† 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
GroupSmyrnaTennesseeUnited States
English11.6%13.3%9.5%
German7.8%9.1%12.5%
American7.3%11.3%5.3%
Irish7.1%9.3%9.4%
Italian2.2%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.7%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.4%1.7%—
French1.3%1.3%1.6%
Mexican8.1%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran1.3%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan1.3%0.2%—
Honduran1.2%0.5%0.3%
Guatemalan1.0%0.6%0.5%
Cuban0.6%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.4%—0.7%
African American†17.7%14.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.6%0.5%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Laotian1.8%——
Asian Indian0.8%0.5%1.4%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Burmese0.4%——
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
Smyrna
Tennessee
United States
Median age
34.1
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.9%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Smyrna
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$81,926
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.8%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Smyrna
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.0%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
14.0%
5.3%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.0%
0.5%
1.1%
Arabic
3.5%
0.5%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Smyrna
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.
Smyrna, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−26.5%
2008
−21.2%
2012
−22.9%
2016
−24.6%
2020
−11.2%
2024
−17.4%
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
40.5%Harris8,342
57.9%Trump11,928
1.6%
R+17.4
R+6.2
R+15.9
20,591
R
43.3%Biden8,672
54.6%Trump10,917
2.1%
R+11.2
D+13.4
R+15.7
20,010
R
34.9%Clinton5,563
59.5%Trump9,492
5.6%
R+24.6
R+1.8
R+26.7
15,950
R
37.8%Obama4,961
60.6%Romney7,963
1.6%
R+22.9
R+1.7
R+26.7
13,135
R
38.6%Obama6,022
59.8%McCain9,329
1.6%
R+21.2
D+5.3
R+28.5
15,597
R
36.2%Kerry4,694
62.7%Bush8,124
1.1%
R+26.5
—
R+24.0
12,963
Smyrna's population has roughly doubled since 2000, driven by Nissan's assembly plant and Nashville-area spillover growth — a demographic churn that tends to compress partisan margins and elevate ticket-splitting in state and federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 26.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.4 points.
A population of 56,692, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,926 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Murfreesboro and Abilene.
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, Smyrna, Tennessee voted Republican by 17.4 points (R+17.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,591 votes cast, 8,342 went Democratic and 11,928 went Republican.
How many people live in Smyrna, Tennessee?
Smyrna, Tennessee has a population of 56,692 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Smyrna, Tennessee?
Median household income in Smyrna, Tennessee is $81,926 — above the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Smyrna, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Smyrna, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
