Hendry County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+38%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 42,3822024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,3932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 57.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Nottoway County, VA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hendry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hendry County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +64.5% |
| 1928 | −11.4% |
| 1932 | +61.5% |
| 1936 | +52.0% |
| 1940 | +53.3% |
| 1944 | +45.8% |
| 1948 | +27.7% |
| 1952 | +6.8% |
| 1956 | −3.3% |
| 1960 | +11.2% |
| 1964 | −9.9% |
| 1968 | −3.3% |
| 1972 | −57.8% |
| 1976 | +11.6% |
| 1980 | −3.0% |
| 1984 | −38.3% |
| 1988 | −32.0% |
| 1992 | −7.3% |
| 1996 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | −18.5% |
| 2004 | −18.4% |
| 2008 | −7.2% |
| 2012 | −5.9% |
| 2016 | −14.2% |
| 2020 | −23.0% |
| 2024 | −38.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,095 | 9,252 | 13,458 | ||
| R | 4,929 | 7,906 | 12,940 | ||
| R | 4,615 | 6,195 | 11,115 | ||
| R | 4,751 | 5,355 | 10,185 | ||
| R | 4,998 | 5,780 | 10,879 | ||
| R | 3,960 | 5,757 | 9,775 | ||
| R | 3,240 | 4,747 | 8,139 | ||
| D | 3,885 | 3,855 | 8,899 | ||
| R | 2,691 | 3,279 | 8,016 | ||
| R | 2,036 | 3,965 | 6,035 | ||
| R | 2,018 | 4,524 | 6,542 | ||
| R | 2,543 | 2,703 | 5,414 | ||
| D | 2,337 | 1,843 | 4,254 | ||
| R | 739 | 2,763 | 3,504 | ||
| O | 791 | 900 | 3,329 | ||
| R | 1,352 | 1,650 | 3,002 | ||
| D | 1,307 | 1,043 | 2,350 | ||
| R | 1,003 | 1,071 | 2,074 | ||
| D | 1,052 | 918 | 1,970 | ||
| D | 699 | 340 | 1,297 | ||
| D | 933 | 347 | 1,280 | ||
| D | 1,040 | 317 | 1,357 | ||
| D | 741 | 234 | 975 | ||
| D | 683 | 163 | 846 | ||
| R | 266 | 337 | 622 | ||
| D | 132 | 21 | 172 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.7%
American
4.9%
Irish
4.6%
German
3.9%
French
1.9%
Italian
1.7%
Polish
0.5%
African American
9.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 35.8 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
$56,393
Hendry County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hendry County$56,393
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Hendry County ranks near the middle 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
22.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.7%
Working age (18–64)21.9%
Seniors (65+)20.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
48.2%
speak English only
Spanish49.3%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Other languages0.4%
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 58.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hendry County's economy revolves around sugarcane farming and cattle ranching, drawing a largely Latino agricultural workforce. Despite that demographic mix, it has shifted decisively Republican over successive cycles, posting a 38-point margin in 2024.
Hendry County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-five points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved fifteen 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 47% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,393, and a population of 42,382. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nottoway County and Winston County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hendry County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hendry County, Florida voted Republican by 38.3 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,458 votes cast, 4,095 went Democratic and 9,252 went Republican.
What is Hendry County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Hendry 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 10 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Hendry County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hendry County, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Hendry County, Florida?
Hendry County, Florida has a population of 42,382 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hendry County, Florida?
Median household income in Hendry County, Florida is $56,393 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Hendry County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hendry County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.