combined metro areaJacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+26.5
2008R+16.1
2012R+19.5
2016R+18.9
2020R+14.4
2024R+19.9
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 69.5% of 1,351,160 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
371,037
558,145
9,635
938,817
1,351,160
69.5%
2020
390,818
524,430
11,530
926,778
1,233,557
75.1%
2016
305,630
454,327
27,162
787,119
1,144,988
68.7%
2012
288,292
429,723
6,487
724,502
1,075,611
67.4%
2008
297,769
413,176
4,855
715,800
1,018,582
70.3%
2004
231,782
400,784
4,144
636,710
961,553†
66.2%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
7 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupJacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GAUnited States
English11.6%9.5%
Irish10.0%9.4%
German9.6%12.5%
American7.6%5.3%
Italian4.5%4.8%
Scottish2.1%1.3%
French1.8%1.6%
Polish1.7%2.2%
African American†17.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.5%
Haitian0.7%0.3%
Jamaican0.6%0.4%
Puerto Rican3.3%1.8%
Mexican2.1%11.3%
Cuban1.5%0.7%
Colombian0.7%0.4%
Dominican0.4%0.7%
Venezuelan0.4%—
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%—
Filipino1.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
United States
Median age
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
United States
Median household income
$80,131
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
United States
Catholic
12.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.9%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.4%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+74.5%
1896
+19.6%
1900
+39.9%
1904
+39.1%
1908
+37.3%
1912
+66.3%
1916
+50.7%
1920
+29.7%
1924
+26.1%
1928
−22.0%
1932
+51.4%
1936
+62.6%
1940
+62.1%
1944
+49.8%
1948
+21.3%
1952
+4.2%
1956
−0.4%
1960
+9.9%
1964
−3.0%
1968
+0.8%
1972
−47.8%
1976
+17.4%
1980
−6.7%
1984
−29.7%
1988
−30.1%
1992
−15.1%
1996
−11.4%
2000
−24.0%
2004
−26.5%
2008
−16.1%
2012
−19.5%
2016
−18.9%
2020
−14.4%
2024
−19.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.5%Harris371,037
59.5%Trump558,145
1.0%
R+19.9
R+5.5
R+18.5
938,817
R
42.2%Biden390,818
56.6%Trump524,430
1.2%
R+14.4
D+4.5
R+18.9
926,778
R
38.8%Clinton305,630
57.7%Trump454,327
3.5%
R+18.9
D+0.6
R+21.0
787,119
R
39.8%Obama288,292
59.3%Romney429,723
0.9%
R+19.5
R+3.4
R+23.4
724,502
R
41.6%Obama297,769
57.7%McCain413,176
0.7%
R+16.1
D+10.4
R+23.4
715,800
R
36.4%Kerry231,782
62.9%Bush400,784
0.7%
R+26.5
R+2.5
R+24.1
636,710
R
37.0%Gore167,306
61.0%Bush275,774
1.9%
R+24.0
R+12.6
R+24.5
451,811
R
40.7%Clinton167,507
52.2%Dole214,482
7.1%
R+11.4
D+3.6
R+19.9
411,206
R
34.6%Clinton136,139
49.6%Bush195,391
15.8%
R+15.1
D+15.1
R+20.6
393,560
R
34.7%Dukakis106,859
64.8%Bush199,580
0.5%
R+30.1
R+0.5
R+22.4
307,944
R
35.2%Mondale104,481
64.8%Reagan192,595
0.0%
R+29.7
R+23.0
R+11.4
297,120
R
45.0%Carter124,509
51.7%Reagan142,976
3.2%
R+6.7
R+24.1
D+3.1
276,399
D
58.2%Carter143,174
40.8%Ford100,354
1.1%
D+17.4
D+65.2
D+15.3
246,181
R
25.9%McGovern56,153
73.8%Nixon159,682
0.3%
R+47.8
R+48.6
R+24.7
216,517
O
31.0%Humphrey65,687
30.2%Nixon64,017
38.7%
Wallace +7.7
D+3.8
D+1.5
211,725
R
48.5%Johnson97,442
51.5%Goldwater103,500
0.0%
R+3.0
R+12.9
R+25.6
200,942
D
54.9%Kennedy88,933
45.1%Nixon72,963
0.0%
D+9.9
D+10.3
D+9.7
161,896
R
49.8%Stevenson67,733
50.2%Eisenhower68,266
0.0%
R+0.4
R+4.6
D+15.0
135,999
D
52.1%Stevenson69,313
47.9%Eisenhower63,699
0.0%
D+4.2
R+17.1
D+15.0
133,012
D
47.0%Truman36,971
25.7%Dewey20,236
27.2%
D+21.3
R+28.5
D+16.8
78,593
D
74.9%Roosevelt48,393
25.1%Dewey16,215
0.0%
D+49.8
R+12.3
D+42.3
64,608
D
81.1%Roosevelt53,894
18.9%Willkie12,581
0.0%
D+62.1
R+0.4
D+52.2
66,476
D
81.3%Roosevelt36,525
18.7%Landon8,401
0.0%
D+62.6
D+11.2
D+38.3
44,929
D
75.7%Roosevelt28,877
24.3%Hoover9,260
0.0%
D+51.4
D+73.4
D+33.6
38,140
R
38.2%Smith15,134
60.2%Hoover23,857
1.6%
R+22.0
R+48.1
R+4.5
39,631
D
54.5%Davis9,163
28.5%Coolidge4,784
17.0%
D+26.1
R+3.7
D+51.2
16,806
D
62.3%Cox18,973
32.6%Harding9,926
5.0%
D+29.7
R+21.0
D+55.9
30,432
D
68.4%Wilson8,958
17.7%Hughes2,312
14.0%
D+50.7
R+15.6
D+47.6
13,099
D
73.6%Wilson6,231
7.3%Taft620
19.0%
D+66.3
D+29.0
D+46.8
8,463
D
61.2%Bryan5,090
23.9%Taft1,990
14.9%
D+37.3
R+1.8
D+46.8
8,318
D
64.0%Parker4,436
24.9%Roosevelt1,728
11.1%
D+39.1
R+0.8
D+58.7
6,931
D
66.4%Bryan3,279
26.5%McKinley1,308
7.1%
D+39.9
D+20.3
D+47.5
4,938
D
55.9%Bryan3,009
36.2%McKinley1,951
7.9%
D+19.6
R+54.8
D+25.7
5,385
D
84.3%Cleveland2,614
9.8%Harrison305
5.8%
D+74.5
—
D+72.8
3,100
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2023R+13.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+19.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.6 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017 (partial)
1,031,406
348,778
453,817
222,649
6,162
2019 (partial)
1,099,425
372,251
473,454
241,033
12,687
2021 (partial)
1,163,364
386,532
503,759
251,772
21,301
2023 (partial)
1,132,388
353,400
504,110
247,807
27,071
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+18,943 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +255,116 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,945
2012
+5,298
2013
+5,824
2014
+12,938
2015
+17,790
2016
+20,273
2017
+20,071
2018
+20,876
2019
+21,401
2021
+29,288
2022
+30,539
2023
+28,646
2024
+21,284
2025
+18,943
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.5 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 47.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.9 points.
A population of 1,816,094, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,131 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC and Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK.
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How did Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida voted Republican by 19.9 points (R+19.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 938,817 votes cast, 371,037 went Democratic and 558,145 went Republican.
When did Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida?
Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida has a population of 1,816,094 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida?
Median household income in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida is $80,131 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jacksonville-Kingsland-Palatka, FL-GA, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
