† 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
1 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
GroupGreeneville, TNTennesseeUnited States
American19.0%11.3%5.3%
English16.4%13.3%9.5%
German11.3%9.1%12.5%
Irish10.0%9.3%9.4%
Italian2.1%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.9%1.7%—
Scottish1.7%2.2%1.3%
Dutch1.0%——
Mexican2.8%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
African American†1.4%14.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
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
Greeneville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median age
44.7
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.0%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greeneville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$56,194
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.4%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.7%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greeneville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greeneville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
1.9%
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
33.5%
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.1%
44.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.7%
6.5%
5.2%
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.
Greeneville, TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−8.3%
1896
−13.4%
1900
−3.7%
1904
+2.2%
1908
−3.6%
1912
+8.6%
1916
−15.1%
1920
−32.0%
1924
−11.8%
1928
−22.1%
1932
+13.8%
1936
+4.4%
1940
−2.0%
1944
−28.6%
1948
−13.9%
1952
−30.4%
1956
−30.2%
1960
−33.4%
1964
−7.8%
1968
−36.7%
1972
−55.1%
1976
−10.0%
1980
−28.8%
1984
−46.8%
1988
−40.1%
1992
−9.8%
1996
−15.7%
2000
−22.2%
2004
−36.2%
2008
−40.7%
2012
−46.1%
2016
−60.8%
2020
−60.7%
2024
−65.7%
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
16.5%Harris5,145
82.3%Trump25,586
0.7%Kennedy212 +4
R+65.7
R+5.0
R+64.3
31,095
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.3%25,586
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic16.5%5,145
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.7%212
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.2%61
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%57
Rachele FruitIndependent0.1%18
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%16
R
18.5%Biden5,199
79.3%Trump22,259
2.2%
R+60.7
D+0.1
R+65.2
28,087
R
17.9%Clinton4,216
78.7%Trump18,562
3.4%
R+60.8
R+14.7
R+62.9
23,583
R
26.1%Obama6,225
72.2%Romney17,245
1.7%
R+46.1
R+5.4
R+50.0
23,887
R
28.8%Obama7,110
69.5%McCain17,151
1.7%
R+40.7
R+4.5
R+48.0
24,670
R
31.6%Kerry7,635
67.7%Bush16,382
0.7%
R+36.2
R+13.9
R+33.7
24,194
R
38.0%Gore7,909
60.2%Bush12,540
1.8%
R+22.2
R+6.5
R+22.8
20,816
R
37.4%Clinton6,885
53.1%Dole9,779
9.5%
R+15.7
R+5.9
R+24.2
18,416
R
37.6%Clinton7,857
47.5%Bush9,912
14.9%
R+9.8
D+30.3
R+15.4
20,875
R
29.6%Dukakis5,077
69.7%Bush11,947
0.6%
R+40.1
D+6.7
R+32.4
17,132
R
26.4%Mondale4,763
73.2%Reagan13,215
0.5%
R+46.8
R+18.0
R+28.6
18,065
R
34.3%Carter5,822
63.1%Reagan10,704
2.5%
R+28.8
R+18.8
R+19.1
16,956
R
44.5%Carter7,070
54.6%Ford8,664
0.9%
R+10.0
D+45.1
R+12.1
15,880
R
21.7%McGovern2,764
76.9%Nixon9,772
1.4%
R+55.1
R+18.5
R+32.0
12,709
R
21.6%Humphrey2,947
58.3%Nixon7,957
20.2%
R+36.7
R+28.9
R+36.0
13,657
R
46.1%Johnson5,916
53.9%Goldwater6,913
0.0%
R+7.8
D+25.6
R+30.4
12,829
R
33.2%Kennedy4,406
66.5%Nixon8,835
0.3%
R+33.4
R+3.1
R+33.5
13,276
R
34.6%Stevenson3,949
64.9%Eisenhower7,396
0.5%
R+30.2
D+0.1
R+14.8
11,402
R
34.6%Stevenson3,656
65.0%Eisenhower6,864
0.4%
R+30.4
R+16.5
R+19.6
10,563
R
41.7%Truman3,282
55.6%Dewey4,375
2.8%
R+13.9
D+14.8
R+18.4
7,875
R
35.6%Roosevelt2,726
64.2%Dewey4,922
0.2%
R+28.6
R+26.7
R+36.1
7,665
R
48.2%Roosevelt4,406
50.2%Willkie4,587
1.6%
R+2.0
R+6.3
R+11.9
9,135
D
52.0%Roosevelt4,708
47.6%Landon4,313
0.4%
D+4.4
R+9.5
R+19.9
9,057
D
56.6%Roosevelt4,264
42.8%Hoover3,223
0.6%
D+13.8
D+35.9
R+4.0
7,532
R
38.9%Smith2,295
61.1%Hoover3,599
0.0%
R+22.1
R+10.3
R+4.7
5,894
R
43.9%Davis2,586
55.7%Coolidge3,282
0.5%
R+11.8
D+20.2
D+13.4
5,897
R
34.0%Cox2,924
66.0%Harding5,677
0.1%
R+32.0
R+16.9
R+5.8
8,606
R
42.5%Wilson2,254
57.5%Hughes3,055
0.0%
R+15.1
R+23.7
R+18.2
5,309
D
41.7%Wilson2,076
33.2%Taft1,650
25.1%
D+8.6
D+12.2
R+11.0
4,973
R
48.1%Bryan1,886
51.7%Taft2,027
0.3%
R+3.6
R+5.8
D+6.0
3,923
D
50.8%Parker2,128
48.6%Roosevelt2,036
0.6%
D+2.2
D+5.9
D+21.9
4,191
R
47.9%Bryan2,868
51.6%McKinley3,091
0.5%
R+3.7
D+9.6
D+3.8
5,989
R
42.8%Bryan2,726
56.2%McKinley3,577
1.0%
R+13.4
R+5.0
R+7.3
6,364
R
42.9%Cleveland2,299
51.3%Harrison2,745
5.8%
R+8.3
—
R+10.0
5,354
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
15.8%4,841
82.3%25,157
30,559
2020
R
17.5%4,804
79.8%21,904
27,442
2018
R
26.3%5,398
72.4%14,844
20,490
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Greeneville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
41,747
2018
42,246
2020
41,300
2022
43,593
2024
46,796
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,008 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +8,526 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Greeneville, TN in Greeneville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+583
2012
−206
2013
−211
2014
+344
2015
+357
2016
+196
2017
+593
2018
+616
2019
+144
2021
+812
2022
+1,316
2023
+1,703
2024
+1,271
2025
+1,008
Greeneville anchors a rural Greene County economy shaped by tobacco, manufacturing, and small-town commerce. The metro consistently posts some of the widest GOP margins in the state, reflecting a deeply rooted conservative voting tradition across its Appalachian foothills electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 65.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.7 points.
A population of 71,628, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,194 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Newport, TN and Glasgow, KY.
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In 2024, Greeneville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 65.7 points (R+65.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,095 votes cast, 5,145 went Democratic and 25,586 went Republican.
When did Greeneville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greeneville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Greeneville, TN, Tennessee?
Greeneville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 71,628 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greeneville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Greeneville, TN, Tennessee is $56,194 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Greeneville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Greeneville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
