† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupClarksville, TN-KYUnited States
German12.0%12.5%
English10.7%9.5%
Irish9.0%9.4%
American7.6%5.3%
Italian2.8%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.3%
French1.2%1.6%
Polish1.1%2.2%
African American†15.2%9.9%
African1.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%0.4%
Mexican5.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%—
Spanish0.2%—
Korean0.5%0.4%
Filipino0.5%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.2%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Clarksville, TN-KY
United States
Median age
32.3
39.1
Age 18–24
10.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clarksville, TN-KY
United States
Median household income
$70,081
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clarksville, TN-KY
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.9%
22.3%
Spanish
5.2%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clarksville, TN-KY
United States
Catholic
4.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
49.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Clarksville, TN-KY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+6.9%
1896
−0.9%
1900
+0.5%
1904
+1.4%
1908
+3.6%
1912
+8.0%
1916
+7.9%
1920
+4.8%
1924
+8.6%
1928
−3.1%
1932
+33.7%
1936
+29.0%
1940
+30.0%
1944
+32.9%
1948
+41.9%
1952
+30.5%
1956
+32.9%
1960
+31.0%
1964
+49.9%
1968
+10.9%
1972
−17.6%
1976
+34.0%
1980
+8.8%
1984
−17.4%
1988
−15.2%
1992
+5.0%
1996
+2.9%
2000
−7.2%
2004
−21.2%
2008
−12.8%
2012
−15.9%
2016
−25.7%
2020
−20.9%
2024
−25.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
36.4%Harris42,618
62.2%Trump72,952
1.4%
R+25.9
R+5.0
R+24.4
117,242
R
38.3%Biden43,791
59.2%Trump67,704
2.4%
R+20.9
D+4.7
R+25.4
114,293
R
34.5%Clinton31,696
60.2%Trump55,244
5.2%
R+25.7
R+9.7
R+27.8
91,753
R
41.3%Obama36,935
57.2%Romney51,203
1.6%
R+15.9
R+3.1
R+19.8
89,532
R
43.0%Obama39,312
55.9%McCain51,019
1.1%
R+12.8
D+8.4
R+20.1
91,330
R
39.1%Kerry31,946
60.3%Bush49,260
0.6%
R+21.2
R+14.0
R+18.7
81,707
R
45.7%Gore30,576
52.9%Bush35,387
1.5%
R+7.2
R+10.0
R+7.7
66,943
D
48.1%Clinton28,390
45.2%Dole26,699
6.7%
D+2.9
R+2.1
R+5.7
59,059
D
46.5%Clinton26,433
41.6%Bush23,614
11.9%
D+5.0
D+20.1
R+0.6
56,807
R
42.2%Dukakis18,819
57.4%Bush25,578
0.4%
R+15.2
D+2.3
R+7.4
44,594
R
40.9%Mondale19,450
58.4%Reagan27,733
0.7%
R+17.4
R+26.3
D+0.8
47,500
D
53.3%Carter23,514
44.4%Reagan19,610
2.3%
D+8.8
R+25.1
D+18.6
44,133
D
66.5%Carter25,324
32.5%Ford12,388
1.0%
D+34.0
D+51.6
D+31.9
38,079
R
40.1%McGovern12,366
57.7%Nixon17,810
2.3%
R+17.6
R+28.5
D+5.5
30,876
O
36.7%Humphrey12,190
25.8%Nixon8,579
37.4%
Wallace +0.7
R+39.1
D+11.6
33,200
D
74.9%Johnson24,139
25.0%Goldwater8,049
0.1%
D+49.9
D+19.0
D+27.4
32,221
D
65.3%Kennedy18,730
34.3%Nixon9,840
0.4%
D+31.0
R+1.9
D+30.8
28,692
D
66.1%Stevenson19,158
33.2%Eisenhower9,630
0.7%
D+32.9
D+2.4
D+48.3
28,980
D
65.1%Stevenson17,301
34.6%Eisenhower9,206
0.3%
D+30.5
R+11.5
D+41.2
26,579
D
67.4%Truman13,339
25.4%Dewey5,035
7.2%
D+41.9
D+9.0
D+37.5
19,801
D
66.3%Roosevelt13,658
33.4%Dewey6,875
0.3%
D+32.9
D+3.0
D+25.4
20,595
D
64.9%Roosevelt15,339
34.9%Willkie8,253
0.2%
D+30.0
D+1.0
D+20.0
23,647
D
64.4%Roosevelt14,620
35.4%Landon8,032
0.2%
D+29.0
R+4.7
D+4.8
22,706
D
66.7%Roosevelt15,524
32.9%Hoover7,670
0.4%
D+33.7
D+36.9
D+15.9
23,288
R
48.4%Smith10,854
51.6%Hoover11,559
0.0%
R+3.1
R+11.7
D+14.3
22,419
D
53.8%Davis12,525
45.2%Coolidge10,527
1.0%
D+8.6
D+3.8
D+33.8
23,293
D
52.0%Cox15,195
47.2%Harding13,792
0.8%
D+4.8
R+3.1
D+31.0
29,233
D
53.2%Wilson9,053
45.3%Hughes7,709
1.5%
D+7.9
R+0.1
D+4.8
17,024
D
48.2%Wilson6,997
40.2%Taft5,841
11.6%
D+8.0
D+4.4
R+11.6
14,518
D
51.0%Bryan9,236
47.4%Taft8,587
1.7%
D+3.6
D+2.2
D+13.1
18,126
D
49.2%Parker6,878
47.8%Roosevelt6,679
3.0%
D+1.4
D+0.9
D+21.1
13,978
D
48.9%Bryan8,622
48.4%McKinley8,536
2.7%
D+0.5
D+1.4
D+8.0
17,635
R
48.1%Bryan9,224
49.0%McKinley9,402
2.9%
R+0.9
R+7.8
D+5.2
19,190
D
45.4%Cleveland7,068
38.5%Harrison5,996
16.1%
D+6.9
—
D+5.2
15,572
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Clarksville, TN-KY
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
119,901
2018 (partial)
118,329
2020 (partial)
140,750
2022 (partial)
148,997
2024
227,129
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−530 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +11,621 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Clarksville, TN-KY in Clarksville, TN-KY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−701
2012
+4,161
2013
−6,350
2014
+380
2015
−1,141
2016
−2,765
2017
+2,022
2018
+3,160
2019
+696
2021
+5,250
2022
+3,839
2023
+901
2024
+2,699
2025
−530
The Clarksville metro's outsized military presence drives unusually high population turnover, compressing long-term partisan loyalty and making registration patterns a lagging indicator of actual voting-age composition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 25.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.9 points.
A population of 334,564, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,081 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Valdosta, GA and Tuscaloosa, AL.
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How did Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 25.9 points (R+25.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 117,242 votes cast, 42,618 went Democratic and 72,952 went Republican.
When did Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky?
Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky has a population of 334,564 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky is $70,081 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
