Coffee County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 24,932 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.1%	5,440	19,174	24,932
2020	R	−50.2%	5,705	17,883	24,282
2016	R	−48.4%	4,743	14,417	19,971
2012	R	−37.1%	5,870	13,023	19,259
2008	R	−29.4%	7,132	13,250	20,790
2004	R	−17.6%	8,243	11,793	20,167
2000	R	−0.3%	8,741	8,788	17,788
1996	D	+5.6%	7,951	7,038	16,301
1992	D	+14.6%	8,534	6,047	17,044
1988	R	−15.8%	5,686	7,837	13,615
1984	R	−14.9%	5,691	7,695	13,468
1980	D	+16.1%	7,612	5,454	13,393
1976	D	+34.7%	8,017	3,848	12,005
1972	R	−35.5%	2,973	6,416	9,695
1968	R	−2.7%	3,040	3,337	11,171
1964	D	+38.8%	6,837	3,012	9,849
1960	D	+19.5%	4,555	3,058	7,686
1956	D	+34.5%	4,930	2,389	7,369
1952	D	+25.2%	3,537	2,110	5,665
1948	D	+40.0%	2,041	599	3,601
1944	D	+65.2%	2,703	568	3,274
1940	D	+68.3%	2,277	424	2,712
1936	D	+67.7%	2,148	408	2,570
1932	D	+63.3%	1,950	430	2,400
1928	D	+2.1%	1,175	1,126	2,311
1924	D	+53.7%	1,691	488	2,239
1920	D	+42.6%	2,043	822	2,865
1916	D	+57.5%	1,837	489	2,346
1912	D	+51.1%	1,705	521	2,317
1908	D	+42.5%	1,654	656	2,346
1904	D	+44.7%	1,441	536	2,024
1900	D	+43.9%	1,660	624	2,360
1896	D	+48.0%	1,891	639	2,611
1892	D	+45.4%	1,415	414	2,206
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%

African American

3.4%

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

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: 39.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.1%

2.2%

75–84

3.2%

4.9%

65–74

5.4%

6.4%

55–64

6.8%

5.8%

45–54

6.2%

5.9%

35–44

6.1%

6.7%

25–34

6.3%

4.1%

18–24

3.8%

9.2%

5–17

8.7%

3.2%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,505

Coffee County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Coffee County$61,505

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.4%

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

19.9%

Other Christian

13.1%

Methodist

6.9%

Mainline Protestant

3.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.4%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Coffee County sits on the Highland Rim southeast of Nashville, anchored by Manchester, and has shifted from a competitive rural Democrat stronghold in the 1990s to one of Tennessee's most lopsided Republican counties, posting a 55-point margin in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Coffee County peaked at sixty-eight points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of zero points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Coffee County's median household income of $61,505 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Putnam County and Morgan County.

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