Hillsborough County, Florida: New American county. In 2024, voted R+3%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,522,7482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $79,5402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- San Bernardino County, CA · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hillsborough CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hillsborough 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 | +56.1% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +95.6% |
| 1896 | +52.8% |
| 1900 | +58.8% |
| 1904 | +46.3% |
| 1908 | +63.2% |
| 1912 | +63.6% |
| 1916 | +59.5% |
| 1920 | +25.9% |
| 1924 | +40.2% |
| 1928 | −7.7% |
| 1932 | +60.5% |
| 1936 | +58.1% |
| 1940 | +59.5% |
| 1944 | +50.5% |
| 1948 | +12.9% |
| 1952 | −4.4% |
| 1956 | −4.1% |
| 1960 | +12.0% |
| 1964 | +17.0% |
| 1968 | −2.5% |
| 1972 | −40.4% |
| 1976 | +9.2% |
| 1980 | −8.7% |
| 1984 | −29.4% |
| 1988 | −20.4% |
| 1992 | −4.9% |
| 1996 | +2.5% |
| 2000 | −3.1% |
| 2004 | −6.8% |
| 2008 | +7.1% |
| 2012 | +6.7% |
| 2016 | +6.9% |
| 2020 | +6.9% |
| 2024 | −3.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 321,348 | 341,963 | 671,827 | ||
| D | 376,367 | 327,398 | 712,063 | ||
| D | 307,896 | 266,870 | 597,660 | ||
| D | 286,467 | 250,186 | 542,102 | ||
| D | 272,963 | 236,355 | 513,312 | ||
| R | 214,132 | 245,576 | 463,222 | ||
| R | 169,576 | 180,794 | 360,354 | ||
| D | 144,266 | 136,656 | 308,271 | ||
| R | 115,282 | 130,643 | 310,502 | ||
| R | 99,014 | 150,151 | 250,716 | ||
| R | 86,230 | 157,926 | 244,208 | ||
| R | 88,271 | 106,160 | 205,314 | ||
| D | 94,589 | 78,504 | 175,145 | ||
| R | 45,305 | 106,956 | 152,510 | ||
| R | 45,848 | 49,441 | 142,202 | ||
| D | 71,289 | 50,616 | 121,905 | ||
| D | 62,240 | 48,887 | 111,127 | ||
| R | 38,610 | 41,889 | 80,499 | ||
| R | 33,252 | 36,316 | 69,568 | ||
| D | 18,854 | 13,529 | 41,286 | ||
| D | 31,146 | 10,252 | 41,398 | ||
| D | 30,738 | 7,805 | 38,543 | ||
| D | 20,202 | 5,361 | 25,563 | ||
| D | 19,143 | 4,711 | 23,854 | ||
| R | 9,993 | 11,703 | 22,088 | ||
| D | 4,470 | 1,585 | 7,180 | ||
| D | 6,976 | 3,772 | 12,349 | ||
| D | 4,627 | 691 | 6,615 | ||
| D | 2,641 | 159 | 3,905 | ||
| D | 2,703 | 367 | 3,694 | ||
| D | 1,976 | 516 | 3,151 | ||
| D | 2,257 | 349 | 3,245 | ||
| D | 2,115 | 584 | 2,899 | ||
| D | 2,718 | 0 | 2,843 | ||
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| D | 1,257 | 353 | 1,610 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.4%
Irish
7.5%
English
7.3%
American
5.6%
Italian
5.4%
Polish
2.0%
French
1.5%
African American
12.8%
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: 37.9 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
$79,540
Hillsborough County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Hillsborough County$79,540
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Hillsborough County ranks in the top 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
12.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.1%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)14.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
69.3%
speak English only
Spanish23.0%
Other Indo-European4.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%
Other languages1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hillsborough County, anchored by Tampa, had trended Democratic for a decade before returning an R+3.1 margin in 2024—a shift driven in part by movement among Hispanic voters in the county's growing suburban and urban precincts.
Hillsborough County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-six points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten 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 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $79,540, and a population of 1,522,748. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Bernardino County and Will County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hillsborough County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hillsborough County, Florida voted Republican by 3.1 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 671,827 votes cast, 321,348 went Democratic and 341,963 went Republican.
What is Hillsborough County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Hillsborough 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 23 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hillsborough County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hillsborough County, Florida voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Hillsborough County, Florida?
Hillsborough County, Florida has a population of 1,522,748 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hillsborough County, Florida?
Median household income in Hillsborough County, Florida is $79,540 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Hillsborough County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hillsborough County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 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.