Lauderdale County, Tennessee: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+37%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 24,7842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,8792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lake County, TN · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lauderdale CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lauderdale 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 | +8.7% |
| 1896 | +51.3% |
| 1900 | +59.5% |
| 1904 | +88.8% |
| 1908 | +42.9% |
| 1912 | +45.6% |
| 1916 | +49.4% |
| 1920 | +32.1% |
| 1924 | +72.5% |
| 1928 | +73.4% |
| 1932 | +83.5% |
| 1936 | +88.9% |
| 1940 | +90.3% |
| 1944 | +81.4% |
| 1948 | +58.2% |
| 1952 | +51.5% |
| 1956 | +60.2% |
| 1960 | +44.3% |
| 1964 | +34.3% |
| 1968 | +15.2% |
| 1972 | −32.7% |
| 1976 | +38.4% |
| 1980 | +20.7% |
| 1984 | −0.8% |
| 1988 | −0.2% |
| 1992 | +19.2% |
| 1996 | +26.1% |
| 2000 | +11.7% |
| 2004 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | −6.5% |
| 2012 | −7.0% |
| 2016 | −22.6% |
| 2020 | −27.7% |
| 2024 | −37.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,571 | 5,633 | 8,266 | ||
| R | 3,193 | 5,674 | 8,965 | ||
| R | 3,056 | 4,884 | 8,087 | ||
| R | 4,011 | 4,616 | 8,689 | ||
| R | 4,322 | 4,933 | 9,338 | ||
| D | 4,474 | 4,164 | 8,682 | ||
| D | 4,224 | 3,329 | 7,618 | ||
| D | 4,349 | 2,481 | 7,164 | ||
| D | 4,452 | 2,928 | 7,958 | ||
| R | 3,296 | 3,308 | 6,639 | ||
| R | 3,506 | 3,566 | 7,099 | ||
| D | 4,318 | 2,818 | 7,235 | ||
| D | 4,747 | 2,105 | 6,877 | ||
| R | 1,771 | 3,597 | 5,585 | ||
| O | 2,108 | 1,080 | 6,754 | ||
| D | 3,847 | 1,880 | 5,727 | ||
| D | 3,462 | 1,322 | 4,832 | ||
| D | 4,383 | 1,049 | 5,540 | ||
| D | 4,340 | 1,390 | 5,730 | ||
| D | 2,556 | 298 | 3,879 | ||
| D | 3,732 | 381 | 4,117 | ||
| D | 6,279 | 317 | 6,603 | ||
| D | 3,540 | 203 | 3,755 | ||
| D | 2,137 | 174 | 2,350 | ||
| D | 2,798 | 430 | 3,228 | ||
| D | 1,596 | 242 | 1,868 | ||
| D | 2,313 | 1,190 | 3,503 | ||
| D | 1,572 | 532 | 2,106 | ||
| D | 1,020 | 186 | 1,827 | ||
| D | 1,315 | 519 | 1,856 | ||
| D | 3,017 | 168 | 3,207 | ||
| D | 1,807 | 437 | 2,303 | ||
| D | 2,244 | 709 | 2,993 | ||
| D | 1,218 | 967 | 2,882 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
9.1%
Irish
7.3%
English
5.7%
German
4.8%
Italian
1.8%
French
0.6%
African American
26.8%
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: 39.2 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
$49,879
Lauderdale County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Lauderdale County$49,879
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Lauderdale 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
21.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.8%
Working age (18–64)19.1%
Seniors (65+)14.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lauderdale sits along Tennessee's western edge bordering the Mississippi Delta, with an economy rooted in agriculture and a population that has declined roughly 15% since 2000. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+37 reflects a broader rural realignment across the mid-South.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety points in 1940. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-seven 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 $49,879 and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Pemiscot County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lauderdale County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lauderdale County, Tennessee voted Republican by 37.0 points (R+37), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,266 votes cast, 2,571 went Democratic and 5,633 went Republican.
What is Lauderdale County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Lauderdale 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 25 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lauderdale County, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lauderdale County, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Lauderdale County, Tennessee?
Lauderdale County, Tennessee has a population of 24,784 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lauderdale County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Lauderdale County, Tennessee is $49,879 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Lauderdale County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lauderdale County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.