Jefferson County, Florida: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+19%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,0912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,2122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34 in 1884MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hardeman County, TN · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jefferson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jefferson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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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 | −34.4% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −34.4% |
| 1896 | +76.2% |
| 1900 | +65.7% |
| 1904 | +57.1% |
| 1908 | +52.5% |
| 1912 | +74.1% |
| 1916 | +71.4% |
| 1920 | +49.2% |
| 1924 | +73.4% |
| 1928 | +58.9% |
| 1932 | +89.2% |
| 1936 | +81.5% |
| 1940 | +73.6% |
| 1944 | +70.1% |
| 1948 | +41.3% |
| 1952 | +27.6% |
| 1956 | +38.0% |
| 1960 | +30.6% |
| 1964 | −5.6% |
| 1968 | +19.6% |
| 1972 | −33.2% |
| 1976 | +25.3% |
| 1980 | +18.0% |
| 1984 | −4.3% |
| 1988 | −6.2% |
| 1992 | +16.4% |
| 1996 | +14.4% |
| 2000 | +10.0% |
| 2004 | +11.2% |
| 2008 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | −5.1% |
| 2020 | −6.9% |
| 2024 | −18.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,428 | 5,010 | 8,500 | ||
| R | 3,897 | 4,479 | 8,451 | ||
| R | 3,541 | 3,930 | 7,645 | ||
| D | 3,945 | 3,808 | 7,808 | ||
| D | 4,088 | 3,797 | 7,957 | ||
| D | 4,135 | 3,298 | 7,478 | ||
| D | 3,041 | 2,478 | 5,643 | ||
| D | 2,544 | 1,851 | 4,809 | ||
| D | 2,271 | 1,506 | 4,678 | ||
| R | 2,055 | 2,326 | 4,398 | ||
| R | 2,057 | 2,244 | 4,302 | ||
| D | 2,367 | 1,623 | 4,141 | ||
| D | 2,310 | 1,361 | 3,749 | ||
| R | 1,049 | 2,108 | 3,192 | ||
| O | 1,066 | 459 | 3,092 | ||
| R | 1,504 | 1,684 | 3,188 | ||
| D | 1,129 | 600 | 1,729 | ||
| D | 1,201 | 540 | 1,741 | ||
| D | 1,171 | 665 | 1,836 | ||
| D | 700 | 153 | 1,323 | ||
| D | 1,071 | 188 | 1,259 | ||
| D | 1,412 | 215 | 1,627 | ||
| D | 1,243 | 127 | 1,370 | ||
| D | 1,418 | 81 | 1,499 | ||
| D | 919 | 235 | 1,162 | ||
| D | 566 | 66 | 681 | ||
| D | 754 | 239 | 1,046 | ||
| D | 646 | 104 | 759 | ||
| D | 459 | 47 | 556 | ||
| D | 565 | 149 | 792 | ||
| D | 471 | 123 | 609 | ||
| D | 711 | 143 | 864 | ||
| D | 1,909 | 242 | 2,187 | ||
| R | 744 | 1,525 | 2,269 | ||
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| R | 744 | 1,525 | 2,269 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.4%
Irish
10.4%
German
10.3%
American
4.9%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.3%
African American
22.2%
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: 47.6 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
$61,212
Jefferson County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Jefferson County$61,212
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Jefferson 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
21.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.8%
Working age (18–64)18.7%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish2.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jefferson County sits between Tallahassee and the Gulf coast with a population under 13,000, yet its demographic split — roughly 40% Black residents alongside a white rural majority — produces presidential margins that have swung sharply rightward over the past decade.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved twelve points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nineteen 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 $61,212 and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardeman County and Mississippi County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jefferson County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jefferson County, Florida voted Republican by 18.6 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,500 votes cast, 3,428 went Democratic and 5,010 went Republican.
What is Jefferson County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Jefferson 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 25 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did Jefferson County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jefferson County, Florida voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Jefferson County, Florida?
Jefferson County, Florida has a population of 15,091 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jefferson County, Florida?
Median household income in Jefferson County, Florida is $61,212 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Jefferson County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jefferson County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.