Morgan County, Tennessee: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+74%. Republican peak: R+74 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,3612024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,9542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1976MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Crockett County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Morgan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Morgan County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −36.3% |
| 1896 | −42.3% |
| 1900 | −42.7% |
| 1904 | −45.6% |
| 1908 | −42.6% |
| 1912 | +9.3% |
| 1916 | −37.6% |
| 1920 | −46.6% |
| 1924 | −39.4% |
| 1928 | −53.7% |
| 1932 | −9.2% |
| 1936 | +2.6% |
| 1940 | +10.4% |
| 1944 | −7.6% |
| 1948 | −2.3% |
| 1952 | −26.4% |
| 1956 | −26.8% |
| 1960 | −17.3% |
| 1964 | +3.0% |
| 1968 | −22.0% |
| 1972 | −39.1% |
| 1976 | +20.3% |
| 1980 | −14.5% |
| 1984 | −15.4% |
| 1988 | −14.0% |
| 1992 | +14.3% |
| 1996 | +13.1% |
| 2000 | −3.6% |
| 2004 | −20.1% |
| 2008 | −40.3% |
| 2012 | −45.3% |
| 2016 | −65.4% |
| 2020 | −70.0% |
| 2024 | −74.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,054 | 7,427 | 8,560 | ||
| R | 1,167 | 6,930 | 8,228 | ||
| R | 1,054 | 5,441 | 6,705 | ||
| R | 1,725 | 4,669 | 6,504 | ||
| R | 1,969 | 4,717 | 6,822 | ||
| R | 2,924 | 4,401 | 7,360 | ||
| R | 2,921 | 3,144 | 6,162 | ||
| D | 2,767 | 2,070 | 5,324 | ||
| D | 3,190 | 2,306 | 6,184 | ||
| R | 1,941 | 2,576 | 4,546 | ||
| R | 2,121 | 2,903 | 5,076 | ||
| R | 2,094 | 2,823 | 5,015 | ||
| D | 2,953 | 1,949 | 4,939 | ||
| R | 1,084 | 2,531 | 3,703 | ||
| R | 968 | 1,803 | 3,799 | ||
| D | 1,957 | 1,842 | 3,799 | ||
| R | 1,576 | 2,241 | 3,855 | ||
| R | 1,379 | 2,402 | 3,823 | ||
| R | 1,492 | 2,565 | 4,057 | ||
| R | 1,500 | 1,570 | 3,085 | ||
| R | 1,201 | 1,399 | 2,600 | ||
| D | 1,783 | 1,448 | 3,231 | ||
| D | 1,291 | 1,225 | 2,525 | ||
| R | 983 | 1,184 | 2,185 | ||
| R | 446 | 1,481 | 1,927 | ||
| R | 411 | 1,103 | 1,757 | ||
| R | 816 | 2,248 | 3,072 | ||
| R | 563 | 1,265 | 1,868 | ||
| O | 466 | 312 | 1,654 | ||
| R | 496 | 1,236 | 1,738 | ||
| R | 387 | 1,049 | 1,453 | ||
| R | 421 | 1,053 | 1,480 | ||
| R | 452 | 1,140 | 1,626 | ||
| R | 302 | 681 | 1,044 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.4%
Irish
13.5%
English
13.1%
German
12.8%
Scottish
3.1%
French
1.8%
Italian
1.3%
African American
3.5%
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: 42.3 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
$65,954
Morgan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Morgan County$65,954
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Morgan 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
15.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.3%
Working age (18–64)13.3%
Seniors (65+)19.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.4%
Spanish2.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A rural Appalachian county on the Cumberland Plateau, Morgan delivered roughly three-quarters of its 2024 presidential vote to the Republican column — a margin that places it among the most one-sided counties in the state.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twenty points in 1976 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by four points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-four points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $65,954 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 15% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crockett County and Obion County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morgan County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morgan County, Tennessee voted Republican by 74.5 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,560 votes cast, 1,054 went Democratic and 7,427 went Republican.
What is Morgan County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Morgan County, Tennessee in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did Morgan County, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgan County, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morgan County, Tennessee?
Morgan County, Tennessee has a population of 21,361 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgan County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Morgan County, Tennessee is $65,954 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Morgan County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morgan County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.