Holmes County, Florida: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+80%. Republican peak: R+85 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+80MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 19,5132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,3432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+85 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stephens County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Holmes CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Holmes 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 | +68.7% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | +30.4% |
| 1908 | +11.7% |
| 1912 | +53.4% |
| 1916 | +22.7% |
| 1920 | +20.8% |
| 1924 | +23.9% |
| 1928 | −50.2% |
| 1932 | +72.6% |
| 1936 | +61.3% |
| 1940 | +50.3% |
| 1944 | +49.0% |
| 1948 | +40.9% |
| 1952 | +44.7% |
| 1956 | +41.7% |
| 1960 | +31.5% |
| 1964 | −46.0% |
| 1968 | −1.2% |
| 1972 | −85.0% |
| 1976 | +27.1% |
| 1980 | −7.4% |
| 1984 | −57.4% |
| 1988 | −43.8% |
| 1992 | −20.2% |
| 1996 | −13.8% |
| 2000 | −38.3% |
| 2004 | −55.4% |
| 2008 | −65.0% |
| 2012 | −68.3% |
| 2016 | −77.9% |
| 2020 | −78.9% |
| 2024 | −80.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 882 | 8,193 | 9,116 | ||
| R | 924 | 8,080 | 9,068 | ||
| R | 853 | 7,483 | 8,514 | ||
| R | 1,264 | 6,919 | 8,274 | ||
| R | 1,446 | 7,033 | 8,589 | ||
| R | 1,810 | 6,412 | 8,300 | ||
| R | 2,177 | 5,012 | 7,396 | ||
| R | 2,312 | 3,249 | 6,804 | ||
| R | 1,877 | 3,196 | 6,528 | ||
| R | 1,639 | 4,225 | 5,900 | ||
| R | 1,231 | 4,548 | 5,779 | ||
| R | 2,767 | 3,221 | 6,146 | ||
| D | 3,256 | 1,850 | 5,180 | ||
| R | 309 | 3,819 | 4,128 | ||
| O | 312 | 377 | 5,389 | ||
| R | 1,193 | 3,225 | 4,418 | ||
| D | 2,370 | 1,235 | 3,605 | ||
| D | 2,516 | 1,036 | 3,552 | ||
| D | 3,216 | 1,230 | 4,446 | ||
| D | 1,799 | 492 | 3,196 | ||
| D | 2,652 | 908 | 3,560 | ||
| D | 2,684 | 887 | 3,571 | ||
| D | 3,213 | 772 | 3,985 | ||
| D | 2,701 | 429 | 3,130 | ||
| R | 735 | 2,260 | 3,036 | ||
| D | 658 | 377 | 1,177 | ||
| D | 869 | 537 | 1,600 | ||
| D | 763 | 427 | 1,481 | ||
| D | 411 | 52 | 672 | ||
| D | 438 | 337 | 864 | ||
| D | 284 | 140 | 473 | ||
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| D | 399 | 74 | 473 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
14.7%
English
9.1%
Irish
6.2%
German
5.4%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.2%
Polish
0.6%
African American
4.6%
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: 43.7 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
$49,343
Holmes County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Holmes County$49,343
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Holmes 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
14.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.1%
Working age (18–64)14.1%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Holmes County, tucked into Florida's western Panhandle, recorded an R+80.2 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in the state—reflecting a rural, small-population electorate with deeply consolidated voting patterns.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-five points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty points.
A median household income of $49,343, a 14% 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 Stephens County and Covington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Holmes County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Holmes County, Florida voted Republican by 80.2 points (R+80), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,116 votes cast, 882 went Democratic and 8,193 went Republican.
What is Holmes County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Holmes 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 16 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Holmes County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Holmes County, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Holmes County, Florida?
Holmes County, Florida has a population of 19,513 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Holmes County, Florida?
Median household income in Holmes County, Florida is $49,343 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Holmes County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Holmes County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.