† 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
GroupMiddlesboroughKentuckyUnited States
English10.0%14.5%9.5%
Irish9.5%11.0%9.4%
American7.9%11.5%5.3%
German7.3%12.7%12.5%
Italian1.5%2.0%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.3%0.8%—
Scottish1.0%2.0%1.3%
Polish0.7%—2.2%
African American†5.2%6.6%9.9%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
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
Middlesborough
Kentucky
United States
Median age
42.1
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.2%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Middlesborough
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$31,106
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
31.0%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.9%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Middlesborough
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.8%
6.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Middlesborough
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.
Middlesborough, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−14.1%
2008
−32.4%
2012
−39.9%
2016
−46.8%
2020
−47.6%
2024
−53.7%
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
22.6%Harris692
76.3%Trump2,334
1.0%
R+53.7
R+6.1
R+52.2
3,058
R
25.6%Biden855
73.2%Trump2,443
1.2%
R+47.6
R+0.8
R+52.0
3,337
R
24.8%Clinton813
71.6%Trump2,345
3.6%
R+46.8
R+6.9
R+48.9
3,276
R
29.4%Obama909
69.2%Romney2,143
1.4%
R+39.9
R+7.5
R+43.7
3,095
R
32.7%Obama1,056
65.0%McCain2,101
2.3%
R+32.4
R+18.3
R+39.6
3,230
R
42.9%Kerry1,590
57.0%Bush2,111
0.1%
R+14.1
—
R+11.6
3,706
Middlesborough sits at the narrow pass where Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee converge, giving it an Appalachian identity that tracks closely with the region's decades-long partisan realignment from solid-Democratic to reliably Republican in federal races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 53.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.7 points.
A population of 9,123, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $31,106 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Newport and Lexington.
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, Middlesborough, Kentucky voted Republican by 53.7 points (R+53.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,058 votes cast, 692 went Democratic and 2,334 went Republican.
How many people live in Middlesborough, Kentucky?
Middlesborough, Kentucky has a population of 9,123 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Middlesborough, Kentucky?
Median household income in Middlesborough, Kentucky is $31,106 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Middlesborough, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Middlesborough, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
