† 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
GroupPikeville, KYKentuckyUnited States
American15.1%11.5%5.3%
English13.7%14.5%9.5%
Irish11.4%11.0%9.4%
German6.8%12.7%12.5%
Scottish1.7%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.5%0.8%—
Italian1.1%2.0%4.8%
French0.4%1.1%1.6%
Mexican0.3%2.4%11.3%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Pikeville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median age
43.1
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pikeville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$43,150
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.8%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.8%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pikeville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.5%
6.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pikeville, KY
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
0.5%
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
27.6%
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.6%
50.7%
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.
Pikeville, KY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+15.0%
1896
+1.7%
1900
+1.5%
1904
−2.4%
1908
−13.6%
1912
+4.3%
1916
−3.4%
1920
−7.6%
1924
−3.5%
1928
−3.0%
1932
+30.3%
1936
+25.1%
1940
+25.2%
1944
+21.5%
1948
+28.5%
1952
+21.5%
1956
+4.1%
1960
+21.0%
1964
+46.3%
1968
+21.2%
1972
−4.4%
1976
+32.9%
1980
+27.1%
1984
+20.7%
1988
+30.3%
1992
+40.5%
1996
+35.6%
2000
+18.9%
2004
+13.2%
2008
−8.7%
2012
−44.1%
2016
−56.9%
2020
−57.0%
2024
−62.9%
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
17.9%Harris7,086
80.8%Trump32,010
1.3%
R+62.9
R+6.0
R+61.5
39,602
R
21.0%Biden8,750
77.9%Trump32,534
1.1%
R+57.0
R+0.1
R+61.4
41,748
R
20.1%Clinton8,295
77.0%Trump31,740
2.8%
R+56.9
R+12.8
R+59.0
41,205
R
26.9%Obama10,379
71.1%Romney27,374
2.0%
R+44.1
R+35.4
R+48.0
38,526
R
44.5%Obama17,055
53.3%McCain20,396
2.2%
R+8.7
R+22.0
R+16.0
38,302
D
56.3%Kerry25,134
43.0%Bush19,223
0.7%
D+13.2
R+5.7
D+15.7
44,655
D
58.8%Gore23,699
39.9%Bush16,073
1.4%
D+18.9
R+16.7
D+18.4
40,329
D
62.8%Clinton23,781
27.2%Dole10,299
10.0%
D+35.6
R+5.0
D+27.1
37,879
D
65.7%Clinton30,709
25.1%Bush11,752
9.2%
D+40.5
D+10.2
D+35.0
46,756
D
64.9%Dukakis28,666
34.6%Bush15,272
0.5%
D+30.3
D+9.6
D+38.0
44,180
D
60.1%Mondale26,076
39.4%Reagan17,087
0.4%
D+20.7
R+6.3
D+39.0
43,355
D
62.9%Carter25,853
35.8%Reagan14,729
1.3%
D+27.1
R+5.8
D+36.8
41,105
D
66.1%Carter24,471
33.2%Ford12,286
0.7%
D+32.9
D+37.3
D+30.8
37,024
R
47.4%McGovern17,057
51.8%Nixon18,634
0.9%
R+4.4
R+25.6
D+18.8
36,000
D
56.2%Humphrey19,996
35.0%Nixon12,461
8.7%
D+21.2
R+25.2
D+21.9
35,569
D
73.1%Johnson25,784
26.7%Goldwater9,430
0.2%
D+46.3
D+25.4
D+23.8
35,294
D
60.5%Kennedy22,915
39.5%Nixon14,966
0.0%
D+21.0
D+16.9
D+20.8
37,881
D
52.0%Stevenson19,373
47.9%Eisenhower17,844
0.2%
D+4.1
R+17.4
D+19.5
37,273
D
60.7%Stevenson21,701
39.2%Eisenhower14,016
0.1%
D+21.5
R+7.0
D+32.2
35,765
D
64.0%Truman20,246
35.5%Dewey11,224
0.6%
D+28.5
D+7.0
D+24.0
31,658
D
60.7%Roosevelt17,486
39.2%Dewey11,289
0.2%
D+21.5
R+3.7
D+14.0
28,823
D
62.6%Roosevelt21,260
37.4%Willkie12,696
0.0%
D+25.2
D+0.1
D+15.3
33,972
D
62.5%Roosevelt19,344
37.4%Landon11,585
0.0%
D+25.1
R+5.2
D+0.8
30,940
D
65.0%Roosevelt21,223
34.7%Hoover11,329
0.3%
D+30.3
D+33.3
D+12.5
32,660
R
48.5%Smith13,651
51.5%Hoover14,495
0.1%
R+3.0
D+0.5
D+14.5
28,165
R
45.5%Davis10,055
49.0%Coolidge10,832
5.5%
R+3.5
D+4.1
D+21.7
22,112
R
45.9%Cox9,216
53.4%Harding10,736
0.7%
R+7.6
R+4.1
D+18.6
20,090
R
47.9%Wilson5,631
51.3%Hughes6,035
0.8%
R+3.4
R+7.8
R+6.6
11,765
D
44.9%Wilson4,136
40.5%Taft3,738
14.6%
D+4.3
D+17.9
R+15.2
9,220
R
42.5%Bryan3,809
56.0%Taft5,024
1.5%
R+13.6
R+11.2
R+4.0
8,965
R
48.2%Parker3,515
50.5%Roosevelt3,687
1.3%
R+2.4
R+3.9
D+17.3
7,296
D
50.4%Bryan3,594
48.9%McKinley3,487
0.6%
D+1.5
R+0.2
D+9.1
7,126
D
50.5%Bryan3,310
48.8%McKinley3,198
0.8%
D+1.7
R+13.3
D+7.8
6,560
D
56.6%Cleveland2,675
41.6%Harrison1,967
1.8%
D+15.0
—
D+13.3
4,726
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
29.5%8,067
70.5%19,303
27,372
2020
R
26.3%10,941
70.0%29,103
41,550
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+19.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+62.9
Pikeville, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 82-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
Domestic migration in Pikeville, KY in Pikeville, KY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−255
2012
−935
2013
−1,366
2014
−1,332
2015
−1,490
2016
−1,692
2017
−1,991
2018
−519
2019
−590
2021
−750
2022
+5
2023
−186
2024
−372
2025
−225
Pikeville anchors Pike County, one of Kentucky's most reliably one-party-dominant counties despite a historically union-rooted Democratic past — a shift that accelerated sharply after 2008 and has held by double-digit margins ever since.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 62.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.9 points.
A population of 91,951, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,150 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cookeville, TN and Winchester, TN.
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In 2024, Pikeville, KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 62.9 points (R+62.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 39,602 votes cast, 7,086 went Democratic and 32,010 went Republican.
When did Pikeville, KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pikeville, KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Pikeville, KY, Kentucky?
Pikeville, KY, Kentucky has a population of 91,951 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pikeville, KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Pikeville, KY, Kentucky is $43,150 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Pikeville, KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pikeville, KY, Kentucky from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
