† 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
GroupSweetwaterTennesseeUnited States
Irish12.2%9.3%9.4%
English10.9%13.3%9.5%
German10.8%9.1%12.5%
American10.6%11.3%5.3%
Scotch-Irish2.4%1.7%—
Scottish2.3%2.2%1.3%
Italian1.4%2.2%4.8%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Mexican5.4%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
African American†5.1%14.3%9.9%
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
Sweetwater
Tennessee
United States
Median age
40.8
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.2%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sweetwater
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$45,451
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.7%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sweetwater
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.9%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
7.9%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sweetwater
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.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−23.3%
2008
−31.5%
2012
−40.0%
2016
−47.4%
2020
−51.2%
2024
−53.1%
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
22.9%Harris585
76.0%Trump1,940
1.1%
R+53.1
R+1.9
R+51.6
2,553
R
23.8%Biden656
75.0%Trump2,069
1.2%
R+51.2
R+3.8
R+55.7
2,759
R
24.6%Clinton521
72.0%Trump1,525
3.4%
R+47.4
R+7.4
R+49.5
2,117
R
29.3%Obama660
69.3%Romney1,561
1.4%
R+40.0
R+8.5
R+43.8
2,253
R
33.2%Obama782
64.7%McCain1,523
2.0%
R+31.5
R+8.2
R+38.8
2,353
R
38.2%Kerry829
61.5%Bush1,336
0.4%
R+23.3
—
R+20.9
2,173
Sweetwater sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 53.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.1 points.
A population of 6,532, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,451 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dayton and Dexter.
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, Sweetwater, Tennessee voted Republican by 53.1 points (R+53.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,553 votes cast, 585 went Democratic and 1,940 went Republican.
How many people live in Sweetwater, Tennessee?
Sweetwater, Tennessee has a population of 6,532 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sweetwater, Tennessee?
Median household income in Sweetwater, Tennessee is $45,451 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Sweetwater, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sweetwater, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
