† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupTallahassee, FLFloridaUnited States
English10.9%8.2%9.5%
Irish8.4%8.2%9.4%
German8.1%8.9%12.5%
American4.5%7.7%5.3%
Italian3.5%5.6%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.3%1.3%
French1.5%1.7%1.6%
Polish1.3%2.1%2.2%
African American†28.8%9.5%9.9%
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Jamaican0.6%1.5%0.4%
Haitian0.5%2.3%0.3%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Bahamian0.2%——
Mexican2.2%3.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%5.6%1.8%
Cuban1.2%7.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Spaniard0.4%——
Dominican0.3%1.3%0.7%
Colombian0.3%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan0.2%1.6%—
Asian Indian0.8%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%——
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
Tallahassee, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
34.7
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
18.0%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tallahassee, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$65,550
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.7%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.4%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tallahassee, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
5.5%
22.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tallahassee, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
5.9%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
24.9%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.0%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.2%
3.1%
5.2%
Black Protestant
8.5%
2.3%
2.2%
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.
Tallahassee, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−5.1%
1896
+71.9%
1900
+66.1%
1904
+70.3%
1908
+57.5%
1912
+71.6%
1916
+65.6%
1920
+66.5%
1924
+76.7%
1928
+54.9%
1932
+88.1%
1936
+86.6%
1940
+79.8%
1944
+70.9%
1948
+42.7%
1952
+21.2%
1956
+12.0%
1960
+11.0%
1964
−13.6%
1968
+8.3%
1972
−28.9%
1976
+13.9%
1980
+11.3%
1984
−7.8%
1988
−4.4%
1992
+16.9%
1996
+19.1%
2000
+20.6%
2004
+22.4%
2008
+21.5%
2012
+20.8%
2016
+20.3%
2020
+21.8%
2024
+14.7%
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
D
56.8%Harris117,593
42.1%Trump87,149
0.4%Stein858 +5
D+14.7
R+7.1
D+16.2
207,028
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic56.8%117,593
Donald J TrumpRepublican42.1%87,149
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%858
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%717
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%293
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%245
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%171
OtherAll other candidates0.0%2
D
60.4%Biden128,918
38.5%Trump82,271
1.1%
D+21.8
D+1.6
D+17.4
213,546
D
58.3%Clinton114,977
38.0%Trump74,991
3.7%
D+20.3
R+0.5
D+18.2
197,241
D
59.9%Obama115,771
39.1%Romney75,533
1.0%
D+20.8
R+0.7
D+17.0
193,320
D
60.3%Obama116,728
38.9%McCain75,190
0.8%
D+21.5
R+0.9
D+14.2
193,451
D
60.9%Kerry107,533
38.5%Bush67,943
0.6%
D+22.4
D+1.8
D+24.9
176,604
D
59.1%Gore78,059
38.5%Bush50,833
2.4%
D+20.6
D+1.5
D+20.1
132,115
D
55.2%Clinton65,079
36.1%Dole42,531
8.7%
D+19.1
D+2.2
D+10.6
117,894
D
49.5%Clinton60,868
32.5%Bush40,050
18.0%
D+16.9
D+21.3
D+11.4
123,080
R
47.3%Dukakis43,504
51.7%Bush47,531
1.0%
R+4.4
D+3.4
D+3.3
91,938
R
46.1%Mondale40,613
53.9%Reagan47,464
0.0%
R+7.8
R+19.1
D+10.4
88,118
D
52.7%Carter41,121
41.4%Reagan32,281
5.9%
D+11.3
R+2.6
D+21.1
77,968
D
56.1%Carter40,190
42.1%Ford30,211
1.8%
D+13.9
D+42.8
D+11.9
71,695
R
35.5%McGovern20,972
64.3%Nixon38,048
0.2%
R+28.9
R+37.1
R+5.7
59,151
O
32.3%Humphrey15,220
24.1%Nixon11,331
43.6%
Wallace +11.3
D+21.9
D+9.0
47,110
R
43.2%Johnson17,740
56.8%Goldwater23,342
0.0%
R+13.6
R+24.6
R+36.2
41,082
D
55.5%Kennedy15,051
44.5%Nixon12,068
0.0%
D+11.0
R+1.0
D+10.8
27,119
D
56.0%Stevenson11,559
44.0%Eisenhower9,082
0.0%
D+12.0
R+9.2
D+27.4
20,641
D
60.6%Stevenson13,049
39.4%Eisenhower8,479
0.0%
D+21.2
R+21.5
D+32.0
21,528
D
57.7%Truman6,731
15.0%Dewey1,750
27.3%
D+42.7
R+28.2
D+38.2
11,665
D
85.5%Roosevelt9,168
14.5%Dewey1,558
0.0%
D+70.9
R+8.8
D+63.5
10,726
D
89.9%Roosevelt11,425
10.1%Willkie1,285
0.0%
D+79.8
R+6.8
D+69.8
12,710
D
93.3%Roosevelt9,002
6.7%Landon647
0.0%
D+86.6
R+1.6
D+62.3
9,649
D
94.1%Roosevelt7,269
5.9%Hoover458
0.0%
D+88.1
D+33.3
D+70.4
7,727
D
76.9%Smith4,461
22.0%Hoover1,277
1.1%
D+54.9
R+21.8
D+72.3
5,804
D
84.7%Davis2,526
8.0%Coolidge239
7.3%
D+76.7
D+10.2
D+101.9
2,982
D
81.4%Cox4,618
15.0%Harding848
3.6%
D+66.5
D+0.9
D+92.7
5,670
D
79.0%Wilson2,783
13.4%Hughes473
7.6%
D+65.6
R+6.0
D+62.4
3,522
D
80.5%Wilson1,829
8.9%Taft203
10.6%
D+71.6
D+14.1
D+52.0
2,272
D
72.9%Bryan2,065
15.4%Taft437
11.7%
D+57.5
R+12.8
D+67.0
2,832
D
84.2%Parker1,824
13.8%Roosevelt300
2.0%
D+70.3
D+4.3
D+90.0
2,167
D
81.1%Bryan1,643
15.1%McKinley305
3.8%
D+66.1
R+5.8
D+73.6
2,025
D
84.9%Bryan3,207
12.9%McKinley489
2.2%
D+71.9
D+77.0
D+78.0
3,779
R
47.5%Cleveland1,378
52.5%Harrison1,525
0.0%
R+5.1
—
R+6.7
2,903
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
53.9%110,568
44.3%90,906
205,183
2022
D
56.1%88,062
42.8%67,219
157,086
2018
D
62.6%113,536
37.4%67,839
181,412
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+17.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+14.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.1 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Tallahassee, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
264,991
144,527
72,543
46,669
1,252
2018
275,375
148,243
75,132
49,873
2,127
2019
276,308
148,062
75,060
50,553
2,633
2020
285,130
152,740
78,930
49,831
3,629
2021
264,460
140,008
74,030
46,658
3,764
2023
254,416
127,599
74,917
47,106
4,794
2024
266,755
128,719
81,176
50,021
6,839
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−179 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +3,319 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Tallahassee, FL in Tallahassee, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−400
2012
+1,675
2013
−4,110
2014
+63
2015
+140
2016
−1,165
2017
+2,389
2018
−542
2019
+1,383
2021
+2,237
2022
+2,027
2023
+533
2024
−732
2025
−179
Home to Florida State, FAMU, and the state legislature, Tallahassee's Leon County votes markedly more Democratic than surrounding rural counties, making it a consistent blue enclave in Florida's otherwise competitive northern tier.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 28.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.7 points.
A population of 391,730, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,550 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Durham-Chapel Hill, NC and Gainesville, FL.
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In 2024, Tallahassee, FL, Florida voted Democratic by 14.7 points (D+14.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 207,028 votes cast, 117,593 went Democratic and 87,149 went Republican.
When did Tallahassee, FL, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Tallahassee, FL, Florida voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Tallahassee, FL, Florida?
Tallahassee, FL, Florida has a population of 391,730 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tallahassee, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Tallahassee, FL, Florida is $65,550 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Tallahassee, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Tallahassee, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
