† 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
GroupHazardKentuckyUnited States
English12.8%14.5%9.5%
American9.5%11.5%5.3%
Irish9.0%11.0%9.4%
German4.7%12.7%12.5%
Scottish1.8%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.7%0.8%—
French1.3%1.1%1.6%
Italian0.7%2.0%4.8%
African American†3.8%6.6%9.9%
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
Hazard
Kentucky
United States
Median age
42.2
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
4.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hazard
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$51,016
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
31.5%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.6%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hazard
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.2%
6.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hazard
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.
Hazard, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−1.0%
2008
−27.0%
2012
−45.2%
2016
−40.7%
2020
−35.8%
2024
−41.2%
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
R
28.5%Harris548
69.6%Trump1,340
1.9%
R+41.2
R+5.3
R+39.7
1,924
R
31.3%Biden609
67.1%Trump1,306
1.6%
R+35.8
D+4.9
R+40.3
1,946
R
28.2%Clinton512
68.9%Trump1,252
2.9%
R+40.7
D+4.5
R+42.8
1,817
R
26.6%Obama474
71.9%Romney1,279
1.5%
R+45.2
R+18.2
R+49.1
1,780
R
35.5%Obama648
62.5%McCain1,140
1.9%
R+27.0
R+26.0
R+34.3
1,823
R
49.4%Kerry1,024
50.4%Bush1,044
0.2%
R+1.0
—
D+1.5
2,072
Hazard sits deep in the Cumberland Plateau, where decades of coal dependence have shaped both the economy and a sharp rightward shift in voting patterns that accelerated after 2008.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 45.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.2 points.
A population of 5,008, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,016 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pikeville and Bluefield.
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, Hazard, Kentucky voted Republican by 41.2 points (R+41.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,924 votes cast, 548 went Democratic and 1,340 went Republican.
How many people live in Hazard, Kentucky?
Hazard, Kentucky has a population of 5,008 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hazard, Kentucky?
Median household income in Hazard, Kentucky is $51,016 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Hazard, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hazard, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
