† 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
GroupNewportKentuckyUnited States
German32.5%12.7%12.5%
Irish14.5%11.0%9.4%
English13.2%14.5%9.5%
American6.0%11.5%5.3%
Italian4.4%2.0%4.8%
Scottish2.8%2.0%1.3%
French1.9%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.2%0.8%—
Mexican3.6%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.3%0.5%
African American†5.6%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
Newport
Kentucky
United States
Median age
40.6
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Newport
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$60,853
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.8%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.3%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Newport
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Newport
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.
Newport, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+3.6%
2008
+10.6%
2012
+15.1%
2016
+9.3%
2020
+15.0%
2024
+12.2%
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
D
54.9%Harris3,078
42.7%Trump2,393
2.3%
D+12.2
R+2.7
D+13.7
5,602
D
56.4%Biden3,242
41.4%Trump2,381
2.3%
D+15.0
D+5.7
D+10.5
5,753
D
51.0%Clinton2,551
41.7%Trump2,085
7.3%
D+9.3
R+5.8
D+7.2
5,003
D
56.5%Obama2,694
41.4%Romney1,972
2.1%
D+15.1
D+4.5
D+11.3
4,768
D
54.3%Obama2,696
43.6%McCain2,167
2.1%
D+10.6
D+7.0
D+3.4
4,968
D
51.2%Kerry2,468
47.5%Bush2,292
1.3%
D+3.6
—
D+6.1
4,822
Sitting directly across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Newport's dense urban core and working-class demographics give it a distinct voting profile within reliably Republican Campbell County, often producing narrower margins than its suburban and rural neighbors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.2 points.
A population of 13,967, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,853 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jennings Lodge and Snohomish.
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, Newport, Kentucky voted Democratic by 12.2 points (D+12.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,602 votes cast, 3,078 went Democratic and 2,393 went Republican.
How many people live in Newport, Kentucky?
Newport, Kentucky has a population of 13,967 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Newport, Kentucky?
Median household income in Newport, Kentucky is $60,853 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Newport, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Newport, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
