Madison County, Florida: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,0892024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,4852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 36.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clark County, OH · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Madison CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Madison County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −2.8% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | +78.0% |
| 1908 | +80.5% |
| 1912 | +84.7% |
| 1916 | +87.0% |
| 1920 | +90.3% |
| 1924 | +86.8% |
| 1928 | +48.6% |
| 1932 | +75.8% |
| 1936 | +85.1% |
| 1940 | +69.2% |
| 1944 | +73.4% |
| 1948 | +42.7% |
| 1952 | +14.7% |
| 1956 | +34.0% |
| 1960 | +28.8% |
| 1964 | −14.2% |
| 1968 | +15.3% |
| 1972 | −46.2% |
| 1976 | +28.9% |
| 1980 | +15.5% |
| 1984 | −14.6% |
| 1988 | −13.5% |
| 1992 | +11.0% |
| 1996 | +10.7% |
| 2000 | −0.4% |
| 2004 | −1.7% |
| 2008 | −3.1% |
| 2012 | −3.4% |
| 2016 | −15.6% |
| 2020 | −19.5% |
| 2024 | −28.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,231 | 5,872 | 9,154 | ||
| R | 3,747 | 5,576 | 9,380 | ||
| R | 3,526 | 4,851 | 8,505 | ||
| R | 4,176 | 4,474 | 8,715 | ||
| R | 4,270 | 4,544 | 8,907 | ||
| R | 4,050 | 4,191 | 8,304 | ||
| R | 3,015 | 3,038 | 6,163 | ||
| D | 2,794 | 2,195 | 5,587 | ||
| D | 2,648 | 2,007 | 5,838 | ||
| R | 1,951 | 2,563 | 4,529 | ||
| R | 2,101 | 2,819 | 4,920 | ||
| D | 3,134 | 2,280 | 5,509 | ||
| D | 3,218 | 1,761 | 5,040 | ||
| R | 1,187 | 3,236 | 4,438 | ||
| O | 1,378 | 654 | 4,735 | ||
| R | 2,121 | 2,822 | 4,943 | ||
| D | 2,084 | 1,152 | 3,236 | ||
| D | 2,064 | 1,017 | 3,081 | ||
| D | 1,625 | 1,209 | 2,834 | ||
| D | 1,189 | 207 | 2,300 | ||
| D | 1,914 | 293 | 2,207 | ||
| D | 2,421 | 440 | 2,861 | ||
| D | 2,278 | 184 | 2,462 | ||
| D | 1,602 | 221 | 1,823 | ||
| D | 769 | 266 | 1,035 | ||
| D | 538 | 23 | 593 | ||
| D | 920 | 30 | 986 | ||
| D | 721 | 22 | 803 | ||
| D | 480 | 16 | 548 | ||
| D | 511 | 32 | 595 | ||
| D | 595 | 66 | 678 | ||
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| R | 558 | 590 | 1,148 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.7%
American
5.7%
Irish
5.4%
German
4.7%
Italian
1.9%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.0%
African American
28.8%
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: 44.8 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
$48,485
Madison County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Madison County$48,485
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Madison 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
21.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.3%
Working age (18–64)20.5%
Seniors (65+)15.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Other languages1.1%
Other Indo-European0.5%
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 48.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Madison County's small, agriculture-rooted population of under 19,000 has shifted steadily toward lopsided Republican margins over the past decade, reflecting broader rural realignment patterns across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend region.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine 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 $48,485 and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clark County and Roscommon County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Madison County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Madison County, Florida voted Republican by 28.9 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,154 votes cast, 3,231 went Democratic and 5,872 went Republican.
What is Madison County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Madison 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 19 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Madison County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Madison County, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Madison County, Florida?
Madison County, Florida has a population of 18,089 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madison County, Florida?
Median household income in Madison County, Florida is $48,485 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Madison County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Madison County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.