East South Central Census Division — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

East South Central

TrumpR+29.1

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	63.8%	5,514,719
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	34.7%	2,999,388
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	128,701

D+60

R+60

364 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	+20.0%
1880	+22.9%
1884	+22.0%
1888	+34.3%
1892	+27.3%
1896	+14.8%
1900	+12.2%
1904	+12.1%
1908	+8.8%
1912	+34.6%
1916	+21.0%
1920	+7.9%
1924	+11.9%
1928	−6.6%
1932	+35.5%
1936	+38.5%
1940	+35.6%
1944	+27.7%
1948	+9.4%
1952	+7.1%
1956	+2.5%
1960	−1.3%
1964	−11.0%
1968	−1.9%
1972	−41.1%
1976	+9.7%
1980	−1.0%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−16.7%
1992	−1.0%
1996	−1.6%
2000	−11.6%
2004	−19.5%
2008	−16.8%
2012	−19.9%
2016	−26.3%
2020	−23.5%
2024	−29.1%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	34.7%Harris2,999,388	63.8%Trump5,514,719	1.5%	−29.1%	8,642,808
2020	R	37.4%Biden3,305,094	60.9%Trump5,376,955	1.7%incl. Jorgensen	−23.5%	8,827,786
2016	R	35.1%Clinton2,714,227	61.3%Trump4,744,865	3.6%incl. Johnson	−26.3%	7,735,534
2012	R	39.4%Obama2,998,424	59.3%Romney4,516,191	1.3%	−19.9%	7,614,889
2008	R	41.0%Obama3,210,009	57.8%McCain4,520,384	1.1%	−16.8%	7,819,992
2004	R	39.9%Kerry2,899,920	59.4%Bush4,314,150	0.7%	−19.5%	7,266,842
2000	R	43.3%Gore2,721,184	54.9%Bush3,452,080	1.8%incl. Nader	−11.6%	6,287,845
1996	R	45.6%Clinton2,601,947	47.2%Dole2,695,695	7.2%incl. Perot	−1.6%	5,711,019
1992	R	43.8%Clinton2,688,963	44.8%Bush2,750,554	11.5%incl. Perot	−1.0%	6,144,668
1988	R	41.3%Dukakis2,173,589	58.0%Bush3,054,980	0.8%	−16.7%	5,268,265
1984	R	39.4%Mondale2,154,394	59.8%Reagan3,268,438	0.8%	−20.4%	5,464,497
1980	R	47.9%Carter2,465,479	48.9%Reagan2,518,316	3.2%incl. Anderson	−1.0%	5,146,792
1976	D	54.0%Carter2,482,075	44.3%Ford2,036,736	1.7%	+9.7%	4,595,392
1972	R	28.4%McGovern1,112,157	69.5%Nixon2,723,419	2.2%	−41.1%	3,920,737
1968	O	27.3%Humphrey1,095,997	29.2%Nixon1,170,442	43.5%incl. Wallace	−1.9%	4,008,928
1964	R	41.3%Johnson1,357,225	52.2%Goldwater1,717,556	6.5%	−11.0%	3,288,981
1960	R	47.1%Kennedy1,429,973	48.4%Nixon1,470,726	4.5%	−1.3%	3,036,545
1956	D	49.6%Stevenson1,358,257	47.1%Eisenhower1,290,859	3.2%	+2.5%	2,738,001
1952	D	53.4%Stevenson1,387,080	46.3%Eisenhower1,203,373	0.3%	+7.1%	2,597,353
1948	D	42.5%Truman756,542	33.1%Dewey590,097	24.4%incl. Thurmond	+9.4%	1,780,111
1944	D	63.7%Roosevelt1,148,835	36.0%Dewey648,912	0.3%	+27.7%	1,803,589
1940	D	67.6%Roosevelt1,327,916	32.0%Willkie629,085	0.3%	+35.6%	1,963,027
1936	D	68.7%Roosevelt1,265,550	30.2%Landon556,630	1.0%	+38.5%	1,841,079
1932	D	67.3%Roosevelt1,187,677	31.8%Hoover561,298	0.9%	+35.5%	1,764,222
1928	R	46.6%Smith789,575	53.2%Hoover901,256	0.1%	−6.6%	1,693,242
1924	D	53.7%Davis747,933	41.7%Coolidge581,679	4.6%incl. La Follette	+11.9%	1,393,890
1920	D	53.4%Cox887,536	45.6%Harding756,673	1.0%	+7.9%	1,660,854
1916	D	59.8%Wilson603,098	38.8%Hughes390,929	1.4%	+21.0%	1,008,625
1912	D	55.8%Wilson492,541	21.2%Taft187,229	22.9%incl. Roosevelt	+34.6%	882,107
1908	D	53.2%Bryan454,087	44.5%Taft379,249	2.3%	+8.8%	853,082
1904	D	54.4%Parker428,700	42.3%Roosevelt333,121	3.2%	+12.1%	787,399
1900	D	55.1%Bryan528,670	42.9%McKinley411,642	2.1%	+12.2%	960,201
1896	D	56.2%Bryan579,723	41.4%McKinley427,436	2.4%	+14.8%	1,032,092
1892	D	55.0%Cleveland490,292	27.7%Harrison246,695	17.4%incl. Weaver	+27.3%	892,068
1888	D	67.0%Cleveland117,314	32.6%Harrison57,177	0.4%	+34.3%	175,125
1884	D	60.5%Cleveland92,913	38.5%Blaine59,179	1.0%	+22.0%	153,571
1880	D	60.0%Hancock91,130	37.1%Garfield56,360	2.9%	+22.9%	151,912
1876	D	60.0%Tilden102,989	40.0%Hayes68,658	0.0%	+20.0%	171,649

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	East South CentralCensus division	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	70.2%	61.0%
Black	19.5%	12.2%
Asian	1.6%	6.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	12.6%
Other race	2.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$66,426	$84,427
Poverty rate	15.6%	12.5%
Median age	39.2	39.1
Age 18–24	9.3%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.4%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	28.8%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	6.9%	22.3%
Spanish	4.1%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	English 12.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	American 11.6%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 9.1%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	5.1%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	37.2%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	43.3%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	6.3%	5.2%
Black Protestant	5.7%	2.2%

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

English

12.9%

American

11.6%

Irish

9.1%

German

8.6%

Scottish

2.0%

Italian

2.0%

French

1.3%

Scotch-Irish

1.2%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

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

African

0.6%

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

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

3.1%

Puerto Rican

0.5%

Guatemalan

0.5%

Cuban

0.3%

Honduran

0.3%

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

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

0.4%

Chinese

0.2%

Vietnamese

0.2%

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: 39.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.1%

2.3%

75–84

2.9%

4.9%

65–74

5.6%

6.2%

55–64

6.7%

6.0%

45–54

6.2%

35–44

6.4%

6.6%

25–34

6.6%

4.7%

18–24

4.6%

8.5%

5–17

8.1%

3.0%

2.8%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,426

East South Central$66,426

United States$63,999

United States$80,734

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

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1820.9%

Working age (18–64)14.1%

Seniors (65+)13.1%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

93.1%

speak English only

Spanish4.1%

Other Indo-European0.5%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%

Other languages0.4%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Arabic0.3%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%

Vietnamese0.2%

Korean0.1%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

37.2%

Mainline Protestant

6.3%

Black Protestant

5.7%

Catholic

5.1%

Latter-day Saints

0.8%

Other Christian

0.7%

Muslim

0.4%

Orthodox Christian

0.2%

Hindu

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Jewish

0.1%

Buddhist

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted43.3%

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.

East South Central sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 41.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.1 points.

A population of 19,634,754, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,426 describe the division.

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Frequently asked questions

How did East South Central, United States vote in 2024?

In 2024, East South Central, United States voted Republican by 29.1 points (R+29.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,642,808 votes cast, 2,999,388 went Democratic and 5,514,719 went Republican.

When did East South Central, United States last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which East South Central, United States voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in East South Central, United States?

East South Central, United States has a population of 19,634,754 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in East South Central, United States?

Median household income in East South Central, United States is $66,426 — below the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $63,999.

What is the political history of East South Central, United States?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in East South Central, United States from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.

East South Central has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential elections — R+29.1 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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