Paris, TN Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Paris, TN

TrumpR+55.3

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	77.1%	11,629
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	21.8%	3,286
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	161

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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	+33.4%
1896	+35.0%
1900	+45.6%
1904	+42.4%
1908	+37.4%
1912	+41.1%
1916	+35.9%
1920	+40.0%
1924	+60.0%
1928	+43.8%
1932	+77.6%
1936	+74.0%
1940	+70.6%
1944	+62.9%
1948	+62.9%
1952	+40.0%
1956	+40.8%
1960	+24.5%
1964	+44.4%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−25.2%
1976	+46.3%
1980	+20.6%
1984	+0.3%
1988	+3.5%
1992	+25.9%
1996	+16.4%
2000	+1.2%
2004	−12.2%
2008	−22.4%
2012	−30.3%
2016	−49.8%
2020	−51.1%
2024	−55.3%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	21.8%Harris3,286	77.1%Trump11,629	1.1%	−55.3%	15,076
2020	R	23.6%Biden3,548	74.7%Trump11,239	1.7%incl. Jorgensen	−51.1%	15,047
2016	R	23.7%Clinton3,063	73.4%Trump9,508	2.9%incl. Johnson	−49.8%	12,945
2012	R	34.1%Obama4,339	64.3%Romney8,193	1.6%	−30.3%	12,739
2008	R	38.0%Obama5,153	60.4%McCain8,182	1.6%	−22.4%	13,545
2004	R	43.5%Kerry5,732	55.7%Bush7,340	0.8%	−12.2%	13,177
2000	D	49.5%Gore6,093	48.3%Bush5,944	2.2%incl. Nader	+1.2%	12,309
1996	D	53.5%Clinton6,153	37.1%Dole4,272	9.4%incl. Perot	+16.4%	11,501
1992	D	56.2%Clinton6,797	30.3%Bush3,661	13.5%incl. Perot	+25.9%	12,095
1988	D	51.5%Dukakis5,138	48.0%Bush4,784	0.5%	+3.5%	9,975
1984	D	49.9%Mondale5,407	49.6%Reagan5,376	0.5%	+0.3%	10,837
1980	D	59.1%Carter6,601	38.5%Reagan4,299	2.4%incl. Anderson	+20.6%	11,168
1976	D	72.5%Carter7,162	26.2%Ford2,585	1.4%	+46.3%	9,881
1972	R	35.4%McGovern2,694	60.6%Nixon4,613	4.0%	−25.2%	7,611
1968	O	36.4%Humphrey3,149	23.9%Nixon2,068	39.7%incl. Wallace	+12.5%	8,656
1964	D	72.2%Johnson5,874	27.8%Goldwater2,261	0.0%	+44.4%	8,135
1960	D	61.5%Kennedy5,049	36.9%Nixon3,033	1.6%	+24.5%	8,213
1956	D	69.7%Stevenson5,625	29.0%Eisenhower2,337	1.3%	+40.8%	8,068
1952	D	69.8%Stevenson5,677	29.8%Eisenhower2,421	0.4%	+40.0%	8,132
1948	D	77.0%Truman3,292	14.1%Dewey604	8.9%incl. Thurmond	+62.9%	4,276
1944	D	81.2%Roosevelt3,111	18.3%Dewey702	0.5%	+62.9%	3,831
1940	D	85.1%Roosevelt3,307	14.5%Willkie563	0.4%	+70.6%	3,886
1936	D	86.7%Roosevelt3,223	12.6%Landon470	0.7%	+74.0%	3,718
1932	D	88.1%Roosevelt2,867	10.4%Hoover340	1.5%	+77.6%	3,255
1928	D	71.8%Smith2,667	28.0%Hoover1,041	0.1%	+43.8%	3,713
1924	D	77.6%Davis2,478	17.6%Coolidge562	4.8%incl. La Follette	+60.0%	3,193
1920	D	69.5%Cox4,613	29.5%Harding1,957	0.9%	+40.0%	6,633
1916	D	67.2%Wilson2,988	31.3%Hughes1,393	1.5%	+35.9%	4,447
1912	D	65.4%Wilson2,526	24.4%Taft941	10.2%incl. Roosevelt	+41.1%	3,860
1908	D	68.2%Bryan2,369	30.8%Taft1,069	1.1%	+37.4%	3,476
1904	D	69.7%Parker2,365	27.4%Roosevelt928	2.9%	+42.4%	3,393
1900	D	70.9%Bryan2,605	25.3%McKinley929	3.8%	+45.6%	3,673
1896	D	67.2%Bryan3,077	32.2%McKinley1,473	0.7%	+35.0%	4,581
1892	D	59.3%Cleveland2,206	25.9%Harrison963	14.7%incl. Weaver	+33.4%	3,717
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Paris, TNMetro area	TennesseeState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	86.7%	72.4%	61.0%
Black	6.6%	15.6%	12.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%	6.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	7.0%	12.6%
Other race	0.9%	3.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.4%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$50,613	$69,595	$84,427
Poverty rate	18.3%	13.8%	12.5%
Median age	45.8	39.3	39.1
Age 18–24	7.5%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	23.9%	17.1%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	19.1%	31.3%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	3.4%	8.7%	22.3%
Spanish	1.6%	5.3%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	American 33.5%	English 13.3%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	English 14.7%	American 11.3%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 8.9%	Irish 9.3%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	2.0%	4.0%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	45.9%	36.6%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	39.1%	44.5%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	7.7%	6.5%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

American

33.5%

English

14.7%

Irish

8.9%

German

7.6%

Scottish

2.3%

Italian

1.9%

Scotch-Irish

1.1%

French

1.0%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

South African

0.3%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

1.3%

Puerto Rican

0.3%

Cuban

0.3%

Guatemalan

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 45.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.0%

3.3%

75–84

4.4%

6.5%

65–74

7.8%

7.4%

55–64

7.8%

5.8%

45–54

6.1%

5.3%

35–44

5.6%

5.5%

25–34

5.2%

4.0%

18–24

3.5%

8.3%

5–17

6.9%

2.5%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$50,613

Paris, TN$50,613

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

18.3%

Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.

Children under 1827.9%

Working age (18–64)16.7%

Seniors (65+)10.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

96.6%

speak English only

Spanish1.6%

German or other West Germanic0.9%

Other Indo-European0.3%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

45.9%

Mainline Protestant

7.7%

Black Protestant

3.7%

Catholic

2.0%

Latter-day Saints

1.0%

Other Christian

0.6%

Unaffiliated or not counted39.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

The Paris micropolitan area anchors Henry County in rural west Tennessee, where a legacy of industrial employment and a predominantly working-class electorate have produced consistent double-digit Republican margins in recent federal cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.3 points.

A population of 32,412, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,613 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Paris, TN, Tennessee vote in 2024?

In 2024, Paris, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 55.3 points (R+55.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,076 votes cast, 3,286 went Democratic and 11,629 went Republican.

What is Paris, TN, Tennessee's political typology?

Akashic places Paris, TN, Tennessee in the "Evangelical Deep South" 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 26 times, Republican 7 times, and other 1 times.

When did Paris, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Paris, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.

How many people live in Paris, TN, Tennessee?

Paris, TN, Tennessee has a population of 32,412 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Paris, TN, Tennessee?

Median household income in Paris, TN, Tennessee is $50,613 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.

What is the political history of Paris, TN, Tennessee?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Paris, TN, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Paris, TN has voted Republican in six straight presidential elections — R+55.3 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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