† 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
GroupPikevilleKentuckyUnited States
American15.1%11.5%5.3%
English13.3%14.5%9.5%
Irish11.6%11.0%9.4%
German7.0%12.7%12.5%
Scotch-Irish1.5%0.8%—
Italian1.4%2.0%4.8%
Scottish1.4%2.0%1.3%
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
Mexican0.7%2.4%11.3%
Spanish0.4%——
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
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
Pikeville
Kentucky
United States
Median age
40.4
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
15.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pikeville
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$39,955
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.1%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.4%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pikeville
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.6%
6.8%
22.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pikeville
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.
Pikeville, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−3.2%
2008
−22.8%
2012
−47.2%
2016
−47.4%
2020
−42.9%
2024
−46.7%
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
25.9%Harris702
72.7%Trump1,967
1.4%
R+46.7
R+3.9
R+45.3
2,706
R
27.8%Biden792
70.7%Trump2,013
1.5%
R+42.9
D+4.5
R+47.3
2,848
R
24.5%Clinton656
71.8%Trump1,927
3.7%
R+47.4
R+0.2
R+49.5
2,682
R
25.6%Obama650
72.7%Romney1,850
1.7%
R+47.2
R+24.4
R+51.0
2,543
R
37.6%Obama925
60.4%McCain1,486
2.0%
R+22.8
R+19.6
R+30.1
2,461
R
48.1%Kerry1,390
51.3%Bush1,482
0.6%
R+3.2
—
R+0.7
2,888
Pikeville anchors Pike County, once a Democratic stronghold built on union labor and coal, but has shifted sharply Republican over the past two decades as the energy economy and cultural realignment reshaped eastern Kentucky's electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 47.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.7 points.
A population of 7,490, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,955 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richlands and Hazard.
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, Pikeville, Kentucky voted Republican by 46.7 points (R+46.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,706 votes cast, 702 went Democratic and 1,967 went Republican.
How many people live in Pikeville, Kentucky?
Pikeville, Kentucky has a population of 7,490 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pikeville, Kentucky?
Median household income in Pikeville, Kentucky is $39,955 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Pikeville, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pikeville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
