Taylor County, Florida: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+60%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,5032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,0732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Crawford County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Taylor CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Taylor County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +21.5% |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | +15.5% |
| 1908 | +17.5% |
| 1912 | +49.6% |
| 1916 | +81.3% |
| 1920 | +60.2% |
| 1924 | +61.8% |
| 1928 | +22.4% |
| 1932 | +83.5% |
| 1936 | +87.5% |
| 1940 | +85.3% |
| 1944 | +83.4% |
| 1948 | +56.9% |
| 1952 | +41.2% |
| 1956 | +43.0% |
| 1960 | +22.3% |
| 1964 | −21.8% |
| 1968 | +2.9% |
| 1972 | −69.0% |
| 1976 | +25.7% |
| 1980 | +3.2% |
| 1984 | −40.0% |
| 1988 | −39.0% |
| 1992 | −1.7% |
| 1996 | +4.9% |
| 2000 | −20.7% |
| 2004 | −28.2% |
| 2008 | −39.0% |
| 2012 | −38.2% |
| 2016 | −51.4% |
| 2020 | −53.8% |
| 2024 | −59.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,990 | 7,953 | 9,995 | ||
| R | 2,299 | 7,751 | 10,127 | ||
| R | 2,152 | 6,930 | 9,290 | ||
| R | 2,764 | 6,249 | 9,120 | ||
| R | 2,803 | 6,457 | 9,366 | ||
| R | 3,049 | 5,467 | 8,581 | ||
| R | 2,649 | 4,058 | 6,810 | ||
| D | 3,583 | 3,188 | 7,997 | ||
| R | 2,568 | 2,693 | 7,213 | ||
| R | 1,763 | 4,057 | 5,875 | ||
| R | 1,732 | 4,038 | 5,770 | ||
| D | 2,963 | 2,776 | 5,868 | ||
| D | 3,370 | 1,983 | 5,406 | ||
| R | 754 | 4,109 | 4,863 | ||
| O | 941 | 794 | 5,053 | ||
| R | 1,708 | 2,661 | 4,369 | ||
| D | 1,908 | 1,212 | 3,120 | ||
| D | 1,945 | 776 | 2,721 | ||
| D | 1,787 | 744 | 2,531 | ||
| D | 1,354 | 216 | 1,999 | ||
| D | 1,828 | 165 | 1,993 | ||
| D | 2,499 | 198 | 2,697 | ||
| D | 1,897 | 127 | 2,024 | ||
| D | 1,447 | 130 | 1,577 | ||
| D | 739 | 465 | 1,222 | ||
| D | 476 | 100 | 608 | ||
| D | 563 | 128 | 722 | ||
| D | 547 | 51 | 610 | ||
| D | 236 | 56 | 363 | ||
| D | 250 | 160 | 514 | ||
| D | 168 | 119 | 317 | ||
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| D | 209 | 135 | 344 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
11.6%
English
9.9%
Irish
6.6%
German
6.0%
Italian
2.8%
Scottish
1.3%
Polish
0.8%
African American
15.4%
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: 43.9 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
$49,073
Taylor County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Taylor County$49,073
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Taylor 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
17.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.2%
Working age (18–64)15.3%
Seniors (65+)17.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.2%
Other languages1.7%
Other Indo-European1.1%
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 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Taylor County, anchored by the small Gulf Coast city of Perry, posted an R+59.6 margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting a rural, timber-economy landscape that has swung sharply toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty points.
A median household income of $49,073, a 17% poverty rate, and a 73% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crawford County and Grady County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Taylor County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Taylor County, Florida voted Republican by 59.7 points (R+60), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,995 votes cast, 1,990 went Democratic and 7,953 went Republican.
What is Taylor County, Florida's political typology?
Akashic places Taylor 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 19 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Taylor County, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Taylor County, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Taylor County, Florida?
Taylor County, Florida has a population of 21,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Taylor County, Florida?
Median household income in Taylor County, Florida is $49,073 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Taylor County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Taylor County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.