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1876–2024
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Hawkins County·Tennessee

Hawkins County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Tennessee's most Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Hawkins County, Tennessee · Walker Kinsler · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+69
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
57,964
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grainger County
TN · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 26,321 votes cast
Trump · R+69
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−68.7%
3,98722,06626,321
2020R
−65.8%
4,08320,40524,824
2016R
−63.3%
3,50716,64820,774
2012R
−46.9%
5,08814,38219,837
2008R
−41.9%
5,93014,75621,040
2004R
−33.4%
6,68413,44720,233
2000R
−19.4%
6,75310,07117,098
1996R
−11.3%
6,3678,16415,941
1992R
−7.0%
6,6237,75816,285
1988R
−28.3%
5,2129,35614,646
1984R
−34.2%
4,8029,86314,793
1980R
−18.9%
5,2837,83613,529
1976R
−3.8%
5,9316,40712,412
1972R
−48.1%
2,6087,79110,775
1968R
−39.1%
2,2136,21710,228
1964R
−15.4%
4,1915,7129,903
1960R
−45.7%
2,5867,0109,672
1956R
−36.8%
3,1806,91610,164
1952R
−37.2%
2,4045,2957,765
1948R
−27.8%
2,0193,6375,819
1944R
−35.5%
1,7563,6925,458
1940R
−22.1%
2,1083,3145,458
1936R
−18.3%
2,2783,3005,589
1932R
−9.4%
2,3912,8905,302
1928R
−42.8%
1,1862,9654,157
1924R
−23.6%
1,5962,6004,247
1920R
−31.2%
1,3812,6504,070
1916R
−20.6%
1,1421,7392,897
1912D
+7.8%
1,0268282,532
1908R
−19.0%
1,1521,6932,845
1904R
−23.4%
9351,5102,460
1900R
−14.7%
1,8672,5154,405
1896R
−24.1%
1,7232,8244,576
1892R
−3.8%
1,7101,8473,640
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
1.0%
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.
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
40.8%
Methodist
6.3%
Other Christian
5.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hawkins County, tucked against the Virginia border in the Appalachian Highlands, recorded an R+68.8 margin in 2024—among the widest in a state that has shifted dramatically toward one-party dominance over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Hawkins County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Hawkins County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,936, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 57,964 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grainger County and McMinn County.