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1876–2024
Lake City, FL·Florida

Lake City, FL peaked at D+87; 2024 delivered R+50.

A small-metro anchor where rural Columbia County sets the electoral tone

1876 — 2024·38 elections
FL
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
71,789
2024 ACS

Lake City, FL, Florida: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+50%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+50MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
71,7892024 5-year
Median household income
$59,2052024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.7%2024 5-year
Black
16.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+60 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−50.2%
8,24825,10433,586
R
−45.2%
8,91423,83633,042
R
−44.5%
7,60120,36828,707
R
−36.7%
8,46218,42927,163
R
−33.8%
9,17118,67028,128
R
−34.9%
8,03116,75824,991
R
−21.2%
7,04910,96818,514
R
−5.5%
6,6917,58816,326
R
−6.4%
5,5286,49214,954
R
−30.9%
4,0737,76111,916
R
−34.8%
4,2618,81413,075
D
+0.3%
5,6805,64311,648
D
+25.4%
6,6833,94710,766
R
−60.3%
1,6646,7238,387
O
+2.7%
1,7501,5537,349
R
−12.1%
3,2494,1457,394
D
+27.7%
3,6952,0945,789
D
+27.6%
3,2461,8415,087
D
+22.5%
3,2292,0415,270
D
+37.3%
1,7975533,332
D
+64.2%
2,4675373,004
D
+73.4%
2,8884433,331
D
+86.8%
2,7831962,979
D
+87.0%
2,4971742,671
D
+50.0%
1,2764181,716
D
+72.7%
77685951
D
+70.4%
1,2481621,543
D
+53.5%
8612261,186
D
+67.8%
52066670
D
+20.9%
465279892
D
+28.1%
595317988
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D
+4.4%
1,0519632,014
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.9%
German
12.2%
Irish
11.6%
American
11.5%
Italian
3.1%
French
2.0%
Polish
1.6%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.8%
3.2%
75–84
3.8%
5.8%
65–74
6.1%
6.6%
55–64
6.8%
6.2%
45–54
5.2%
7.0%
35–44
6.3%
5.8%
25–34
5.7%
4.6%
18–24
3.3%
8.9%
5–17
7.8%
3.0%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,205
Lake City, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lake City, FL$59,205
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.1%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.5%
speak English only
Spanish5.5%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
31.1%
Baptist
15.8%
Methodist
3.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lake City's metropolitan area is defined by Columbia County, a sparsely populated north-central Florida county where timber and agriculture shape both the economy and a persistently wide Republican margin in statewide races.

The Democratic margin in Lake City, FL peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932. By 1984 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $59,205 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Lake City, FL, Florida — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/29380/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Lake City, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake City, FL, Florida voted Republican by 50.2 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,586 votes cast, 8,248 went Democratic and 25,104 went Republican.
What is Lake City, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lake City, FL, Florida as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lake City, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake City, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Lake City, FL, Florida?
Lake City, FL, Florida has a population of 71,789 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake City, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Lake City, FL, Florida is $59,205 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Lake City, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lake City, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.