Glades County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+53%. Republican peak: R+59 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,5632024 5-year
- Median household income
- $45,8702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jackson County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Glades CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Glades County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +37.2% |
| 1928 | −8.1% |
| 1932 | +56.2% |
| 1936 | +38.0% |
| 1940 | +44.1% |
| 1944 | +38.9% |
| 1948 | +22.3% |
| 1952 | +20.6% |
| 1956 | +4.6% |
| 1960 | +11.3% |
| 1964 | −10.2% |
| 1968 | −2.8% |
| 1972 | −59.2% |
| 1976 | +35.0% |
| 1980 | +4.4% |
| 1984 | −30.0% |
| 1988 | −19.8% |
| 1992 | +3.6% |
| 1996 | +4.9% |
| 2000 | −11.9% |
| 2004 | −17.3% |
| 2008 | −16.6% |
| 2012 | −18.6% |
| 2016 | −39.6% |
| 2020 | −46.2% |
| 2024 | −53.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,221 | 4,033 | 5,277 | ||
| R | 1,385 | 3,782 | 5,193 | ||
| R | 1,271 | 2,996 | 4,353 | ||
| R | 1,603 | 2,344 | 3,989 | ||
| R | 1,381 | 1,938 | 3,358 | ||
| R | 1,718 | 2,443 | 4,188 | ||
| R | 1,442 | 1,841 | 3,365 | ||
| D | 1,530 | 1,361 | 3,431 | ||
| D | 1,305 | 1,185 | 3,374 | ||
| R | 1,034 | 1,547 | 2,593 | ||
| R | 1,070 | 1,987 | 3,057 | ||
| D | 1,203 | 1,098 | 2,389 | ||
| D | 1,311 | 624 | 1,965 | ||
| R | 253 | 1,019 | 1,293 | ||
| O | 230 | 261 | 1,091 | ||
| R | 441 | 541 | 982 | ||
| D | 394 | 314 | 708 | ||
| D | 339 | 309 | 648 | ||
| D | 401 | 264 | 665 | ||
| D | 274 | 150 | 555 | ||
| D | 373 | 164 | 537 | ||
| D | 464 | 180 | 644 | ||
| D | 523 | 235 | 758 | ||
| D | 528 | 148 | 676 | ||
| R | 281 | 331 | 616 | ||
| D | 212 | 83 | 347 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.2%
German
8.0%
American
7.7%
Irish
6.0%
Scottish
2.6%
Italian
2.3%
French
1.1%
African American
11.8%
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: 46.0 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
$45,870
Glades County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Glades County$45,870
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Glades County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
17.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.3%
Working age (18–64)17.6%
Seniors (65+)11.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.8%
speak English only
Spanish22.2%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Other languages1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Glades County, anchored by cattle ranching and Lake Okeechobee's western shore, has delivered some of Florida's widest presidential margins, with fewer than 11,000 residents spread across a largely rural, agricultural landscape.
Glades County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-six points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $45,870, and a population of 12,563. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Noble County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Glades County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Glades County, Florida voted Republican by 53.3 points (R+53), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,277 votes cast, 1,221 went Democratic and 4,033 went Republican.
What is Glades County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Glades County, Florida in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 13 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Glades County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Glades County, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Glades County, Florida?
Glades County, Florida has a population of 12,563 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Glades County, Florida?
Median household income in Glades County, Florida is $45,870 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Glades County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Glades County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.