Moore County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 3,654 votes cast

Trump · R+69

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.9%	542	3,060	3,654
2020	R	−65.4%	573	2,888	3,539
2016	R	−62.5%	496	2,325	2,926
2012	R	−48.2%	705	2,053	2,799
2008	R	−38.2%	881	2,010	2,952
2004	R	−21.1%	1,084	1,668	2,774
2000	R	−1.7%	1,107	1,145	2,301
1996	D	+4.5%	935	846	1,980
1992	D	+22.8%	1,151	661	2,145
1988	R	−3.6%	731	786	1,530
1984	R	−3.3%	808	863	1,680
1980	D	+27.7%	993	551	1,595
1976	D	+53.2%	1,101	331	1,448
1972	R	−25.3%	356	608	996
1968	D	+8.6%	346	224	1,426
1964	D	+59.3%	1,034	264	1,298
1960	D	+46.3%	863	313	1,187
1956	D	+53.4%	893	270	1,167
1952	D	+40.0%	826	354	1,180
1948	D	+50.7%	523	102	831
1944	D	+67.7%	742	143	885
1940	D	+77.7%	869	106	982
1936	D	+74.9%	719	101	825
1932	D	+86.1%	923	65	996
1928	D	+52.2%	431	133	571
1924	D	+84.0%	492	41	537
1920	D	+69.3%	497	90	587
1916	D	+82.1%	722	71	793
1912	D	+70.3%	694	116	822
1908	D	+73.2%	677	103	784
1904	D	+78.5%	857	95	971
1900	D	+83.9%	838	66	920
1896	D	+82.3%	942	78	1,050
1892	D	+63.7%	717	62	1,028
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

1.8%

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: 46.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

2.0%

3.3%

75–84

3.0%

6.1%

65–74

6.7%

7.3%

55–64

8.9%

6.8%

45–54

6.3%

5.7%

35–44

5.2%

5.1%

25–34

5.5%

4.4%

18–24

3.1%

6.6%

5–17

8.0%

1.4%

3.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,469

Moore County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Moore County$66,469

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.0%

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

13.2%

Methodist

9.9%

Other Christian

8.7%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Moore County, home to the Jack Daniel's distillery in Lynchburg, consistently records some of the widest Republican margins in the state despite — or perhaps because of — its overwhelmingly rural, small-town character.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Moore County peaked at eighty-six points in 1932; 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 two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Moore County's median household income of $66,469 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bedford County and Polk County.

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