† 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
GroupHopkinsvilleKentuckyUnited States
English9.1%14.5%9.5%
German8.6%12.7%12.5%
American6.1%11.5%5.3%
Irish6.0%11.0%9.4%
Italian2.0%2.0%4.8%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.2%0.8%—
Polish1.0%—2.2%
African American†24.1%6.6%9.9%
African1.2%0.5%0.5%
Jamaican0.6%—0.4%
Mexican3.2%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%0.5%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Japanese0.4%—0.2%
Korean0.3%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.2%0.3%1.4%
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
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
United States
Median age
34.6
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
11.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$49,139
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.3%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.3%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hopkinsville
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
3.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hopkinsville
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.
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−21.5%
2008
−8.6%
2012
−9.4%
2016
−14.4%
2020
−10.6%
2024
−15.7%
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
41.5%Harris4,747
57.2%Trump6,541
1.3%
R+15.7
R+5.1
R+14.2
11,433
R
43.5%Biden5,656
54.1%Trump7,034
2.4%
R+10.6
D+3.8
R+15.1
12,999
R
41.0%Clinton4,950
55.4%Trump6,683
3.5%
R+14.4
R+5.0
R+16.5
12,059
R
44.8%Obama5,447
54.2%Romney6,586
1.0%
R+9.4
R+0.8
R+13.2
12,159
R
45.1%Obama5,485
53.7%McCain6,530
1.2%
R+8.6
D+12.9
R+15.9
12,166
R
38.9%Kerry4,284
60.3%Bush6,650
0.8%
R+21.5
—
R+19.0
11,026
Hopkinsville's electorate is shaped by the Fort Campbell military corridor straddling the Tennessee line, producing a voter mix of active-duty households, veterans, and long-rooted rural Christian County residents that swings reliably toward statewide Republican margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 21.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.7 points.
A population of 30,906, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,139 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Texarkana and Ensley.
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, Hopkinsville, Kentucky voted Republican by 15.7 points (R+15.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,433 votes cast, 4,747 went Democratic and 6,541 went Republican.
How many people live in Hopkinsville, Kentucky?
Hopkinsville, Kentucky has a population of 30,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hopkinsville, Kentucky?
Median household income in Hopkinsville, Kentucky is $49,139 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Hopkinsville, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hopkinsville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
