† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupDanville, KYKentuckyUnited States
American33.1%11.5%5.3%
English12.4%14.5%9.5%
Irish7.7%11.0%9.4%
German7.4%12.7%12.5%
Scottish1.7%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.3%2.0%4.8%
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.7%0.8%—
African American†4.3%6.6%9.9%
South African0.2%——
Mexican2.6%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Danville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median age
40
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Danville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$57,306
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.9%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.6%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Danville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.1%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Danville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
2.3%
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
50.6%
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
35.5%
50.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.9%
5.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Danville, KY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+7.5%
1896
−10.3%
1900
−1.7%
1904
+5.2%
1908
+6.1%
1912
+30.3%
1916
+11.7%
1920
+6.5%
1924
+5.5%
1928
−16.6%
1932
+26.2%
1936
+15.5%
1940
+18.2%
1944
+13.7%
1948
+16.1%
1952
+4.1%
1956
−4.3%
1960
−12.9%
1964
+35.6%
1968
−7.4%
1972
−29.7%
1976
+8.0%
1980
+3.7%
1984
−24.3%
1988
−13.9%
1992
−1.4%
1996
−4.9%
2000
−23.9%
2004
−29.6%
2008
−29.6%
2012
−32.8%
2016
−41.0%
2020
−38.6%
2024
−43.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
27.8%Harris7,070
70.8%Trump17,992
1.4%
R+43.0
R+4.4
R+41.5
25,407
R
29.7%Biden7,552
68.4%Trump17,361
1.9%
R+38.6
D+2.4
R+43.1
25,392
R
27.3%Clinton6,146
68.3%Trump15,378
4.4%
R+41.0
R+8.2
R+43.1
22,507
R
32.8%Obama7,053
65.6%Romney14,119
1.6%
R+32.8
R+3.2
R+36.7
21,525
R
34.5%Obama7,521
64.1%McCain13,974
1.3%
R+29.6
±0.0
R+36.9
21,786
R
34.9%Kerry7,442
64.4%Bush13,760
0.7%
R+29.6
R+5.7
R+27.1
21,353
R
37.1%Gore6,641
60.9%Bush10,921
2.0%
R+23.9
R+18.9
R+24.4
17,923
R
43.2%Clinton6,427
48.1%Dole7,163
8.7%
R+4.9
R+3.5
R+13.5
14,893
R
42.2%Clinton6,426
43.6%Bush6,643
14.2%
R+1.4
D+12.5
R+7.0
15,224
R
42.9%Dukakis6,252
56.7%Bush8,276
0.4%
R+13.9
D+10.5
R+6.1
14,586
R
37.7%Mondale5,876
62.0%Reagan9,671
0.3%
R+24.3
R+28.0
R+6.1
15,598
D
50.5%Carter7,420
46.9%Reagan6,882
2.6%
D+3.7
R+4.3
D+13.4
14,679
D
53.5%Carter7,293
45.5%Ford6,205
1.0%
D+8.0
D+37.6
D+5.9
13,628
R
34.6%McGovern4,277
64.3%Nixon7,940
1.1%
R+29.7
R+22.2
R+6.5
12,352
R
36.1%Humphrey4,399
43.5%Nixon5,306
20.4%
R+7.4
R+43.0
R+6.7
12,199
D
67.7%Johnson8,283
32.1%Goldwater3,930
0.2%
D+35.6
D+48.4
D+13.0
12,239
R
43.6%Kennedy5,689
56.4%Nixon7,371
0.0%
R+12.9
R+8.6
R+13.0
13,060
R
47.7%Stevenson6,389
52.0%Eisenhower6,962
0.3%
R+4.3
R+8.4
D+11.1
13,390
D
51.9%Stevenson6,681
47.8%Eisenhower6,155
0.3%
D+4.1
R+12.1
D+14.8
12,877
D
57.2%Truman6,258
41.0%Dewey4,490
1.8%
D+16.1
D+2.5
D+11.7
10,950
D
56.5%Roosevelt6,577
42.8%Dewey4,988
0.7%
D+13.7
R+4.6
D+6.2
11,641
D
58.9%Roosevelt7,738
40.7%Willkie5,347
0.4%
D+18.2
D+2.7
D+8.3
13,132
D
57.5%Roosevelt7,723
42.0%Landon5,642
0.5%
D+15.5
R+10.7
R+8.8
13,432
D
62.8%Roosevelt9,047
36.6%Hoover5,271
0.6%
D+26.2
D+42.8
D+8.4
14,406
R
41.7%Smith5,306
58.2%Hoover7,420
0.1%
R+16.6
R+22.1
D+0.9
12,739
D
50.4%Davis6,297
44.8%Coolidge5,608
4.8%
D+5.5
R+1.0
D+30.7
12,506
D
52.9%Cox7,886
46.4%Harding6,915
0.7%
D+6.5
R+5.2
D+32.7
14,908
D
55.2%Wilson4,264
43.5%Hughes3,362
1.3%
D+11.7
R+18.7
D+8.5
7,728
D
52.4%Wilson3,661
22.1%Taft1,543
25.5%
D+30.3
D+24.2
D+10.8
6,983
D
52.0%Bryan3,781
45.9%Taft3,336
2.1%
D+6.1
D+0.9
D+15.7
7,272
D
50.8%Parker3,359
45.6%Roosevelt3,014
3.6%
D+5.2
D+7.0
D+24.9
6,609
R
48.7%Bryan3,448
50.5%McKinley3,571
0.8%
R+1.7
D+8.6
D+5.8
7,077
R
42.6%Bryan2,834
53.0%McKinley3,520
4.4%
R+10.3
R+17.8
R+4.2
6,645
D
50.6%Cleveland2,722
43.1%Harrison2,319
6.3%
D+7.5
—
D+5.8
5,378
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
32.4%5,736
67.6%11,991
17,729
2020
R
31.4%7,966
64.0%16,238
25,359
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+14.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+43.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 29 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Danville, KY in Danville, KY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+66
2012
−94
2013
+508
2014
+109
2015
−138
2016
+140
2017
+100
2018
+196
2019
−118
2021
+20
2022
+624
2023
+605
2024
+451
2025
+637
Home to Centre College, Danville anchors a compact metro that leans reliably Republican in federal races while sustaining a modest professional-class voter bloc that occasionally narrows statewide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 43.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.0 points.
A population of 55,445, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,306 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of North Wilkesboro, NC and Martin, TN.
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In 2024, Danville, KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 43.0 points (R+43.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,407 votes cast, 7,070 went Democratic and 17,992 went Republican.
When did Danville, KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Danville, KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Danville, KY, Kentucky?
Danville, KY, Kentucky has a population of 55,445 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Danville, KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Danville, KY, Kentucky is $57,306 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Danville, KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Danville, KY, Kentucky from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
