† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupDicksonTennesseeUnited States
English16.5%13.3%9.5%
Irish11.8%9.3%9.4%
American11.1%11.3%5.3%
German9.7%9.1%12.5%
Scottish2.5%2.2%1.3%
Italian2.0%2.2%4.8%
Polish1.7%—2.2%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.7%—
Mexican6.7%3.8%11.3%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.6%0.5%
Colombian0.5%—0.4%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.2%0.7%
African American†6.5%14.3%9.9%
African1.4%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
Dickson
Tennessee
United States
Median age
33.8
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dickson
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$69,678
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.8%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.8%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dickson
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.4%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dickson
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Dickson, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−3.3%
2008
−14.5%
2012
−21.9%
2016
−36.8%
2020
−36.3%
2024
−42.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.3%Harris1,850
70.5%Trump4,610
1.2%
R+42.2
R+5.9
R+40.7
6,541
R
30.5%Biden1,971
66.8%Trump4,320
2.7%
R+36.3
D+0.5
R+40.8
6,465
R
29.4%Clinton1,491
66.2%Trump3,356
4.3%
R+36.8
R+14.9
R+38.9
5,066
R
38.2%Obama2,087
60.1%Romney3,283
1.7%
R+21.9
R+7.3
R+25.7
5,464
R
41.5%Obama2,321
56.1%McCain3,134
2.4%
R+14.5
R+11.2
R+21.8
5,589
R
48.2%Kerry2,650
51.5%Bush2,832
0.3%
R+3.3
—
R+0.9
5,499
Dickson City sits along the Highway 70 corridor west of Nashville, where suburban expansion has steadily shifted its demographic mix. Voter rolls have grown alongside the population, making it a bellwether for exurban trends in Middle Tennessee.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.2 points.
A population of 16,424, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,678 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manchester and Shelbyville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Dickson, Tennessee voted Republican by 42.2 points (R+42.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,541 votes cast, 1,850 went Democratic and 4,610 went Republican.
How many people live in Dickson, Tennessee?
Dickson, Tennessee has a population of 16,424 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dickson, Tennessee?
Median household income in Dickson, Tennessee is $69,678 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Dickson, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Dickson, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
