† 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
GroupMadisonvilleKentuckyUnited States
English14.1%14.5%9.5%
American9.4%11.5%5.3%
Irish7.5%11.0%9.4%
German6.0%12.7%12.5%
Scottish1.3%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.2%0.8%—
French0.9%1.1%1.6%
Dutch0.6%——
African American†10.2%6.6%9.9%
Mexican3.1%2.4%11.3%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
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
Madisonville
Kentucky
United States
Median age
38.3
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.3%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Madisonville
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$53,860
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.3%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.6%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Madisonville
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.0%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Madisonville
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.
Madisonville, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−26.0%
2008
−19.1%
2012
−30.5%
2016
−40.0%
2020
−31.2%
2024
−33.6%
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
32.4%Harris2,577
66.0%Trump5,247
1.5%
R+33.6
R+2.4
R+32.1
7,946
R
33.6%Biden2,860
64.8%Trump5,521
1.7%
R+31.2
D+8.8
R+35.7
8,522
R
27.8%Clinton2,234
67.8%Trump5,453
4.5%
R+40.0
R+9.5
R+42.1
8,047
R
34.0%Obama2,764
64.5%Romney5,238
1.5%
R+30.5
R+11.4
R+34.3
8,124
R
39.6%Obama3,146
58.7%McCain4,661
1.7%
R+19.1
D+7.0
R+26.3
7,942
R
36.8%Kerry2,829
62.8%Bush4,833
0.4%
R+26.0
—
R+23.6
7,695
Madisonville anchors Hopkins County, a region shaped by decades of western Kentucky coal extraction. The city's electorate has shifted sharply Republican over the past two cycles as energy-sector employment declined and cultural realignment accelerated.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 40.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.6 points.
A population of 19,515, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,860 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Toccoa and Poplar Bluff.
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, Madisonville, Kentucky voted Republican by 33.6 points (R+33.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,946 votes cast, 2,577 went Democratic and 5,247 went Republican.
How many people live in Madisonville, Kentucky?
Madisonville, Kentucky has a population of 19,515 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madisonville, Kentucky?
Median household income in Madisonville, Kentucky is $53,860 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Madisonville, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Madisonville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
