Chester County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 7,577 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.9%	1,286	6,206	7,577
2020	R	−59.9%	1,412	5,952	7,584
2016	R	−59.0%	1,243	5,081	6,507
2012	R	−47.7%	1,624	4,684	6,410
2008	R	−43.2%	1,797	4,587	6,459
2004	R	−29.0%	2,242	4,086	6,357
2000	R	−22.6%	2,192	3,487	5,728
1996	R	−16.8%	1,922	2,746	4,901
1992	R	−9.2%	2,317	2,834	5,596
1988	R	−22.5%	1,757	2,781	4,555
1984	R	−20.1%	1,854	2,793	4,680
1980	R	−12.7%	2,123	2,751	4,940
1976	D	+12.9%	2,532	1,949	4,517
1972	R	−47.0%	961	2,787	3,887
1968	R	−13.0%	849	1,408	4,294
1964	R	−0.1%	1,763	1,767	3,530
1960	R	−20.1%	1,192	1,807	3,060
1956	D	+1.2%	1,495	1,460	2,989
1952	R	−6.0%	1,484	1,674	3,158
1948	D	+11.0%	980	766	1,940
1944	D	+10.8%	1,156	931	2,091
1940	D	+20.5%	1,537	1,015	2,552
1936	D	+34.8%	1,172	565	1,744
1932	D	+46.4%	985	356	1,357
1928	D	+11.6%	735	582	1,317
1924	D	+21.8%	758	484	1,258
1920	D	+0.8%	1,105	1,088	2,229
1916	D	+14.0%	862	645	1,549
1912	D	+23.6%	636	312	1,374
1908	D	+9.1%	703	577	1,384
1904	D	+16.1%	824	578	1,524
1900	D	+11.4%	894	702	1,680
1896	D	+27.7%	1,078	607	1,701
1892	D	+17.2%	738	480	1,502
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
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

5.1%

African American

7.6%

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: 37.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.7%

2.5%

75–84

2.4%

5.0%

65–74

6.1%

6.0%

55–64

6.0%

5.6%

45–54

6.1%

5.4%

35–44

6.0%

5.9%

25–34

6.5%

6.1%

18–24

6.3%

7.8%

5–17

8.3%

2.9%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,341

Chester County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Chester County$59,341

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.1%

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

Baptist

23.0%

Other Christian

20.2%

Methodist

5.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Chester County's R+64.9 margin in 2024 places it among the most uniformly Republican counties in the state. Its rural, small-town character — anchored by Henderson — reflects broader West Tennessee patterns of consolidated single-party voting.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Chester County, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Chester County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 85% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,341, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of DeKalb County and Grainger County.

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Chester County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.