† 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
2 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
GroupCleveland, TNTennesseeUnited States
English13.3%13.3%9.5%
Irish12.2%9.3%9.4%
German10.0%9.1%12.5%
American8.9%11.3%5.3%
Italian2.5%2.2%4.8%
Scottish2.3%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.2%1.7%—
French1.9%1.3%1.6%
Mexican4.7%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.7%0.6%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
African American†2.8%14.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Asian Indian0.4%0.5%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
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
Cleveland, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median age
40.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cleveland, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$65,993
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.3%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cleveland, TN
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
5.3%
5.3%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.3%
0.2%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cleveland, TN
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
2.8%
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
53.0%
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.9%
44.5%
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.
Cleveland, TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−17.6%
1896
−19.1%
1900
−20.0%
1904
−23.4%
1908
−24.0%
1912
+13.3%
1916
−20.7%
1920
−27.9%
1924
−16.7%
1928
−41.0%
1932
+8.8%
1936
+8.2%
1940
+27.4%
1944
+34.4%
1948
−12.6%
1952
−21.3%
1956
−27.3%
1960
−34.7%
1964
−3.7%
1968
−25.3%
1972
−49.1%
1976
+4.7%
1980
−16.8%
1984
−39.7%
1988
−37.6%
1992
−16.4%
1996
−18.6%
2000
−33.5%
2004
−41.9%
2008
−47.3%
2012
−51.3%
2016
−58.7%
2020
−56.5%
2024
−60.3%
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
19.3%Harris11,208
79.6%Trump46,138
0.7%Kennedy383 +4
R+60.3
R+3.7
R+58.8
57,973
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.6%46,138
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.3%11,208
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.7%383
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.2%104
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%69
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%50
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%21
R
20.9%Biden11,343
77.4%Trump41,996
1.6%
R+56.5
D+2.2
R+61.0
54,225
R
18.4%Clinton8,322
77.2%Trump34,865
4.4%
R+58.7
R+7.4
R+60.8
45,186
R
23.5%Obama9,893
74.8%Romney31,530
1.7%
R+51.3
R+4.1
R+55.2
42,155
R
25.7%Obama11,481
72.9%McCain32,600
1.4%
R+47.3
R+5.4
R+54.5
44,692
R
28.7%Kerry12,155
70.6%Bush29,875
0.7%
R+41.9
R+8.4
R+39.4
42,337
R
32.4%Gore11,342
65.9%Bush23,074
1.8%
R+33.5
R+14.9
R+34.0
35,037
R
36.8%Clinton11,545
55.4%Dole17,388
7.9%
R+18.6
R+2.2
R+27.1
31,398
R
36.4%Clinton12,472
52.8%Bush18,112
10.8%
R+16.4
D+21.1
R+22.0
34,306
R
31.0%Dukakis8,195
68.6%Bush18,126
0.4%
R+37.6
D+2.1
R+29.9
26,422
R
29.8%Mondale8,197
69.6%Reagan19,107
0.6%
R+39.7
R+22.9
R+21.5
27,462
R
40.7%Carter10,108
57.4%Reagan14,283
1.9%
R+16.8
R+21.5
R+7.1
24,865
D
52.0%Carter12,060
47.3%Ford10,971
0.8%
D+4.7
D+53.8
D+2.6
23,206
R
24.5%McGovern4,235
73.6%Nixon12,725
1.9%
R+49.1
R+23.8
R+26.0
17,285
R
23.6%Humphrey4,216
48.9%Nixon8,732
27.5%
R+25.3
R+21.6
R+24.6
17,861
R
48.2%Johnson7,806
51.8%Goldwater8,402
0.0%
R+3.7
D+31.0
R+26.3
16,208
R
32.2%Kennedy4,839
66.9%Nixon10,052
1.0%
R+34.7
R+7.4
R+34.8
15,036
R
35.8%Stevenson4,758
63.1%Eisenhower8,383
1.0%
R+27.3
R+6.0
R+11.9
13,280
R
39.3%Stevenson4,467
60.6%Eisenhower6,889
0.1%
R+21.3
R+8.7
R+10.5
11,373
R
42.3%Truman3,448
54.9%Dewey4,471
2.7%
R+12.6
R+47.0
R+17.0
8,142
D
67.1%Roosevelt6,154
32.6%Dewey2,994
0.3%
D+34.4
D+7.0
D+26.9
9,177
D
63.6%Roosevelt5,587
36.2%Willkie3,179
0.3%
D+27.4
D+19.2
D+17.5
8,788
D
53.9%Roosevelt5,089
45.7%Landon4,316
0.3%
D+8.2
R+0.6
R+16.1
9,438
D
54.1%Roosevelt3,835
45.3%Hoover3,212
0.5%
D+8.8
D+49.8
R+9.0
7,084
R
29.4%Smith1,925
70.4%Hoover4,614
0.2%
R+41.0
R+24.3
R+23.6
6,554
R
40.9%Davis2,149
57.6%Coolidge3,026
1.4%
R+16.7
D+11.2
D+8.5
5,249
R
35.5%Cox1,833
63.4%Harding3,273
1.0%
R+27.9
R+7.3
R+1.7
5,160
R
39.2%Wilson1,551
59.8%Hughes2,369
1.0%
R+20.7
R+33.9
R+23.8
3,961
D
40.7%Wilson1,512
27.4%Taft1,018
32.0%
D+13.3
D+37.2
R+6.3
3,719
R
37.6%Bryan1,367
61.6%Taft2,238
0.9%
R+24.0
R+0.5
R+14.4
3,636
R
37.8%Parker1,389
61.3%Roosevelt2,248
0.9%
R+23.4
R+3.4
R+3.7
3,670
R
39.2%Bryan1,646
59.1%McKinley2,485
1.7%
R+20.0
R+0.9
R+12.4
4,204
R
39.8%Bryan1,806
58.9%McKinley2,672
1.2%
R+19.1
R+1.5
R+13.0
4,534
R
38.9%Cleveland1,527
56.5%Harrison2,216
4.6%
R+17.6
—
R+19.2
3,923
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
19.2%10,923
78.7%44,663
56,746
2020
R
19.3%10,117
78.2%40,882
52,291
2018
R
26.7%10,615
71.8%28,560
39,773
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cleveland, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
78,712
2018
80,082
2020
87,647
2022
89,839
2024
94,867
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,472 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +14,372 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cleveland, TN in Cleveland, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+513
2012
+831
2013
+502
2014
+762
2015
+892
2016
+394
2017
+848
2018
+1,495
2019
+750
2021
+1,583
2022
+1,290
2023
+1,430
2024
+1,610
2025
+1,472
Cleveland anchors Bradley County in the southeastern corner of Tennessee, where a manufacturing base and proximity to Chattanooga have drawn younger working families into a historically heavily Republican voting landscape that has held consistent double-digit Republican margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.4 points in 1944 and a Republican high of 60.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.3 points.
A population of 128,963, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,993 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sevierville, TN and Duncan, OK.
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In 2024, Cleveland, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 60.3 points (R+60.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 57,973 votes cast, 11,208 went Democratic and 46,138 went Republican.
When did Cleveland, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cleveland, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cleveland, TN, Tennessee?
Cleveland, TN, Tennessee has a population of 128,963 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cleveland, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Cleveland, TN, Tennessee is $65,993 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Cleveland, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cleveland, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
