Apalachicola, FL
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+16.4 |
| 2012 | D+10.6 |
| 2016 | D+6.8 |
| 2020 | D+15.2 |
| 2024 | D+5.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,431 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+5.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $51,875 |
| County | Franklin County |
| State | FL |
Place narrative
Apalachicola's long decline in commercial oystering—driven by upstream water disputes and habitat stress—has made resource-management policy unusually salient in a city of fewer than 2,500 residents on Florida's Forgotten Coast.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +5.9% | 747 | 663 | 18 | 1,428 |
| 2020 | D | +15.2% | 876 | 642 | 17 | 1,535 |
| 2016 | D | +6.8% | 684 | 594 | 52 | 1,330 |
| 2012 | D | +10.6% | 678 | 546 | 18 | 1,242 |
| 2008 | D | +16.4% | 768 | 547 | 29 | 1,344 |
| 2004† | D | +26.7% | 866 | 501 | 0 | 1,367 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 67.9% |
| Black | 23.5% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.3% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $51,875 |
| Poverty rate | 15.7% |
| Median age | 52.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 9.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 32.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 34.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 3.5% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Franklin County county page and the FL state page.