McMinn County, Tennessee: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+64 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 54,8842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,4702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18 in 1944MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hawkins County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McMinn CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McMinn 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 | −15.2% |
| 1896 | −23.1% |
| 1900 | −22.6% |
| 1904 | −25.0% |
| 1908 | −17.4% |
| 1912 | +11.4% |
| 1916 | −22.7% |
| 1920 | −26.0% |
| 1924 | −23.0% |
| 1928 | −37.4% |
| 1932 | −2.9% |
| 1936 | −2.8% |
| 1940 | +14.2% |
| 1944 | +17.9% |
| 1948 | −18.5% |
| 1952 | −25.2% |
| 1956 | −20.9% |
| 1960 | −23.0% |
| 1964 | −3.9% |
| 1968 | −27.9% |
| 1972 | −43.6% |
| 1976 | +2.8% |
| 1980 | −17.5% |
| 1984 | −30.1% |
| 1988 | −29.8% |
| 1992 | −4.8% |
| 1996 | −11.3% |
| 2000 | −24.2% |
| 2004 | −33.8% |
| 2008 | −39.6% |
| 2012 | −46.9% |
| 2016 | −59.6% |
| 2020 | −60.6% |
| 2024 | −64.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,207 | 19,673 | 24,072 | ||
| R | 4,361 | 18,198 | 22,844 | ||
| R | 3,510 | 14,691 | 18,755 | ||
| R | 4,609 | 12,967 | 17,834 | ||
| R | 5,541 | 12,989 | 18,789 | ||
| R | 5,891 | 11,980 | 18,003 | ||
| R | 6,142 | 10,155 | 16,600 | ||
| R | 5,987 | 7,655 | 14,784 | ||
| R | 6,682 | 7,453 | 15,990 | ||
| R | 4,568 | 8,462 | 13,078 | ||
| R | 5,141 | 9,604 | 14,813 | ||
| R | 5,460 | 7,825 | 13,547 | ||
| D | 7,020 | 6,638 | 13,732 | ||
| R | 2,838 | 7,423 | 10,520 | ||
| R | 2,889 | 6,098 | 11,522 | ||
| R | 5,207 | 5,624 | 10,831 | ||
| R | 4,111 | 6,585 | 10,766 | ||
| R | 3,950 | 6,075 | 10,153 | ||
| R | 3,440 | 5,778 | 9,261 | ||
| R | 3,016 | 4,432 | 7,662 | ||
| D | 4,435 | 3,091 | 7,526 | ||
| D | 5,192 | 3,901 | 9,121 | ||
| R | 4,077 | 4,310 | 8,432 | ||
| R | 2,630 | 2,790 | 5,495 | ||
| R | 2,011 | 4,421 | 6,446 | ||
| R | 1,617 | 2,654 | 4,510 | ||
| R | 1,636 | 2,800 | 4,471 | ||
| R | 1,088 | 1,726 | 2,814 | ||
| D | 912 | 667 | 2,153 | ||
| R | 926 | 1,320 | 2,264 | ||
| R | 1,001 | 1,669 | 2,675 | ||
| R | 1,289 | 2,057 | 3,401 | ||
| R | 1,388 | 2,235 | 3,669 | ||
| R | 1,336 | 1,842 | 3,333 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
14.6%
English
12.8%
German
12.5%
American
11.5%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.5%
African American
2.6%
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: 42.4 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
$61,470
McMinn County ranks near the middle of US counties.
McMinn County$61,470
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
McMinn 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
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.4%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)14.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Nestled in the Ridge-and-Valley terrain of southeastern Tennessee, McMinn County recorded an R+64.3 presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep-red realignment that has reshaped rural Appalachian electorates over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
A median household income of $61,470, a 13% 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 Hawkins County and Rhea County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McMinn County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, McMinn County, Tennessee voted Republican by 64.2 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,072 votes cast, 4,207 went Democratic and 19,673 went Republican.
What is McMinn County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places McMinn 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 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did McMinn County, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McMinn County, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in McMinn County, Tennessee?
McMinn County, Tennessee has a population of 54,884 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McMinn County, Tennessee?
Median household income in McMinn County, Tennessee is $61,470 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of McMinn County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McMinn County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.