† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupBentonKentuckyUnited States
English15.1%14.5%9.5%
American12.0%11.5%5.3%
Irish11.6%11.0%9.4%
German7.7%12.7%12.5%
Polish2.2%—2.2%
Scottish1.9%2.0%1.3%
Dutch1.7%——
Italian1.6%2.0%4.8%
Mexican1.8%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.4%——
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
Benton
Kentucky
United States
Median age
43.2
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Benton
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$66,827
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.4%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.1%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Benton
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
6.8%
22.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Benton
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
—
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Benton, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−14.7%
2008
−22.3%
2012
−31.9%
2016
−47.2%
2020
−42.5%
2024
−46.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
25.7%Harris608
72.6%Trump1,718
1.7%
R+46.9
R+4.4
R+45.4
2,366
R
27.9%Biden659
70.5%Trump1,662
1.6%
R+42.5
D+4.6
R+47.0
2,358
R
23.7%Clinton528
70.8%Trump1,581
5.5%
R+47.2
R+15.3
R+49.3
2,232
R
33.1%Obama697
65.0%Romney1,367
1.9%
R+31.9
R+9.6
R+35.7
2,103
R
37.9%Obama796
60.2%McCain1,264
1.9%
R+22.3
R+7.6
R+29.6
2,099
R
42.5%Kerry896
57.2%Bush1,205
0.2%
R+14.7
—
R+12.2
2,106
Benton City serves as the commercial and civic hub of Marshall County, a reliably Republican jurisdiction in the Jackson Purchase region where countywide margins in recent statewide races have exceeded 40 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 47.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.9 points.
A population of 4,748, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,827 describe the city.
In 2024, Benton, Kentucky voted Republican by 46.9 points (R+46.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,366 votes cast, 608 went Democratic and 1,718 went Republican.
How many people live in Benton, Kentucky?
Benton, Kentucky has a population of 4,748 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Benton, Kentucky?
Median household income in Benton, Kentucky is $66,827 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Benton, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Benton, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
