† 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
GroupFrankfortKentuckyUnited States
English14.9%14.5%9.5%
American13.4%11.5%5.3%
Irish12.0%11.0%9.4%
German11.1%12.7%12.5%
Scottish2.5%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.6%2.0%4.8%
Polish1.0%—2.2%
French1.0%1.1%1.6%
African American†13.0%6.6%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Mexican3.5%2.4%11.3%
Guatemalan0.9%0.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.7%0.7%
Panamanian0.3%——
Asian Indian1.0%0.3%1.4%
Filipino0.6%—0.9%
Sri Lankan0.3%——
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
Frankfort
Kentucky
United States
Median age
35.3
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Frankfort
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$53,073
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.1%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.4%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Frankfort
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.1%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
3.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Frankfort
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.
Frankfort, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.5%
2008
+11.5%
2012
+14.9%
2016
+9.6%
2020
+11.6%
2024
+5.8%
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, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
D
51.9%Harris6,614
46.1%Trump5,874
2.0%
D+5.8
R+5.8
D+7.3
12,745
D
54.9%Biden7,266
43.2%Trump5,726
1.9%
D+11.6
D+2.0
D+7.2
13,245
D
52.0%Clinton6,426
42.4%Trump5,240
5.7%
D+9.6
R+5.3
D+7.5
12,366
D
56.5%Obama6,791
41.6%Romney4,996
2.0%
D+14.9
D+3.4
D+11.1
12,022
D
54.9%Obama7,132
43.3%McCain5,631
1.8%
D+11.5
D+2.0
D+4.3
12,998
D
54.2%Kerry7,036
44.6%Bush5,796
1.2%
D+9.5
—
D+12.0
12,990
Frankfort's economy is anchored by state government, giving it a unusually high share of public-sector workers relative to its size. That dynamic shapes a electorate that tracks closely with statewide administration cycles rather than pure partisan trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.8 points.
A population of 28,503, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,073 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huntington and New Bern.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Frankfort, Kentucky voted Democratic by 5.8 points (D+5.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,745 votes cast, 6,614 went Democratic and 5,874 went Republican.
How many people live in Frankfort, Kentucky?
Frankfort, Kentucky has a population of 28,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Frankfort, Kentucky?
Median household income in Frankfort, Kentucky is $53,073 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Frankfort, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Frankfort, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
