Dixie County, Florida: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,0582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,1102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Schley County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dixie CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dixie County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | +89.0% |
| 1928 | −15.0% |
| 1932 | +90.4% |
| 1936 | +89.6% |
| 1940 | +88.8% |
| 1944 | +85.9% |
| 1948 | +59.1% |
| 1952 | +30.4% |
| 1956 | +41.9% |
| 1960 | +42.7% |
| 1964 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | −63.1% |
| 1976 | +58.5% |
| 1980 | +28.6% |
| 1984 | −28.6% |
| 1988 | −19.6% |
| 1992 | +10.4% |
| 1996 | +8.8% |
| 2000 | −18.6% |
| 2004 | −38.4% |
| 2008 | −45.0% |
| 2012 | −46.9% |
| 2016 | −63.2% |
| 2020 | −66.0% |
| 2024 | −70.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,183 | 6,920 | 8,148 | ||
| R | 1,365 | 6,759 | 8,167 | ||
| R | 1,270 | 5,822 | 7,202 | ||
| R | 1,798 | 5,052 | 6,941 | ||
| R | 1,925 | 5,194 | 7,264 | ||
| R | 1,960 | 4,434 | 6,442 | ||
| R | 1,827 | 2,697 | 4,667 | ||
| D | 1,734 | 1,399 | 3,800 | ||
| D | 1,855 | 1,401 | 4,373 | ||
| R | 1,366 | 2,031 | 3,397 | ||
| R | 1,224 | 2,204 | 3,428 | ||
| D | 2,010 | 1,101 | 3,173 | ||
| D | 2,169 | 558 | 2,752 | ||
| R | 367 | 1,628 | 1,997 | ||
| O | 325 | 217 | 2,088 | ||
| D | 923 | 908 | 1,831 | ||
| D | 976 | 392 | 1,368 | ||
| D | 904 | 370 | 1,274 | ||
| D | 824 | 440 | 1,264 | ||
| D | 862 | 111 | 1,271 | ||
| D | 1,104 | 84 | 1,188 | ||
| D | 1,420 | 84 | 1,504 | ||
| D | 1,170 | 64 | 1,234 | ||
| D | 1,096 | 55 | 1,151 | ||
| R | 342 | 463 | 805 | ||
| D | 257 | 14 | 273 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.3%
German
9.5%
American
9.0%
Irish
8.7%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.2%
Polish
1.0%
African American
5.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 46.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$50,110
Dixie County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Dixie County$50,110
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Dixie County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.3%
Working age (18–64)19.4%
Seniors (65+)10.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A rural Gulf Coast county of fewer than 14,000 residents, Dixie delivered an R+70.4 margin in 2024—among the widest in Florida—reflecting the sharp Republican lean that has taken hold across the state's sparsely populated interior.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A median household income of $50,110, a 21% poverty rate, and a 85% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schley County and Lamar County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dixie County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dixie County, Florida voted Republican by 70.4 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,148 votes cast, 1,183 went Democratic and 6,920 went Republican.
What is Dixie County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Dixie County, Florida in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Dixie County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dixie County, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Dixie County, Florida?
Dixie County, Florida has a population of 17,058 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dixie County, Florida?
Median household income in Dixie County, Florida is $50,110 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Dixie County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dixie County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.