Grundy County, Tennessee: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Democratic peak: D+72 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,8192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $47,5932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stewart County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Grundy CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Grundy 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 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +51.3% |
| 1896 | +54.2% |
| 1900 | +40.5% |
| 1904 | +30.3% |
| 1908 | +32.1% |
| 1912 | +47.4% |
| 1916 | +36.0% |
| 1920 | +22.0% |
| 1924 | +28.9% |
| 1928 | +23.0% |
| 1932 | +65.5% |
| 1936 | +72.3% |
| 1940 | +70.6% |
| 1944 | +56.0% |
| 1948 | +61.3% |
| 1952 | +56.8% |
| 1956 | +38.3% |
| 1960 | +45.8% |
| 1964 | +60.4% |
| 1968 | +19.3% |
| 1972 | −14.3% |
| 1976 | +53.7% |
| 1980 | +42.2% |
| 1984 | +29.9% |
| 1988 | +25.6% |
| 1992 | +45.4% |
| 1996 | +37.1% |
| 2000 | +30.8% |
| 2004 | +13.8% |
| 2008 | −12.8% |
| 2012 | −20.6% |
| 2016 | −55.4% |
| 2020 | −65.1% |
| 2024 | −69.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 948 | 5,334 | 6,328 | ||
| R | 988 | 4,802 | 5,855 | ||
| R | 999 | 3,636 | 4,763 | ||
| R | 1,643 | 2,516 | 4,237 | ||
| R | 1,971 | 2,563 | 4,632 | ||
| D | 2,789 | 2,107 | 4,929 | ||
| D | 2,970 | 1,553 | 4,596 | ||
| D | 2,596 | 1,094 | 4,047 | ||
| D | 2,997 | 1,004 | 4,386 | ||
| D | 2,415 | 1,429 | 3,857 | ||
| D | 2,596 | 1,396 | 4,015 | ||
| D | 2,837 | 1,139 | 4,019 | ||
| D | 2,850 | 850 | 3,721 | ||
| R | 1,005 | 1,364 | 2,503 | ||
| O | 1,307 | 618 | 3,567 | ||
| D | 2,775 | 686 | 3,461 | ||
| D | 2,143 | 786 | 2,960 | ||
| D | 2,076 | 918 | 3,024 | ||
| D | 2,583 | 709 | 3,302 | ||
| D | 2,009 | 431 | 2,575 | ||
| D | 1,462 | 406 | 1,887 | ||
| D | 1,749 | 298 | 2,056 | ||
| D | 1,488 | 238 | 1,730 | ||
| D | 978 | 198 | 1,191 | ||
| D | 608 | 380 | 992 | ||
| D | 394 | 173 | 764 | ||
| D | 745 | 447 | 1,355 | ||
| D | 736 | 319 | 1,158 | ||
| D | 529 | 122 | 859 | ||
| D | 576 | 261 | 981 | ||
| D | 554 | 264 | 957 | ||
| D | 852 | 357 | 1,222 | ||
| D | 997 | 286 | 1,312 | ||
| D | 779 | 236 | 1,059 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.8%
Irish
13.6%
American
11.5%
German
9.6%
Scottish
2.5%
Italian
1.8%
French
1.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.7 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
$47,593
Grundy County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Grundy County$47,593
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Grundy 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
18.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.8%
Working age (18–64)19.8%
Seniors (65+)6.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Spanish0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Grundy County, perched atop the Cumberland Plateau, delivered a 69-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting a rural, working-class electorate that has shifted decisively over the past two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at seventy-two points in 1936 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2008 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by thirteen points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-nine points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $47,593 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 19% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stewart County and Humphreys County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grundy County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grundy County, Tennessee voted Republican by 69.3 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,328 votes cast, 948 went Democratic and 5,334 went Republican.
What is Grundy County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Grundy County, Tennessee in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 27 times, Republican 6 times, and other 1 times.
When did Grundy County, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grundy County, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Grundy County, Tennessee?
Grundy County, Tennessee has a population of 13,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grundy County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Grundy County, Tennessee is $47,593 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Grundy County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grundy County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.