† 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
GroupParsonsTennesseeUnited States
American15.3%11.3%5.3%
Irish12.4%9.3%9.4%
English10.4%13.3%9.5%
German6.9%9.1%12.5%
Italian1.6%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.6%2.2%1.3%
Norwegian1.0%——
Polish0.8%—2.2%
African3.8%0.6%0.5%
African American†2.7%14.3%9.9%
Cape Verdean0.5%——
Asian Indian5.3%0.5%1.4%
Mexican2.4%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
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
Parsons
Tennessee
United States
Median age
45
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Parsons
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$36,154
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.3%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
8.4%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Parsons
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.1%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
5.3%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
4.2%
0.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Parsons
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.
Parsons, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−7.3%
2008
−34.6%
2012
−43.1%
2016
−60.2%
2020
−66.9%
2024
−69.3%
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
15.0%Harris141
84.3%Trump792
0.7%
R+69.3
R+2.4
R+67.8
940
R
15.8%Biden141
82.7%Trump739
1.6%
R+66.9
R+6.7
R+71.3
894
R
19.0%Clinton152
79.2%Trump632
1.8%
R+60.2
R+17.1
R+62.2
798
R
27.6%Obama211
70.7%Romney540
1.7%
R+43.1
R+8.5
R+46.9
764
R
31.5%Obama278
66.1%McCain583
2.4%
R+34.6
R+27.3
R+41.9
882
R
46.3%Kerry417
53.6%Bush483
0.1%
R+7.3
—
R+4.9
901
Parsons sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 69.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.3 points.
A population of 2,686, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,154 describe the city.
In 2024, Parsons, Tennessee voted Republican by 69.3 points (R+69.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 940 votes cast, 141 went Democratic and 792 went Republican.
How many people live in Parsons, Tennessee?
Parsons, Tennessee has a population of 2,686 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Parsons, Tennessee?
Median household income in Parsons, Tennessee is $36,154 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Parsons, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Parsons, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.