† 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
GroupCookeville, TNTennesseeUnited States
American18.6%11.3%5.3%
English16.1%13.3%9.5%
German9.5%9.1%12.5%
Irish9.1%9.3%9.4%
Scottish2.7%2.2%1.3%
Italian2.0%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.8%1.7%—
French1.8%1.3%1.6%
Mexican1.9%3.8%11.3%
Guatemalan1.9%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
African American†1.3%14.3%9.9%
Ghanaian0.3%——
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
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median age
39.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
11.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$55,135
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.2%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.4%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.5%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
2.4%
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
31.3%
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
58.4%
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.
Cookeville, TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+32.5%
1896
+35.7%
1900
+27.6%
1904
+20.9%
1908
+17.2%
1912
+32.5%
1916
+28.3%
1920
+9.2%
1924
+31.8%
1928
+9.6%
1932
+54.3%
1936
+36.1%
1940
+40.1%
1944
+26.3%
1948
+31.7%
1952
+18.1%
1956
+20.5%
1960
+8.8%
1964
+43.1%
1968
+3.6%
1972
−17.6%
1976
+45.2%
1980
+21.0%
1984
+2.0%
1988
−5.5%
1992
+25.8%
1996
+16.0%
2000
+8.7%
2004
−9.4%
2008
−22.5%
2012
−33.3%
2016
−48.7%
2020
−50.8%
2024
−55.5%
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
21.8%Harris14,067
77.2%Trump49,899
0.6%Kennedy365 +4
R+55.5
R+4.7
R+54.0
64,615
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican77.2%49,899
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic21.8%14,067
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.6%365
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%115
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.2%111
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%41
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%17
R
23.8%Biden14,496
74.6%Trump45,401
1.6%
R+50.8
R+2.1
R+55.2
60,848
R
23.7%Clinton11,770
72.3%Trump35,968
4.0%
R+48.7
R+15.4
R+50.7
49,732
R
32.6%Obama15,141
65.8%Romney30,609
1.6%
R+33.3
R+10.8
R+37.1
46,488
R
37.8%Obama18,754
60.3%McCain29,886
1.8%
R+22.5
R+13.1
R+29.7
49,556
R
44.9%Kerry22,229
54.3%Bush26,873
0.8%
R+9.4
R+18.1
R+6.9
49,503
D
53.5%Gore22,731
44.8%Bush19,032
1.6%
D+8.7
R+7.3
D+8.2
42,463
D
53.9%Clinton20,328
37.9%Dole14,291
8.2%
D+16.0
R+9.8
D+7.5
37,716
D
57.4%Clinton22,657
31.6%Bush12,481
11.0%
D+25.8
D+31.3
D+20.2
39,465
R
46.9%Dukakis13,641
52.4%Bush15,234
0.7%
R+5.5
R+7.4
D+2.2
29,075
D
50.7%Mondale16,119
48.7%Reagan15,492
0.6%
D+2.0
R+19.0
D+20.2
31,815
D
59.4%Carter17,322
38.4%Reagan11,199
2.2%
D+21.0
R+24.2
D+30.7
29,168
D
72.1%Carter19,215
26.9%Ford7,167
1.0%
D+45.2
D+62.8
D+43.2
26,638
R
40.1%McGovern7,788
57.7%Nixon11,193
2.2%
R+17.6
R+21.2
D+5.6
19,399
D
36.0%Humphrey7,839
32.3%Nixon7,047
31.7%
D+3.6
R+39.5
D+4.3
21,793
D
71.6%Johnson14,845
28.4%Goldwater5,898
0.0%
D+43.1
D+34.3
D+20.5
20,743
D
54.0%Kennedy10,578
45.1%Nixon8,845
0.9%
D+8.8
R+11.7
D+8.7
19,601
D
59.9%Stevenson10,987
39.4%Eisenhower7,227
0.7%
D+20.5
D+2.4
D+35.9
18,345
D
58.9%Stevenson10,310
40.8%Eisenhower7,148
0.2%
D+18.1
R+13.6
D+28.8
17,501
D
61.4%Truman8,190
29.7%Dewey3,967
8.9%
D+31.7
D+5.3
D+27.2
13,338
D
63.1%Roosevelt6,983
36.7%Dewey4,068
0.2%
D+26.3
R+13.8
D+18.8
11,072
D
69.8%Roosevelt8,983
29.7%Willkie3,826
0.4%
D+40.1
D+4.0
D+30.1
12,865
D
67.9%Roosevelt6,743
31.8%Landon3,162
0.3%
D+36.1
R+18.3
D+11.8
9,930
D
76.9%Roosevelt8,806
22.6%Hoover2,588
0.5%
D+54.3
D+44.7
D+36.5
11,446
D
54.7%Smith5,095
45.1%Hoover4,197
0.2%
D+9.6
R+22.1
D+27.1
9,314
D
65.1%Davis6,242
33.3%Coolidge3,195
1.6%
D+31.8
D+22.6
D+57.0
9,589
D
54.5%Cox8,073
45.4%Harding6,714
0.1%
D+9.2
R+19.1
D+35.4
14,804
D
63.7%Wilson6,725
35.5%Hughes3,740
0.8%
D+28.3
R+4.2
D+25.1
10,550
D
60.1%Wilson5,964
27.6%Taft2,739
12.3%
D+32.5
D+15.2
D+12.9
9,928
D
58.2%Bryan6,009
40.9%Taft4,228
0.9%
D+17.2
R+3.7
D+26.8
10,330
D
60.1%Parker5,339
39.2%Roosevelt3,481
0.7%
D+20.9
R+6.7
D+40.6
8,879
D
63.6%Bryan6,032
36.0%McKinley3,413
0.4%
D+27.6
R+8.0
D+35.2
9,479
D
67.6%Bryan6,836
31.9%McKinley3,229
0.4%
D+35.7
D+3.1
D+41.8
10,110
D
59.2%Cleveland5,031
26.6%Harrison2,264
14.2%
D+32.5
—
D+30.9
8,501
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
22.5%14,197
75.5%47,528
62,966
2020
R
22.3%12,952
75.3%43,694
58,012
2018
R
33.9%14,856
64.6%28,363
43,874
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cookeville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
82,065
2018
80,014
2020
87,310
2022
90,371
2024
96,109
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,381 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +20,080 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cookeville, TN in Cookeville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+411
2012
+320
2013
+259
2014
+618
2015
+278
2016
+1,025
2017
+1,633
2018
+1,796
2019
+1,966
2021
+2,349
2022
+2,442
2023
+2,852
2024
+1,750
2025
+2,381
Cookeville's Putnam County metro has posted some of Tennessee's steeper population growth rates over the past decade, driven partly by manufacturing relocation and university employment that skew its voter pool younger and more blue-collar than Nashville's suburbs.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.5 points.
A population of 145,812, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,135 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tullahoma-Manchester, TN and Winchester, TN.
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In 2024, Cookeville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 55.5 points (R+55.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 64,615 votes cast, 14,067 went Democratic and 49,899 went Republican.
When did Cookeville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cookeville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee?
Cookeville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 145,812 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee is $55,135 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Cookeville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
