Lake County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

3 precincts · 1,939 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	−54.9%	429	1,493	1,939
2020	R	−47.5%	526	1,492	2,034
2016	R	−39.6%	577	1,357	1,970
2012	R	−13.4%	884	1,163	2,087
2008	R	−6.7%	1,024	1,175	2,238
2004	D	+11.7%	1,317	1,039	2,370
2000	D	+28.7%	1,419	781	2,224
1996	D	+34.5%	1,273	589	1,982
1992	D	+33.3%	1,449	680	2,306
1988	D	+7.4%	935	806	1,750
1984	D	+15.0%	1,191	878	2,092
1980	D	+34.9%	1,718	823	2,563
1976	D	+52.6%	1,933	591	2,549
1972	R	−35.0%	536	1,147	1,746
1968	D	+13.6%	737	409	2,408
1964	D	+38.7%	1,667	736	2,403
1960	D	+28.5%	1,346	732	2,151
1956	D	+51.7%	1,673	512	2,246
1952	D	+50.0%	1,475	487	1,975
1948	D	+43.5%	833	179	1,502
1944	D	+81.1%	1,440	150	1,590
1940	D	+86.3%	2,962	213	3,187
1936	D	+93.8%	3,604	113	3,720
1932	D	+91.8%	1,824	78	1,902
1928	D	+70.5%	960	166	1,126
1924	D	+80.0%	817	87	913
1920	D	+54.1%	1,192	352	1,552
1916	D	+68.7%	727	130	869
1912	D	+56.7%	499	122	665
1908	D	+43.9%	464	178	651
1904	D	+45.8%	469	174	644
1900	D	+47.0%	558	201	759
1896	D	+71.8%	811	126	954
1892	D	+89.2%	468	6	518
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

18.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.2%

85+

1.0%

2.2%

75–84

3.1%

4.7%

65–74

5.1%

7.8%

55–64

5.6%

11.6%

45–54

5.2%

11.8%

35–44

4.2%

12.0%

25–34

3.7%

4.1%

18–24

2.8%

5.7%

5–17

5.1%

2.5%

1.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$28,814

Lake County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Lake County$28,814

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

32.2%

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

28.9%

Other Christian

15.9%

Methodist

6.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.3%

Non-Christian

1.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lake County, hugging the Mississippi River in the state's northwest corner, recorded an R+54.9 margin in 2024 despite a population under 8,000 — making it a study in how rural river-bottom communities vote at near-uniform rates.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lake County peaked at ninety-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2008 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lake County's median household income of $28,814 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 32% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Humphreys County and Trousdale County.

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For one hundred twelve years, Lake County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.