Liberty County, Florida: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+67%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,6872024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,6712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jackson County, FL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Liberty CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Liberty County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +26.6% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | +46.3% |
| 1908 | +39.2% |
| 1912 | +65.7% |
| 1916 | +57.3% |
| 1920 | +90.5% |
| 1924 | +78.1% |
| 1928 | +21.1% |
| 1932 | +91.3% |
| 1936 | +85.2% |
| 1940 | +77.7% |
| 1944 | +88.6% |
| 1948 | +83.3% |
| 1952 | +62.8% |
| 1956 | +57.0% |
| 1960 | +56.0% |
| 1964 | −41.4% |
| 1968 | +5.1% |
| 1972 | −68.8% |
| 1976 | +29.1% |
| 1980 | +10.5% |
| 1984 | −36.9% |
| 1988 | −32.7% |
| 1992 | −11.9% |
| 1996 | −2.1% |
| 2000 | −12.4% |
| 2004 | −28.4% |
| 2008 | −44.1% |
| 2012 | −41.4% |
| 2016 | −57.4% |
| 2020 | −60.4% |
| 2024 | −67.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 563 | 2,898 | 3,487 | ||
| R | 694 | 2,846 | 3,561 | ||
| R | 651 | 2,543 | 3,296 | ||
| R | 942 | 2,301 | 3,284 | ||
| R | 895 | 2,339 | 3,278 | ||
| R | 1,070 | 1,927 | 3,021 | ||
| R | 1,017 | 1,317 | 2,410 | ||
| R | 868 | 913 | 2,164 | ||
| R | 820 | 1,126 | 2,576 | ||
| R | 709 | 1,421 | 2,177 | ||
| R | 650 | 1,410 | 2,060 | ||
| D | 1,114 | 899 | 2,052 | ||
| D | 1,137 | 620 | 1,776 | ||
| R | 222 | 1,199 | 1,421 | ||
| O | 242 | 154 | 1,718 | ||
| R | 377 | 910 | 1,287 | ||
| D | 862 | 243 | 1,105 | ||
| D | 870 | 238 | 1,108 | ||
| D | 1,037 | 237 | 1,274 | ||
| D | 737 | 30 | 849 | ||
| D | 626 | 38 | 664 | ||
| D | 947 | 119 | 1,066 | ||
| D | 800 | 64 | 864 | ||
| D | 682 | 31 | 713 | ||
| D | 226 | 147 | 375 | ||
| D | 193 | 18 | 224 | ||
| D | 416 | 5 | 454 | ||
| D | 280 | 57 | 389 | ||
| D | 206 | 32 | 265 | ||
| D | 176 | 69 | 273 | ||
| D | 143 | 50 | 201 | ||
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| D | 162 | 94 | 256 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.3%
Irish
12.8%
German
7.3%
American
7.3%
Italian
3.2%
Scottish
2.1%
French
0.8%
African American
9.4%
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: 39.7 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
$58,671
Liberty County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Liberty County$58,671
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Liberty 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
17.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.4%
Working age (18–64)17.1%
Seniors (65+)15.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.6%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other languages0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Liberty County's roughly 7,000 residents, concentrated in the pine-timber communities around Bristow, have delivered lopsided Republican margins for decades — the 2024 gap of nearly 67 points reflects both its rural character and its near-absence of urban or suburban population centers.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.
A median household income of $58,671, a 18% poverty rate, and a 78% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Calhoun County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Liberty County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Liberty County, Florida voted Republican by 67.0 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,487 votes cast, 563 went Democratic and 2,898 went Republican.
What is Liberty County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Liberty 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 18 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Liberty County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Liberty County, Florida voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Liberty County, Florida?
Liberty County, Florida has a population of 7,687 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Liberty County, Florida?
Median household income in Liberty County, Florida is $58,671 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Liberty County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Liberty County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.