2024 presidential election
Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance)
HarrisD+28.6
Constituent county margins for Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), TNOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 63.3% | 174,806 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 34.7% | 95,872 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.0% | 5,648 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +22.8% |
| 2012 | +20.9% |
| 2016 | +27.2% |
| 2020 | +33.4% |
| 2024 | +28.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 174,806 | 95,872 | 276,326 | ||
| D | 192,392 | 93,813 | 295,468 | ||
| D | 143,127 | 78,682 | 236,702 | ||
| D | 138,264 | 90,375 | 228,639 | ||
| D | 153,219 | 95,631 | 252,167 |
Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance)City | TennesseeState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 54.6% | 72.4% | 61.0% |
| Black | 24.9% | 15.6% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 3.5% | 1.9% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 11.2% | 7.0% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 5.7% | 3.1% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14.1% | 7.4% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $77,371 | $69,595 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 14.1% | 13.8% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 34.5 | 39.3 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 9.6% | 8.9% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 12.9% | 17.1% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 48.0% | 31.1% | 35.7% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 19.6% | 8.6% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 11.0% | 5.2% | 13.6% |
| Arabic | 2.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Other languages | 1.9% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Other Indo-European | 1.4% | 0.7% | 2.0% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | English 11.0% | English 13.3% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | German 8.9% | American 11.3% | English 9.5% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | Irish 8.0% | Irish 9.3% | Irish 9.4% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 8.7%County context | 4.0% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 27.8%County context | 36.6% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 38.2%County context | 44.5% | 51.5% |
| Black Protestant | 11.1%County context | 5.5% | 2.2% |
| Mainline Protestant | 6.7%County context | 6.5% | 5.2% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.0%
German
8.9%
Irish
8.0%
American
5.6%
Italian
2.9%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.5%
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: 34.5 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
$77,371
Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance)$77,371
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.9%
Working age (18–64)12.2%
Seniors (65+)11.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.4%
speak English only
Spanish11.0%
Arabic2.0%
Other languages1.9%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.5%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
Vietnamese0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Korean0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted38.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.
Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance) sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.4 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 690,130, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,371 describe the city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee voted Democratic by 28.6 points (D+28.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 276,326 votes cast, 174,806 went Democratic and 95,872 went Republican.
What is Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee in the "" typology. 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 5 elections in the dataset, the city has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee?
Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee has a population of 690,130 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee?
Median household income in Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee is $77,371 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Nashville-Davidson Metropolitan Government (balance), Tennessee from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The city's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.