Cowan, TN
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+25.7 |
| 2012 | R+28.7 |
| 2016 | R+48.2 |
| 2020 | R+51.5 |
| 2024 | R+56.7 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,934 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+56.7 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $46,406 |
| County | Franklin County |
| State | TN |
Place narrative
Cowan sits at the foot of the Cumberland Plateau in Franklin County, a reliably Republican corner of Middle Tennessee where small-town industrial heritage and proximity to the University of the South shape a community far smaller than its 19th-century railroad ambitions once suggested.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −56.7% | 162 | 594 | 6 | 762 |
| 2020 | R | −51.5% | 184 | 583 | 7 | 774 |
| 2016 | R | −48.2% | 157 | 465 | 17 | 639 |
| 2012 | R | −28.7% | 207 | 377 | 9 | 593 |
| 2008 | R | −25.7% | 281 | 482 | 20 | 783 |
| 2004† | R | −11.9% | 329 | 418 | 3 | 750 |
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 | 82.7% |
| Black | 12.7% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $46,406 |
| Poverty rate | 30.8% |
| Median age | 35.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.9% |
| Age 65 and older | 18.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 13.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.8% |
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 TN state page.