† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupClevelandTennesseeUnited States
English12.5%13.3%9.5%
Irish11.1%9.3%9.4%
German8.9%9.1%12.5%
American8.4%11.3%5.3%
Italian2.4%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish2.4%1.7%—
Scottish2.0%2.2%1.3%
French1.8%1.3%1.6%
Mexican7.2%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan1.0%0.6%0.5%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
African American†5.9%14.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
Asian Indian1.0%0.5%1.4%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cleveland
Tennessee
United States
Median age
36.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.0%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cleveland
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$58,559
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.7%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.2%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cleveland
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.6%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
9.4%
5.3%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.2%
0.2%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
0.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cleveland
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cleveland, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−39.5%
2008
−43.1%
2012
−46.1%
2016
−48.8%
2020
−42.6%
2024
−47.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
25.8%Harris4,765
73.0%Trump13,499
1.3%
R+47.2
R+4.6
R+45.7
18,503
R
27.7%Biden4,924
70.3%Trump12,507
2.0%
R+42.6
D+6.1
R+47.1
17,782
R
22.8%Clinton3,408
71.6%Trump10,699
5.6%
R+48.8
R+2.7
R+50.9
14,948
R
26.1%Obama3,750
72.2%Romney10,376
1.8%
R+46.1
R+3.0
R+49.9
14,380
R
27.6%Obama4,293
70.7%McCain10,990
1.6%
R+43.1
R+3.6
R+50.4
15,536
R
29.7%Kerry4,331
69.1%Bush10,093
1.2%
R+39.5
—
R+37.0
14,598
Cleveland sits at the edge of the Great Appalachian Valley where suburban expansion from Chattanooga has pushed population and voter rolls steadily upward, keeping this historically Republican enclave among the state's faster-shifting mid-size cities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 48.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.2 points.
A population of 48,829, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,559 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Enterprise and Weatherford.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cleveland, Tennessee voted Republican by 47.2 points (R+47.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,503 votes cast, 4,765 went Democratic and 13,499 went Republican.
How many people live in Cleveland, Tennessee?
Cleveland, Tennessee has a population of 48,829 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cleveland, Tennessee?
Median household income in Cleveland, Tennessee is $58,559 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Cleveland, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cleveland, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
