Hawkins County, Tennessee: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Republican peak: R+69 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 57,9642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,9362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grainger County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hawkins CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hawkins 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 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −3.8% |
| 1896 | −24.1% |
| 1900 | −14.7% |
| 1904 | −23.4% |
| 1908 | −19.0% |
| 1912 | +7.8% |
| 1916 | −20.6% |
| 1920 | −31.2% |
| 1924 | −23.6% |
| 1928 | −42.8% |
| 1932 | −9.4% |
| 1936 | −18.3% |
| 1940 | −22.1% |
| 1944 | −35.5% |
| 1948 | −27.8% |
| 1952 | −37.2% |
| 1956 | −36.8% |
| 1960 | −45.7% |
| 1964 | −15.4% |
| 1968 | −39.1% |
| 1972 | −48.1% |
| 1976 | −3.8% |
| 1980 | −18.9% |
| 1984 | −34.2% |
| 1988 | −28.3% |
| 1992 | −7.0% |
| 1996 | −11.3% |
| 2000 | −19.4% |
| 2004 | −33.4% |
| 2008 | −41.9% |
| 2012 | −46.9% |
| 2016 | −63.3% |
| 2020 | −65.8% |
| 2024 | −68.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,987 | 22,066 | 26,321 | ||
| R | 4,083 | 20,405 | 24,824 | ||
| R | 3,507 | 16,648 | 20,774 | ||
| R | 5,088 | 14,382 | 19,837 | ||
| R | 5,930 | 14,756 | 21,040 | ||
| R | 6,684 | 13,447 | 20,233 | ||
| R | 6,753 | 10,071 | 17,098 | ||
| R | 6,367 | 8,164 | 15,941 | ||
| R | 6,623 | 7,758 | 16,285 | ||
| R | 5,212 | 9,356 | 14,646 | ||
| R | 4,802 | 9,863 | 14,793 | ||
| R | 5,283 | 7,836 | 13,529 | ||
| R | 5,931 | 6,407 | 12,412 | ||
| R | 2,608 | 7,791 | 10,775 | ||
| R | 2,213 | 6,217 | 10,228 | ||
| R | 4,191 | 5,712 | 9,903 | ||
| R | 2,586 | 7,010 | 9,672 | ||
| R | 3,180 | 6,916 | 10,164 | ||
| R | 2,404 | 5,295 | 7,765 | ||
| R | 2,019 | 3,637 | 5,819 | ||
| R | 1,756 | 3,692 | 5,458 | ||
| R | 2,108 | 3,314 | 5,458 | ||
| R | 2,278 | 3,300 | 5,589 | ||
| R | 2,391 | 2,890 | 5,302 | ||
| R | 1,186 | 2,965 | 4,157 | ||
| R | 1,596 | 2,600 | 4,247 | ||
| R | 1,381 | 2,650 | 4,070 | ||
| R | 1,142 | 1,739 | 2,897 | ||
| D | 1,026 | 828 | 2,532 | ||
| R | 1,152 | 1,693 | 2,845 | ||
| R | 935 | 1,510 | 2,460 | ||
| R | 1,867 | 2,515 | 4,405 | ||
| R | 1,723 | 2,824 | 4,576 | ||
| R | 1,710 | 1,847 | 3,640 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
20.5%
American
17.5%
Irish
9.7%
German
8.6%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.8%
French
0.5%
African American
1.0%
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: 46.0 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
$56,936
Hawkins County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hawkins County$56,936
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Hawkins 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
15.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.7%
Working age (18–64)14.8%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hawkins County, tucked against the Virginia border in the Appalachian Highlands, recorded an R+68.8 margin in 2024—among the widest in a state that has shifted dramatically toward one-party dominance over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-nine points.
A median household income of $56,936, a 15% poverty rate, and a 94% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grainger County and McMinn County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hawkins County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hawkins County, Tennessee voted Republican by 68.7 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,321 votes cast, 3,987 went Democratic and 22,066 went Republican.
What is Hawkins County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Hawkins County, Tennessee 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 1 times, Republican 33 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hawkins County, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hawkins County, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1912.
How many people live in Hawkins County, Tennessee?
Hawkins County, Tennessee has a population of 57,964 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hawkins County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Hawkins County, Tennessee is $56,936 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Hawkins County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hawkins County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.