Scott County, Tennessee: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+80%. Republican peak: R+83 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+80MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,1132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,7112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 96.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+83 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hardin County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Scott CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Scott County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −72.6% |
| 1896 | −77.7% |
| 1900 | −79.4% |
| 1904 | −80.7% |
| 1908 | −81.1% |
| 1912 | +2.3% |
| 1916 | −70.8% |
| 1920 | −82.7% |
| 1924 | −64.5% |
| 1928 | −83.3% |
| 1932 | −29.4% |
| 1936 | −41.6% |
| 1940 | −20.3% |
| 1944 | −39.6% |
| 1948 | −34.5% |
| 1952 | −47.6% |
| 1956 | −58.8% |
| 1960 | −49.9% |
| 1964 | −9.0% |
| 1968 | −34.3% |
| 1972 | −59.9% |
| 1976 | −3.6% |
| 1980 | −26.7% |
| 1984 | −26.1% |
| 1988 | −22.7% |
| 1992 | −4.4% |
| 1996 | −2.5% |
| 2000 | −9.3% |
| 2004 | −18.7% |
| 2008 | −47.3% |
| 2012 | −55.0% |
| 2016 | −71.7% |
| 2020 | −77.5% |
| 2024 | −79.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 942 | 8,608 | 9,605 | ||
| R | 986 | 8,004 | 9,052 | ||
| R | 934 | 6,044 | 7,123 | ||
| R | 1,452 | 5,117 | 6,668 | ||
| R | 1,720 | 4,931 | 6,783 | ||
| R | 3,086 | 4,509 | 7,628 | ||
| R | 2,967 | 3,579 | 6,615 | ||
| R | 2,506 | 2,646 | 5,637 | ||
| R | 2,730 | 3,011 | 6,418 | ||
| R | 1,611 | 2,562 | 4,193 | ||
| R | 1,810 | 3,107 | 4,961 | ||
| R | 1,724 | 3,014 | 4,832 | ||
| R | 2,260 | 2,432 | 4,730 | ||
| R | 679 | 2,775 | 3,502 | ||
| R | 991 | 2,406 | 4,131 | ||
| R | 2,007 | 2,406 | 4,413 | ||
| R | 1,098 | 3,301 | 4,411 | ||
| R | 842 | 3,282 | 4,149 | ||
| R | 1,161 | 3,274 | 4,435 | ||
| R | 972 | 2,016 | 3,024 | ||
| R | 850 | 1,971 | 2,832 | ||
| R | 1,448 | 2,187 | 3,649 | ||
| R | 827 | 2,012 | 2,847 | ||
| R | 1,025 | 1,890 | 2,940 | ||
| R | 244 | 2,700 | 2,948 | ||
| R | 274 | 1,611 | 2,073 | ||
| R | 221 | 2,537 | 2,802 | ||
| R | 206 | 1,486 | 1,807 | ||
| O | 160 | 123 | 1,642 | ||
| R | 190 | 1,932 | 2,147 | ||
| R | 166 | 1,567 | 1,736 | ||
| R | 171 | 1,498 | 1,672 | ||
| R | 209 | 1,691 | 1,907 | ||
| R | 156 | 1,198 | 1,436 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.0%
American
13.6%
Irish
9.8%
German
4.4%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
2.6%
Polish
0.5%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 40.7 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
$44,711
Scott County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Scott County$44,711
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Scott County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
23.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.9%
Working age (18–64)22.4%
Seniors (65+)16.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.6%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Spanish0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This sparsely populated Appalachian county in northeastern Tennessee recorded an R+79.8 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided results in the state. Coal-era economic geography and a predominantly white, rural population shape its consistently uniform voting pattern.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at two points in 1912 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $44,711 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 23% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardin County and Union County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Scott County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Scott County, Tennessee voted Republican by 79.8 points (R+80), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,605 votes cast, 942 went Democratic and 8,608 went Republican.
What is Scott County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Scott 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 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Scott County, Tennessee?
Scott County, Tennessee has a population of 22,113 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scott County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Scott County, Tennessee is $44,711 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Scott County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Scott County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.