Johnson County, Tennessee: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Republican peak: R+88 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,1962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,1292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+88 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Carter County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Johnson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Johnson 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 | −63.6% |
| 1896 | −76.3% |
| 1900 | −78.8% |
| 1904 | −77.5% |
| 1908 | −80.5% |
| 1912 | −30.6% |
| 1916 | −74.7% |
| 1920 | −85.1% |
| 1924 | −83.1% |
| 1928 | −87.9% |
| 1932 | −69.5% |
| 1936 | −68.8% |
| 1940 | −68.4% |
| 1944 | −71.2% |
| 1948 | −68.1% |
| 1952 | −75.3% |
| 1956 | −75.5% |
| 1960 | −73.9% |
| 1964 | −51.4% |
| 1968 | −67.6% |
| 1972 | −75.4% |
| 1976 | −34.0% |
| 1980 | −52.0% |
| 1984 | −58.6% |
| 1988 | −47.0% |
| 1992 | −25.0% |
| 1996 | −26.9% |
| 2000 | −34.1% |
| 2004 | −43.5% |
| 2008 | −42.2% |
| 2012 | −50.5% |
| 2016 | −67.2% |
| 2020 | −66.9% |
| 2024 | −69.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,212 | 6,829 | 8,118 | ||
| R | 1,246 | 6,468 | 7,801 | ||
| R | 988 | 5,410 | 6,579 | ||
| R | 1,483 | 4,611 | 6,194 | ||
| R | 1,837 | 4,621 | 6,591 | ||
| R | 1,812 | 4,634 | 6,480 | ||
| R | 1,813 | 3,740 | 5,657 | ||
| R | 1,698 | 3,137 | 5,359 | ||
| R | 1,781 | 3,170 | 5,563 | ||
| R | 1,329 | 3,715 | 5,079 | ||
| R | 999 | 3,853 | 4,871 | ||
| R | 1,141 | 3,716 | 4,955 | ||
| R | 1,464 | 2,986 | 4,478 | ||
| R | 450 | 3,362 | 3,861 | ||
| R | 450 | 3,107 | 3,932 | ||
| R | 927 | 2,889 | 3,816 | ||
| R | 571 | 3,854 | 4,443 | ||
| R | 503 | 3,690 | 4,220 | ||
| R | 506 | 3,590 | 4,096 | ||
| R | 433 | 2,413 | 2,908 | ||
| R | 450 | 2,699 | 3,158 | ||
| R | 469 | 2,502 | 2,971 | ||
| R | 533 | 2,882 | 3,415 | ||
| R | 425 | 2,400 | 2,840 | ||
| R | 196 | 3,057 | 3,253 | ||
| R | 254 | 2,799 | 3,064 | ||
| R | 291 | 3,627 | 3,918 | ||
| R | 263 | 1,812 | 2,075 | ||
| O | 256 | 933 | 2,214 | ||
| R | 232 | 2,148 | 2,381 | ||
| R | 219 | 1,769 | 1,999 | ||
| R | 189 | 1,618 | 1,814 | ||
| R | 224 | 1,683 | 1,912 | ||
| R | 209 | 1,100 | 1,402 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
22.5%
English
15.2%
German
8.7%
Irish
7.6%
Scottish
3.6%
Italian
2.7%
French
1.0%
African American
3.8%
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: 46.7 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
$53,129
Johnson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Johnson County$53,129
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Johnson 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
21.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1839.9%
Working age (18–64)17.8%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Nestled in the Blue Ridge highlands along the North Carolina border, Johnson County delivered a 69-point Republican margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in a state already dominated by rural conservative voting patterns.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-eight points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-nine points.
A median household income of $53,129, a 21% poverty rate, and a 88% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carter County and Edmonson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Johnson County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Johnson County, Tennessee voted Republican by 69.2 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,118 votes cast, 1,212 went Democratic and 6,829 went Republican.
What is Johnson County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Johnson 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 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Johnson County, Tennessee?
Johnson County, Tennessee has a population of 18,196 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Johnson County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Johnson County, Tennessee is $53,129 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Johnson County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Johnson County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 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.