Haywood County, Tennessee: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted a near-tie. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- TiedMIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,4752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,4722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 43.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 49.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lake County, IN · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Haywood CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Haywood County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +39.6% |
| 1896 | +58.2% |
| 1900 | +73.2% |
| 1904 | +90.7% |
| 1908 | +71.7% |
| 1912 | +84.9% |
| 1916 | +92.4% |
| 1920 | +90.4% |
| 1924 | +93.1% |
| 1928 | +83.8% |
| 1932 | +90.9% |
| 1936 | +96.6% |
| 1940 | +92.8% |
| 1944 | +84.7% |
| 1948 | +42.4% |
| 1952 | +44.1% |
| 1956 | +56.2% |
| 1960 | +20.4% |
| 1964 | −2.5% |
| 1968 | +9.9% |
| 1972 | −22.0% |
| 1976 | +30.5% |
| 1980 | +17.0% |
| 1984 | +7.6% |
| 1988 | +4.2% |
| 1992 | +15.6% |
| 1996 | +21.1% |
| 2000 | +20.6% |
| 2004 | +16.1% |
| 2008 | +21.3% |
| 2012 | +21.3% |
| 2016 | +10.2% |
| 2020 | +9.0% |
| 2024 | +0.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,311 | 3,286 | 6,652 | ||
| D | 4,012 | 3,343 | 7,439 | ||
| D | 3,711 | 3,013 | 6,834 | ||
| D | 4,569 | 2,960 | 7,569 | ||
| D | 4,893 | 3,165 | 8,121 | ||
| D | 4,359 | 3,140 | 7,548 | ||
| D | 3,887 | 2,554 | 6,478 | ||
| D | 3,565 | 2,293 | 6,030 | ||
| D | 3,511 | 2,518 | 6,376 | ||
| D | 2,923 | 2,687 | 5,640 | ||
| D | 3,308 | 2,839 | 6,166 | ||
| D | 3,445 | 2,435 | 5,943 | ||
| D | 3,681 | 1,952 | 5,661 | ||
| R | 1,966 | 3,123 | 5,253 | ||
| O | 1,709 | 1,152 | 5,618 | ||
| R | 2,290 | 2,407 | 4,697 | ||
| D | 1,867 | 1,188 | 3,334 | ||
| D | 2,217 | 516 | 3,028 | ||
| D | 2,432 | 940 | 3,381 | ||
| D | 1,050 | 148 | 2,129 | ||
| D | 2,525 | 208 | 2,734 | ||
| D | 3,466 | 128 | 3,598 | ||
| D | 1,725 | 29 | 1,756 | ||
| D | 1,788 | 77 | 1,882 | ||
| D | 2,024 | 178 | 2,202 | ||
| D | 1,872 | 60 | 1,947 | ||
| D | 2,068 | 101 | 2,176 | ||
| D | 1,677 | 61 | 1,749 | ||
| D | 1,069 | 34 | 1,219 | ||
| D | 1,215 | 189 | 1,431 | ||
| D | 1,341 | 64 | 1,408 | ||
| D | 1,452 | 214 | 1,691 | ||
| D | 2,392 | 624 | 3,036 | ||
| D | 1,676 | 662 | 2,558 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.2%
American
6.5%
Irish
4.2%
German
3.3%
French
0.9%
Scottish
0.8%
Italian
0.6%
African American
39.2%
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: 43.2 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
$50,472
Haywood County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Haywood County$50,472
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Haywood 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
21.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.4%
Working age (18–64)18.3%
Seniors (65+)19.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Haywood County sits at Tennessee's western margin where Mississippi Delta demographics meet Appalachian-state politics, producing one of the state's rare competitive counties. Its majority-Black population anchors Democratic strength that has kept presidential margins razor-thin for two consecutive cycles.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-seven points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was zero 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 $50,472 and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Hampton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Haywood County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Haywood County, Tennessee voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,652 votes cast, 3,311 went Democratic and 3,286 went Republican.
What is Haywood County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Haywood County, Tennessee 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 31 times, Republican 2 times, and other 1 times.
When did Haywood County, Tennessee last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Haywood County, Tennessee voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Haywood County, Tennessee?
Haywood County, Tennessee has a population of 17,475 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Haywood County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Haywood County, Tennessee is $50,472 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Haywood County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Haywood County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.