,846
2004	R	−12.5%	16,840	21,679	38,675
2000	R	−6.1%	15,781	17,862	33,930
1996	R	−4.5%	13,577	14,908	29,565
1992	R	−4.0%	13,629	14,869	31,196
1988	R	−21.2%	11,001	16,952	28,039
1984	R	−19.5%	12,006	17,819	29,880
1980	R	−2.5%	12,986	13,667	27,187
1976	D	+6.6%	12,989	11,364	24,659
1972	R	−48.0%	5,203	15,481	21,409
1968	R	−3.0%	5,517	6,143	21,080
1964	R	−1.7%	10,573	10,932	21,505
1960	R	−4.4%	8,083	8,863	17,693
1956	D	+11.8%	8,540	6,642	16,037
1952	D	+8.7%	8,623	7,243	15,919
1948	D	+33.8%	4,722	1,681	8,997
1944	D	+52.1%	5,706	1,793	7,517
1940	D	+65.6%	6,154	1,271	7,448
1936	D	+66.3%	6,095	1,223	7,350
1932	D	+61.2%	4,813	1,124	6,029
1928	D	+30.7%	3,574	1,894	5,468
1924	D	+46.9%	3,422	1,110	4,931
1920	D	+32.9%	5,280	2,665	7,945
1916	D	+37.3%	2,659	1,194	3,923
1912	D	+40.3%	2,702	1,036	4,134
1908	D	+27.1%	2,409	1,357	3,887
1904	D	+36.0%	2,618	1,180	3,998
1900	D	+33.6%	2,379	1,147	3,669
1896	D	+56.3%	3,701	1,024	4,757
1892	D	+42.0%	2,569	900	3,974
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

0.6%

African American

29.0%

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: 38.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.2%

75–84

3.1%

4.9%

65–74

5.9%

6.3%

55–64

7.0%

5.5%

45–54

5.8%

5.6%

35–44

6.2%

6.4%

25–34

6.5%

4.9%

18–24

5.3%

8.4%

5–17

8.0%

2.8%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,042

Madison County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Madison County$60,042

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.2%

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

34.1%

Other Christian

22.3%

Methodist

7.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison County anchors West Tennessee's rural-urban fringe around Jackson, a regional hub whose manufacturing and healthcare economy coexists with a presidential margin that has widened steadily over three election cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Madison County, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Madison County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,042, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marion County and Lake County.

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