Pickett County, Tennessee: Republican loyalist county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Republican peak: R+66 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Republican loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,0792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,0302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bledsoe County, TN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pickett CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pickett County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 487 | 2,441 | 2,954 | ||
| R | 525 | 2,381 | 2,931 | ||
| R | 536 | 2,021 | 2,615 | ||
| R | 712 | 1,712 | 2,453 | ||
| R | 854 | 1,786 | 2,671 | ||
| R | 1,033 | 1,600 | 2,645 | ||
| R | 939 | 1,281 | 2,239 | ||
| R | 901 | 1,046 | 2,071 | ||
| D | 1,144 | 1,094 | 2,368 | ||
| R | 634 | 1,118 | 1,756 | ||
| R | 706 | 1,246 | 1,957 | ||
| R | 758 | 1,319 | 2,102 | ||
| R | 948 | 986 | 1,944 | ||
| R | 357 | 957 | 1,325 | ||
| R | 405 | 884 | 1,488 | ||
| R | 728 | 935 | 1,663 | ||
| R | 567 | 1,154 | 1,721 | ||
| R | 560 | 985 | 1,556 | ||
| R | 547 | 1,003 | 1,550 | ||
| R | 566 | 849 | 1,437 | ||
| R | 416 | 761 | 1,198 | ||
| R | 652 | 830 | 1,492 | ||
| R | 454 | 651 | 1,120 | ||
| D | 712 | 681 | 1,416 | ||
| R | 382 | 745 | 1,134 | ||
| R | 643 | 676 | 1,324 | ||
| R | 607 | 896 | 1,503 | ||
| R | 418 | 501 | 919 | ||
| D | 411 | 355 | 900 | ||
| R | 391 | 517 | 908 | ||
| R | 346 | 509 | 855 | ||
| R | 345 | 514 | 859 | ||
| R | 394 | 544 | 938 | ||
| R | 398 | 427 | 833 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
20.0%
English
16.2%
Irish
10.8%
German
8.8%
Italian
2.3%
Scottish
2.1%
French
1.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 51.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$49,030
Pickett County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Pickett County$49,030
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
23.9%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1844.9%
Working age (18–64)21.0%
Seniors (65+)10.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Spanish4.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pickett County sits in the upper Cumberland Plateau with under 5,000 residents, and its R+66 presidential margin reflects a pattern common to sparsely populated Appalachian-adjacent counties where rural white working-class voters have shifted sharply over the past two decades.
The Republican margin in Pickett County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $49,030, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,079 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 Bledsoe County and Hardin County.
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Pickett County, Tennessee — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/47137/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pickett County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pickett County, Tennessee voted Republican by 66.1 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,954 votes cast, 487 went Democratic and 2,441 went Republican.
What is Pickett County, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Pickett County, Tennessee as a "Republican loyalist" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 31 times, and other 0 times.
When did Pickett County, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pickett County, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Pickett County, Tennessee?
Pickett County, Tennessee has a population of 5,079 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pickett County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Pickett County, Tennessee is $49,030 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Pickett County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pickett County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.