† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 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
GroupKey West-Key Largo, FLFloridaUnited States
Irish11.2%8.2%9.4%
German10.9%8.9%12.5%
English10.4%8.2%9.5%
Italian5.9%5.6%4.8%
American5.9%7.7%5.3%
Polish2.7%2.1%2.2%
French2.7%1.7%1.6%
Scottish1.9%1.3%1.3%
Cuban14.0%7.3%0.7%
Mexican1.9%3.3%11.3%
Nicaraguan1.8%0.6%—
Puerto Rican1.2%5.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.7%——
Venezuelan0.6%1.6%—
Spanish0.6%——
Honduran0.5%0.6%0.3%
African American†3.1%9.5%9.9%
Haitian3.1%2.3%0.3%
Bahamian0.2%——
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.1%0.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.1%0.4%0.6%
Thai0.1%——
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
Key West-Key Largo, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
49.2
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.7%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Key West-Key Largo, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$87,738
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.6%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.6%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Key West-Key Largo, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
16.9%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.8%
2.7%
0.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.3%
0.7%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Key West-Key Largo, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
33.7%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.6%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
47.8%
53.1%
51.5%
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.
Key West-Key Largo, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+91.0%
1896
+9.2%
1900
+43.9%
1904
+35.4%
1908
+34.6%
1912
+33.2%
1916
+26.9%
1920
+26.8%
1924
+46.5%
1928
+24.5%
1932
+78.8%
1936
+80.5%
1940
+79.7%
1944
+74.6%
1948
+71.3%
1952
+25.3%
1956
+12.9%
1960
+34.2%
1964
+29.7%
1968
+3.0%
1972
−44.6%
1976
+14.4%
1980
−17.1%
1984
−35.5%
1988
−21.9%
1992
+1.9%
1996
+9.8%
2000
+1.3%
2004
+0.5%
2008
+4.9%
2012
+0.4%
2016
−6.9%
2020
−7.9%
2024
−18.3%
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
40.5%Harris17,933
58.8%Trump26,064
0.3%Stein152 +5
R+18.3
R+10.4
R+16.9
44,328
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican58.8%26,064
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic40.5%17,933
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%152
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%134
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%22
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%11
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%11
OtherAll other candidates0.0%1
R
45.6%Biden21,881
53.5%Trump25,693
0.9%
R+7.9
R+1.0
R+12.4
48,029
R
44.7%Clinton18,971
51.6%Trump21,904
3.8%
R+6.9
R+7.3
R+9.0
42,478
D
49.7%Obama19,404
49.2%Romney19,234
1.1%
D+0.4
R+4.5
R+3.4
39,057
D
51.9%Obama20,907
47.0%McCain18,933
1.1%
D+4.9
D+4.4
R+2.4
40,272
D
49.7%Kerry19,654
49.2%Bush19,467
1.0%
D+0.5
R+0.8
D+2.9
39,535
D
48.6%Gore16,487
47.4%Bush16,063
4.0%
D+1.3
R+8.5
D+0.7
33,895
D
46.9%Clinton15,251
37.1%Dole12,076
16.0%
D+9.8
D+7.8
D+1.2
32,544
D
36.3%Clinton10,450
34.4%Bush9,898
29.3%
D+1.9
D+23.8
R+3.6
28,789
R
38.5%Dukakis10,157
60.3%Bush15,928
1.2%
R+21.9
D+13.6
R+14.1
26,405
R
32.2%Mondale7,774
67.7%Reagan16,332
0.0%
R+35.5
R+18.4
R+17.3
24,115
R
36.3%Carter7,920
53.4%Reagan11,644
10.3%
R+17.1
R+31.5
R+7.3
21,806
D
56.1%Carter11,079
41.7%Ford8,232
2.3%
D+14.4
D+59.0
D+12.3
19,757
R
27.6%McGovern4,469
72.2%Nixon11,688
0.2%
R+44.6
R+47.5
R+21.4
16,193
D
37.1%Humphrey5,534
34.2%Nixon5,094
28.7%
D+3.0
R+26.8
D+3.6
14,899
D
64.9%Johnson8,936
35.1%Goldwater4,842
0.0%
D+29.7
R+4.5
D+7.1
13,778
D
67.1%Kennedy6,972
32.9%Nixon3,416
0.0%
D+34.2
D+21.3
D+34.1
10,388
D
56.5%Stevenson4,327
43.5%Eisenhower3,337
0.0%
D+12.9
R+12.4
D+28.3
7,664
D
62.7%Stevenson4,941
37.3%Eisenhower2,943
0.0%
D+25.3
R+46.0
D+36.1
7,884
D
83.5%Truman3,759
12.2%Dewey548
4.4%
D+71.3
R+3.2
D+66.8
4,503
D
87.3%Roosevelt3,882
12.7%Dewey566
0.0%
D+74.6
R+5.2
D+67.1
4,448
D
89.9%Roosevelt4,102
10.1%Willkie463
0.0%
D+79.7
R+0.7
D+69.8
4,565
D
90.2%Roosevelt2,605
9.8%Landon282
0.0%
D+80.5
D+1.6
D+56.2
2,887
D
89.4%Roosevelt2,838
10.6%Hoover336
0.0%
D+78.8
D+54.3
D+61.0
3,174
D
61.4%Smith1,899
36.9%Hoover1,142
1.6%
D+24.5
R+22.0
D+41.9
3,092
D
67.8%Davis835
21.3%Coolidge262
11.0%
D+46.5
D+19.7
D+71.7
1,232
D
56.0%Cox979
29.2%Harding510
14.8%
D+26.8
R+0.1
D+53.0
1,747
D
51.0%Wilson730
24.1%Hughes345
24.9%
D+26.9
R+6.3
D+23.8
1,431
D
55.7%Wilson1,023
22.5%Taft414
21.7%
D+33.2
R+1.4
D+13.6
1,836
D
54.0%Bryan630
19.5%Taft227
26.5%
D+34.6
R+0.8
D+44.1
1,166
D
61.2%Parker680
25.8%Roosevelt287
13.0%
D+35.4
R+8.5
D+55.0
1,111
D
66.3%Bryan747
22.4%McKinley252
11.4%
D+43.9
D+34.8
D+51.5
1,127
D
49.9%Bryan452
40.7%McKinley369
9.4%
D+9.2
R+81.8
D+15.2
906
D
91.0%Cleveland767
0.0%Harrison0
9.0%
D+91.0
—
D+89.3
843
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
41.6%18,227
57.2%25,069
43,808
2022
R
40.5%13,756
58.5%19,897
33,988
2018
D
50.0%18,051
50.0%18,035
36,090
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+16.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+18.3
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.9 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Key West-Key Largo, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
55,452
17,797
21,520
15,692
443
2018
53,818
17,511
21,169
14,468
670
2019
53,462
17,413
21,213
13,988
848
2020
58,134
18,927
23,972
14,073
1,162
2021
57,945
18,165
23,901
14,610
1,269
2023
51,706
14,961
23,281
12,064
1,400
2024
52,945
15,017
23,703
12,419
1,806
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,931 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −8,586 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Key West-Key Largo, FL in Key West-Key Largo, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+411
2012
+165
2013
+764
2014
+8
2015
−10
2016
−183
2017
−790
2018
−1,991
2019
−750
2021
−592
2022
−749
2023
−1,504
2024
−1,434
2025
−1,931
Monroe County's economy runs almost entirely on hospitality and marine industries, drawing a transient workforce and retiree mix that produces competitive margins in federal races despite Florida's broader statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.0 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 44.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 10.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.3 points.
A population of 81,860, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,738 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Taos, NM and Santa Fe, NM.
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How did Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida voted Republican by 18.3 points (R+18.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 44,328 votes cast, 17,933 went Democratic and 26,064 went Republican.
When did Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida?
Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida has a population of 81,860 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida is $87,738 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Key West-Key Largo, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 7 went Republican.
