Hickman County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 10,309 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.1%	1,968	8,265	10,309
2020	R	−55.4%	2,130	7,577	9,832
2016	R	−49.5%	1,824	5,695	7,813
2012	R	−27.1%	2,698	4,758	7,602
2008	R	−14.4%	3,563	4,784	8,498
2004	R	−1.1%	4,263	4,359	8,673
2000	D	+18.2%	4,239	2,914	7,264
1996	D	+29.8%	3,917	2,002	6,418
1992	D	+33.8%	4,093	1,820	6,727
1988	D	+8.1%	2,643	2,246	4,918
1984	D	+10.7%	2,941	2,370	5,334
1980	D	+25.3%	3,225	1,903	5,230
1976	D	+50.9%	3,590	1,154	4,787
1972	R	−15.9%	1,393	1,943	3,466
1968	D	+8.9%	1,152	760	4,385
1964	D	+47.7%	2,877	1,019	3,896
1960	D	+31.9%	2,401	1,224	3,687
1956	D	+40.0%	2,439	1,040	3,496
1952	D	+43.0%	2,625	1,044	3,679
1948	D	+57.7%	2,140	478	2,878
1944	D	+56.4%	2,223	618	2,846
1940	D	+62.1%	2,776	644	3,434
1936	D	+67.0%	1,804	353	2,165
1932	D	+64.7%	1,812	385	2,205
1928	D	+34.1%	1,038	510	1,548
1924	D	+48.3%	922	315	1,258
1920	R	−3.8%	1,362	1,470	2,847
1916	D	+17.9%	1,479	1,026	2,530
1912	D	+18.4%	1,288	868	2,280
1908	D	+9.3%	1,285	1,065	2,373
1904	D	+14.0%	1,231	922	2,214
1900	D	+17.9%	1,292	894	2,219
1896	D	+22.0%	1,553	988	2,566
1892	D	+30.5%	1,179	554	2,050
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

2.6%

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: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

0.9%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

5.3%

65–74

5.8%

7.3%

55–64

6.5%

6.9%

45–54

6.8%

7.4%

35–44

6.0%

7.2%

25–34

5.8%

4.2%

18–24

3.2%

8.3%

5–17

7.5%

2.8%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,247

Hickman County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hickman County$68,247

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.6%

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

15.2%

Baptist

13.2%

Methodist

4.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hickman County, a rural stretch of the Western Highland Rim with no large population center, delivered a 61-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps of any county in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Hickman County peaked at sixty-seven points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Hickman County's median household income of $68,247 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of DeKalb County and Van Buren County.

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For one hundred eight years, Hickman County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.