Baker County, Florida

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 14,976 votes cast

Trump · R+73

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−73.1%	1,982	12,925	14,976
2020	R	−70.2%	2,037	11,911	14,059
2016	R	−64.8%	2,112	10,294	12,634
2012	R	−58.6%	2,311	8,975	11,368
2008	R	−57.4%	2,327	8,672	11,059
2004	R	−55.8%	2,180	7,738	9,955
2000	R	−39.5%	2,392	5,611	8,155
1996	R	−21.3%	2,273	3,686	6,637
1992	R	−21.3%	1,976	3,418	6,756
1988	R	−43.1%	1,355	3,418	4,781
1984	R	−43.2%	1,381	3,485	4,866
1980	D	+6.6%	2,611	2,283	4,976
1976	D	+45.9%	2,985	1,058	4,195
1972	R	−67.3%	379	1,943	2,323
1968	D	+7.0%	487	294	2,743
1964	D	+0.7%	1,137	1,121	2,258
1960	D	+57.4%	1,469	398	1,867
1956	D	+59.5%	1,443	366	1,809
1952	D	+55.9%	1,482	419	1,901
1948	D	+62.7%	849	112	1,176
1944	D	+79.9%	1,137	127	1,264
1940	D	+84.4%	1,352	114	1,466
1936	D	+86.1%	1,555	116	1,671
1932	D	+87.3%	1,278	87	1,365
1928	R	−46.5%	242	676	934
1924	D	+24.0%	215	124	379
1920	D	+45.5%	346	115	508
1916	D	+68.9%	439	52	562
1912	D	+39.6%	168	37	331
1908	D	+14.3%	152	104	336
1904	D	+25.7%	207	120	339
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+31.4%	337	176	513
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

3.7%

African American

9.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.0%

2.0%

75–84

2.4%

4.6%

65–74

4.9%

6.2%

55–64

5.4%

6.6%

45–54

7.0%

7.6%

35–44

5.7%

7.7%

25–34

5.5%

5.0%

18–24

3.9%

10.6%

5–17

7.9%

3.3%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,836

Baker County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Baker County$79,836

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

16.3%

Baptist

9.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.3%

Methodist

1.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A rural county in the state's northeastern corner, Baker recorded an R+73.1 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in Florida—reflecting a predominantly white, small-town population with little competitive electoral history.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Baker County peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of forty-three points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Baker County's median household income of $79,836 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chilton County and Webster County.

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For ninety-six years, Baker County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.