White County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 12,931 votes cast

Trump · R+67

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−66.6%	2,105	10,717	12,931
2020	R	−62.7%	2,143	9,606	11,895
2016	R	−59.3%	1,845	7,671	9,825
2012	R	−37.2%	2,795	6,197	9,140
2008	R	−28.3%	3,372	6,103	9,647
2004	R	−11.8%	4,147	5,269	9,495
2000	D	+7.8%	4,135	3,525	7,775
1996	D	+16.5%	3,592	2,498	6,635
1992	D	+28.0%	4,102	2,118	7,074
1988	R	−1.6%	2,562	2,646	5,249
1984	D	+2.3%	3,033	2,895	5,958
1980	D	+23.4%	3,415	2,100	5,613
1976	D	+46.9%	3,874	1,382	5,314
1972	R	−23.1%	1,392	2,252	3,727
1968	D	+3.4%	1,584	1,423	4,757
1964	D	+42.7%	2,987	1,199	4,186
1960	D	+12.1%	2,207	1,725	3,998
1956	D	+27.5%	2,378	1,346	3,759
1952	D	+25.4%	2,319	1,374	3,714
1948	D	+40.4%	1,719	635	2,682
1944	D	+33.4%	1,339	668	2,011
1940	D	+54.6%	2,256	657	2,928
1936	D	+15.8%	814	591	1,414
1932	D	+66.1%	1,938	390	2,341
1928	D	+13.5%	1,018	776	1,794
1924	D	+42.9%	1,162	452	1,656
1920	D	+20.4%	2,201	1,456	3,657
1916	D	+40.4%	1,407	587	2,028
1912	D	+47.2%	1,222	330	1,888
1908	D	+30.4%	1,572	835	2,423
1904	D	+42.2%	1,682	679	2,375
1900	D	+42.9%	1,658	656	2,338
1896	D	+49.3%	1,839	617	2,481
1892	D	+32.4%	1,273	539	2,267
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

0.8%

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: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

3.1%

75–84

3.8%

6.3%

65–74

6.6%

6.9%

55–64

7.1%

6.3%

45–54

6.2%

5.5%

35–44

5.9%

6.5%

25–34

6.2%

3.4%

18–24

3.1%

8.1%

5–17

8.1%

2.9%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$52,188

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

White County$52,188

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.2%

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

16.5%

Other Christian

15.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.5%

Methodist

4.9%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

White County, anchored by Sparta in the Cumberland Plateau, posted an R+66.6 margin in 2024, reflecting the deep rural conservatism typical of upper Middle Tennessee's small, predominantly white, working-class communities.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in White County peaked at sixty-six points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twelve points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. White County's median household income of $52,188 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin County and Dickson County.

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For one hundred eight years, White County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.