† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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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
GroupSomerset, KYKentuckyUnited States
English17.3%14.5%9.5%
American15.1%11.5%5.3%
German10.5%12.7%12.5%
Irish9.9%11.0%9.4%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.6%0.8%—
Italian1.4%2.0%4.8%
French1.1%1.1%1.6%
Mexican1.5%2.4%11.3%
Cuban0.7%0.7%0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
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
Somerset, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median age
42.3
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Somerset, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$51,898
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.7%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.1%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Somerset, KY
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.3%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Somerset, KY
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
1.2%
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
48.2%
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.0%
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.
Somerset, KY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−15.4%
1896
−26.7%
1900
−30.0%
1904
−32.2%
1908
−28.4%
1912
+4.5%
1916
−23.8%
1920
−31.8%
1924
−31.9%
1928
−57.8%
1932
−16.6%
1936
−23.2%
1940
−27.0%
1944
−35.6%
1948
−32.2%
1952
−41.0%
1956
−46.2%
1960
−58.7%
1964
−11.6%
1968
−42.4%
1972
−54.6%
1976
−23.0%
1980
−32.1%
1984
−53.2%
1988
−47.4%
1992
−30.7%
1996
−35.1%
2000
−48.4%
2004
−53.7%
2008
−55.4%
2012
−60.5%
2016
−66.7%
2020
−62.7%
2024
−65.2%
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
16.9%Harris5,351
82.1%Trump26,051
1.0%
R+65.2
R+2.6
R+63.8
31,735
R
18.0%Biden5,666
80.6%Trump25,442
1.4%
R+62.7
D+4.0
R+67.1
31,557
R
15.0%Clinton4,208
81.7%Trump22,902
3.3%
R+66.7
R+6.1
R+68.8
28,041
R
19.1%Obama4,976
79.7%Romney20,714
1.2%
R+60.5
R+5.1
R+64.4
26,003
R
21.7%Obama5,590
77.1%McCain19,862
1.2%
R+55.4
R+1.7
R+62.7
25,766
R
22.8%Kerry5,829
76.6%Bush19,535
0.6%
R+53.7
R+5.3
R+51.3
25,516
R
25.1%Gore5,415
73.6%Bush15,845
1.3%
R+48.4
R+13.3
R+48.9
21,541
R
28.4%Clinton5,340
63.4%Dole11,945
8.2%
R+35.1
R+4.4
R+43.6
18,829
R
28.1%Clinton5,465
58.8%Bush11,423
13.0%
R+30.7
D+16.7
R+36.2
19,414
R
26.1%Dukakis4,788
73.5%Bush13,482
0.4%
R+47.4
D+5.8
R+39.7
18,342
R
23.2%Mondale4,384
76.4%Reagan14,434
0.4%
R+53.2
R+21.1
R+35.0
18,893
R
33.0%Carter6,570
65.1%Reagan12,970
1.9%
R+32.1
R+9.1
R+22.4
19,919
R
38.1%Carter5,752
61.2%Ford9,226
0.7%
R+23.0
D+31.6
R+25.1
15,083
R
22.4%McGovern3,080
77.0%Nixon10,602
0.6%
R+54.6
R+12.2
R+31.5
13,770
R
21.9%Humphrey2,823
64.3%Nixon8,290
13.9%
R+42.4
R+30.8
R+41.7
12,901
R
44.0%Johnson5,840
55.6%Goldwater7,383
0.4%
R+11.6
D+47.1
R+34.2
13,278
R
20.7%Kennedy3,097
79.3%Nixon11,899
0.0%
R+58.7
R+12.5
R+58.9
14,996
R
26.8%Stevenson3,899
73.0%Eisenhower10,636
0.3%
R+46.2
R+5.2
R+30.8
14,572
R
29.4%Stevenson4,032
70.4%Eisenhower9,651
0.2%
R+41.0
R+8.8
R+30.2
13,707
R
33.4%Truman3,844
65.6%Dewey7,549
1.0%
R+32.2
D+3.4
R+36.7
11,510
R
31.9%Roosevelt3,934
67.5%Dewey8,318
0.6%
R+35.6
R+8.6
R+43.1
12,328
R
36.4%Roosevelt4,896
63.4%Willkie8,533
0.3%
R+27.0
R+3.8
R+37.0
13,468
R
38.3%Roosevelt4,711
61.5%Landon7,570
0.2%
R+23.2
R+6.6
R+47.5
12,306
R
41.6%Roosevelt4,931
58.2%Hoover6,905
0.2%
R+16.6
D+41.2
R+34.4
11,861
R
21.0%Smith2,494
78.8%Hoover9,348
0.1%
R+57.8
R+25.9
R+40.3
11,857
R
30.8%Davis3,158
62.7%Coolidge6,435
6.6%
R+31.9
R+0.1
R+6.7
10,269
R
33.9%Cox3,749
65.7%Harding7,262
0.4%
R+31.8
R+8.0
R+5.6
11,059
R
37.5%Wilson2,531
61.3%Hughes4,136
1.1%
R+23.8
R+28.3
R+26.9
6,742
D
35.5%Wilson1,980
31.0%Taft1,731
33.5%
D+4.5
D+32.9
R+15.1
5,582
R
34.5%Bryan2,460
63.0%Taft4,483
2.5%
R+28.4
D+3.7
R+18.9
7,121
R
32.6%Parker1,870
64.8%Roosevelt3,713
2.6%
R+32.2
R+2.1
R+12.5
5,732
R
34.3%Bryan2,178
64.3%McKinley4,084
1.3%
R+30.0
R+3.3
R+22.5
6,347
R
35.8%Bryan2,099
62.5%McKinley3,668
1.8%
R+26.7
R+11.4
R+20.6
5,871
R
38.3%Cleveland1,753
53.7%Harrison2,457
8.1%
R+15.4
—
R+17.0
4,579
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
19.7%4,177
80.3%17,000
21,177
2020
R
19.4%6,120
75.8%23,900
31,518
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+52.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+65.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Somerset, KY in Somerset, KY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+298
2012
+13
2013
+269
2014
+135
2015
+47
2016
+180
2017
+440
2018
+322
2019
+434
2021
+720
2022
+564
2023
+622
2024
+776
2025
+593
Somerset anchors Pulaski County, one of Kentucky's most reliably Republican-leaning counties, where Lake Cumberland tourism and small manufacturing shape a workforce that skews older and rural even by regional standards.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 4.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 66.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.2 points.
A population of 65,897, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,898 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Corbin, KY and Sevierville, TN.
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In 2024, Somerset, KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 65.2 points (R+65.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,735 votes cast, 5,351 went Democratic and 26,051 went Republican.
When did Somerset, KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Somerset, KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1912.
How many people live in Somerset, KY, Kentucky?
Somerset, KY, Kentucky has a population of 65,897 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Somerset, KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Somerset, KY, Kentucky is $51,898 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Somerset, KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Somerset, KY, Kentucky from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 33 went Republican.
