Van Buren County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 3,265 votes cast

Trump · R+67

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−67.2%	524	2,718	3,265
2020	R	−61.6%	544	2,342	2,921
2016	R	−53.0%	539	1,820	2,419
2012	R	−22.2%	875	1,386	2,300
2008	R	−20.4%	849	1,294	2,180
2004	D	+3.8%	1,209	1,120	2,347
2000	D	+19.2%	1,255	845	2,131
1996	D	+30.4%	1,010	504	1,663
1992	D	+37.2%	1,329	555	2,080
1988	D	+1.0%	796	780	1,580
1984	D	+6.0%	810	718	1,535
1980	D	+27.6%	886	499	1,404
1976	D	+51.2%	1,085	346	1,442
1972	R	−26.0%	364	629	1,021
1968	R	−4.0%	282	327	1,116
1964	D	+49.4%	865	293	1,158
1960	D	+17.7%	577	401	995
1956	D	+22.3%	602	381	991
1952	D	+25.8%	674	393	1,088
1948	D	+34.6%	636	298	978
1944	D	+28.7%	526	291	820
1940	D	+39.3%	732	318	1,053
1936	D	+46.7%	690	251	941
1932	D	+50.1%	613	196	833
1928	D	+0.6%	260	257	517
1924	D	+48.4%	357	123	483
1920	D	+22.0%	351	223	582
1916	D	+44.7%	405	151	568
1912	D	+30.9%	225	106	385
1908	D	+30.1%	329	176	509
1904	D	+37.5%	352	160	512
1900	D	+47.0%	425	153	579
1896	D	+48.7%	419	140	573
1892	D	+55.1%	360	89	492
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%

Irish

1.5%

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: 47.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

0.8%

3.7%

75–84

4.5%

6.9%

65–74

7.4%

55–64

7.7%

6.6%

45–54

6.8%

5.3%

35–44

4.8%

25–34

5.3%

3.5%

18–24

3.5%

9.3%

5–17

5.6%

2.9%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$54,931

Van Buren County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Van Buren County$54,931

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.1%

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

11.9%

Baptist

7.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Methodist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Van Buren County's 2024 presidential margin of R+67.2 reflects a pattern common across the Cumberland Plateau's sparse, rural communities, where low population density and limited economic diversification have shaped a consistently lopsided electorate for decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Van Buren County peaked at fifty-five points in 1892; 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 twenty points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Van Buren County's median household income of $54,931 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hickman County and Pemiscot County.

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