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1876–2024
Crossville, TN·Tennessee

Crossville, TN has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential elections — R+59 in 2024.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TN
LatestR+59in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population63,5532024 ACS

Crossville, TN, Tennessee: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+59%. Republican peak: R+59 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+59MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
63,5532024 5-year
Median household income
$60,3752024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
93.8%2024 5-year
Black
0.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+59 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Crossville, TN
TrumpR+59
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican79.1%27,399
Kamala HarrisDemocratic20.2%6,996
OtherAll other candidates0.7%247
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −58.9% in 2024.flipped R · 1980−58.9%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−30.7%
1896−31.2%
1900−29.5%
1904−39.3%
1908−35.7%
1912+9.0%
1916−36.6%
1920−45.4%
1924−23.0%
1928−40.3%
1932+2.0%
1936+0.6%
1940−1.7%
1944−20.5%
1948−10.2%
1952−22.9%
1956−24.7%
1960−23.0%
1964+1.6%
1968−28.1%
1972−50.0%
1976+4.8%
1980−24.7%
1984−32.3%
1988−31.0%
1992−4.6%
1996−8.7%
2000−17.6%
2004−28.8%
2008−37.1%
2012−49.0%
2016−57.7%
2020−57.1%
2024−58.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−58.9%
6,99627,39934,642
R
−57.1%
6,72825,16832,279
R
−57.7%
5,20220,41326,360
R
−49.0%
6,26118,65325,298
R
−37.1%
7,88917,43625,712
R
−28.8%
8,32715,14423,637
R
−17.6%
7,64410,99419,017
R
−8.7%
6,6768,09616,347
R
−4.6%
6,3937,11615,792
R
−31.0%
3,9647,55711,594
R
−32.3%
3,6057,08310,756
R
−24.7%
3,7756,35410,436
D
+4.8%
4,5434,1198,763
R
−50.0%
1,4824,5936,225
R
−28.1%
1,4283,1156,012
D
+1.6%
3,0732,9756,048
R
−23.0%
2,1893,5235,804
R
−24.7%
1,9253,2005,161
R
−22.9%
2,0593,2825,341
R
−10.2%
1,6071,9883,721
R
−20.5%
1,1741,7862,980
R
−1.7%
1,4431,4922,965
D
+0.6%
1,4261,4092,849
D
+2.0%
9969571,964
R
−40.3%
5051,1861,691
R
−23.0%
5388851,510
R
−45.4%
5571,4852,043
R
−36.6%
4289241,355
D
+9.0%
4893721,306
R
−35.7%
4791,0101,489
R
−39.3%
3758981,331
R
−29.5%
4057501,168
R
−31.2%
4188001,225
R
−30.7%
330632984
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.5%
American
13.9%
German
13.7%
Irish
11.4%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
2.3%
Polish
1.5%
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 53.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.2%
85+
1.5%
5.4%
75–84
5.5%
8.9%
65–74
10.0%
7.3%
55–64
8.3%
5.2%
45–54
5.3%
4.5%
35–44
4.9%
4.9%
25–34
4.7%
2.9%
18–24
2.7%
6.4%
5–17
6.1%
2.0%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,375
Crossville, TN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Crossville, TN$60,375
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.7%
Working age (18–64)12.8%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.6%
speak English only
Spanish1.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
21.5%
Baptist
17.7%
Methodist
5.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Crossville, TN sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of nine points in 1912 and a Republican high of fifty-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-nine points.

A population of 63,553, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,375 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Crossville, TN, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crossville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 58.9 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,642 votes cast, 6,996 went Democratic and 27,399 went Republican.
What is Crossville, TN, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Crossville, TN, Tennessee in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Crossville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crossville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Crossville, TN, Tennessee?
Crossville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 63,553 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crossville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Crossville, TN, Tennessee is $60,375 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Crossville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crossville, TN, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.