† 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
GroupSpartaTennesseeUnited States
English19.3%13.3%9.5%
American14.1%11.3%5.3%
German10.0%9.1%12.5%
Irish9.4%9.3%9.4%
Scottish3.0%2.2%1.3%
Italian1.8%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.8%1.7%—
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
African American†2.6%14.3%9.9%
Nigerian0.7%—0.2%
South African0.4%——
Mexican1.9%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.6%0.5%
Cuban0.3%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
Sparta
Tennessee
United States
Median age
46.8
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
3.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.0%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sparta
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$50,080
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.3%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.2%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sparta
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sparta
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.
Sparta, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−0.3%
2008
−16.3%
2012
−24.6%
2016
−45.9%
2020
−48.5%
2024
−54.2%
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
22.4%Harris460
76.7%Trump1,572
0.9%
R+54.2
R+5.7
R+52.8
2,050
R
25.2%Biden502
73.8%Trump1,467
1.0%
R+48.5
R+2.6
R+53.0
1,989
R
25.3%Clinton421
71.2%Trump1,185
3.5%
R+45.9
R+21.3
R+48.0
1,664
R
36.9%Obama578
61.5%Romney963
1.6%
R+24.6
R+8.3
R+28.4
1,566
R
40.5%Obama698
56.8%McCain979
2.7%
R+16.3
R+16.0
R+23.6
1,723
R
49.6%Kerry846
49.9%Bush851
0.4%
R+0.3
—
D+2.2
1,704
Sparta sits at the crossroads of Tennessee's Upper Cumberland plateau, where manufacturing and agriculture shape a working-class electorate that has swung heavily Republican in recent cycles by double-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 54.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.2 points.
A population of 4,939, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,080 describe the city.
In 2024, Sparta, Tennessee voted Republican by 54.2 points (R+54.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,050 votes cast, 460 went Democratic and 1,572 went Republican.
How many people live in Sparta, Tennessee?
Sparta, Tennessee has a population of 4,939 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sparta, Tennessee?
Median household income in Sparta, Tennessee is $50,080 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Sparta, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sparta, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
