Gadsden County, Florida: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+31%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+31MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 43,7102024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,8012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bolivar County, MS · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Gadsden CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Gadsden County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +8.8% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | +77.8% |
| 1908 | +64.2% |
| 1912 | +69.3% |
| 1916 | +79.4% |
| 1920 | +94.8% |
| 1924 | +79.1% |
| 1928 | +54.0% |
| 1932 | +89.3% |
| 1936 | +85.7% |
| 1940 | +77.1% |
| 1944 | +69.6% |
| 1948 | +37.5% |
| 1952 | +19.2% |
| 1956 | +26.3% |
| 1960 | +7.6% |
| 1964 | −6.7% |
| 1968 | +21.4% |
| 1972 | −22.0% |
| 1976 | +31.3% |
| 1980 | +36.8% |
| 1984 | +12.1% |
| 1988 | +3.0% |
| 1992 | +31.3% |
| 1996 | +39.4% |
| 2000 | +33.7% |
| 2004 | +39.9% |
| 2008 | +39.0% |
| 2012 | +40.6% |
| 2016 | +37.5% |
| 2020 | +36.6% |
| 2024 | +30.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 14,202 | 7,493 | 21,865 | ||
| D | 16,153 | 7,465 | 23,762 | ||
| D | 15,020 | 6,728 | 22,113 | ||
| D | 15,770 | 6,630 | 22,499 | ||
| D | 15,582 | 6,811 | 22,510 | ||
| D | 14,629 | 6,253 | 20,984 | ||
| D | 9,736 | 4,770 | 14,731 | ||
| D | 9,407 | 3,817 | 14,199 | ||
| D | 8,486 | 3,975 | 14,394 | ||
| D | 6,372 | 5,992 | 12,577 | ||
| D | 7,403 | 5,807 | 13,212 | ||
| D | 8,222 | 3,718 | 12,225 | ||
| D | 6,798 | 3,531 | 10,431 | ||
| R | 3,829 | 5,995 | 9,826 | ||
| O | 3,274 | 1,337 | 9,057 | ||
| R | 4,556 | 5,207 | 9,763 | ||
| D | 2,343 | 2,010 | 4,353 | ||
| D | 2,262 | 1,321 | 3,583 | ||
| D | 2,706 | 1,835 | 4,541 | ||
| D | 1,427 | 376 | 2,802 | ||
| D | 2,574 | 462 | 3,036 | ||
| D | 3,218 | 417 | 3,635 | ||
| D | 2,572 | 198 | 2,770 | ||
| D | 1,865 | 105 | 1,970 | ||
| D | 1,184 | 346 | 1,551 | ||
| D | 681 | 47 | 802 | ||
| D | 1,922 | 38 | 1,988 | ||
| D | 875 | 57 | 1,030 | ||
| D | 609 | 75 | 771 | ||
| D | 563 | 89 | 738 | ||
| D | 471 | 54 | 536 | ||
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| D | 1,050 | 881 | 1,931 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
5.7%
English
5.4%
American
3.9%
German
3.6%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
0.8%
Polish
0.6%
African American
42.2%
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: 42.4 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
$48,801
Gadsden County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Gadsden County$48,801
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Gadsden 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
27.9%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1841.4%
Working age (18–64)25.4%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.6%
speak English only
Spanish10.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
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 41.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Gadsden, just west of Tallahassee, is Florida's only majority-Black county and its most reliably Democratic, backing the 2024 presidential nominee by more than 30 points while every other county in the state moved into the Republican column.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-five points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $48,801 and a 28% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bolivar County and Bamberg County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Gadsden County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gadsden County, Florida voted Democratic by 30.7 points (D+31), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 21,865 votes cast, 14,202 went Democratic and 7,493 went Republican.
What is Gadsden County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Gadsden County, Florida in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 29 times, Republican 2 times, and other 1 times.
When did Gadsden County, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Gadsden County, Florida voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Gadsden County, Florida?
Gadsden County, Florida has a population of 43,710 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gadsden County, Florida?
Median household income in Gadsden County, Florida is $48,801 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Gadsden County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Gadsden County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.