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1876–2024
Davidson County, Tennessee
Davidson County·Tennessee

Davidson County is one of the bluest places in America.

Nashville's home county, among Tennessee's most Democratic by margin

18762024·38 elections
Davidson County, Tennessee · Michael Rivera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+27
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
715,388
2024 ACS
Most similar
Westchester County
NY · similarity 0.98
178 precincts · 292,189 votes cast
Harris · D+27
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+27.2%
181,862102,256292,189
2020D
+32.1%
199,703100,218309,658
2016D
+25.8%
148,86484,550249,068
2012D
+18.5%
143,12097,622245,534
2008D
+21.0%
158,423102,915264,486
2004D
+10.3%
132,737107,839242,302
2000D
+17.4%
120,50884,117208,588
1996D
+16.1%
110,80578,453200,382
1992D
+14.6%
106,35576,567203,807
1988R
−4.9%
89,27098,599188,946
1984R
−4.6%
89,49898,155188,814
1980D
+21.6%
103,74165,772175,606
1976D
+23.7%
99,00760,662161,598
1972R
−25.1%
48,86982,636134,797
1968D
+0.3%
44,54344,175136,607
1964D
+27.3%
79,38745,335124,722
1960D
+6.7%
59,64952,077112,597
1956D
+20.8%
56,82237,07794,874
1952D
+17.9%
51,56235,91687,630
1948D
+33.1%
20,8778,41037,643
1944D
+44.4%
26,49310,17436,760
1940D
+51.8%
27,5898,76336,352
1936D
+69.8%
25,5304,46730,158
1932D
+49.6%
21,2337,00428,666
1928R
−6.5%
13,44215,32228,798
1924D
+39.7%
11,3634,51617,249
1920D
+32.2%
13,3546,81120,346
1916D
+47.0%
8,9583,16812,320
1912D
+64.8%
9,5171,42812,481
1908D
+49.8%
8,3092,72111,232
1904D
+58.6%
7,7351,9009,956
1900D
+45.0%
6,8692,5019,700
1896D
+13.1%
7,5115,72013,659
1892D
+44.7%
8,4802,99312,265
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
1.2%
African American
19.7%
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.
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
17.2%
Other Christian
16.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.1%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
Methodist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Non-Christian
3.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Davidson County anchors Tennessee's Democratic vote, driven by a dense urban core, a large Black population, and a substantial younger professional class that has grown steadily as Nashville's economy expanded over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Davidson County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at seventy points in 1936; the 2024 margin was twenty-seven points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Davidson County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,853, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Westchester County and Snohomish County.