† 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
GroupRussellvilleKentuckyUnited States
American13.7%11.5%5.3%
English11.6%14.5%9.5%
Irish8.8%11.0%9.4%
German7.8%12.7%12.5%
Scottish1.8%2.0%1.3%
Polish0.9%—2.2%
Scotch-Irish0.8%0.8%—
Italian0.7%2.0%4.8%
African American†9.5%6.6%9.9%
Mexican4.2%2.4%11.3%
Cuban0.7%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
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
Russellville
Kentucky
United States
Median age
43.6
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.4%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Russellville
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$45,484
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.7%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.1%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Russellville
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Russellville
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.
Russellville, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−5.9%
2008
−5.8%
2012
−8.6%
2016
−17.1%
2020
−20.8%
2024
−46.5%
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 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle 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
26.1%Harris849
72.6%Trump2,362
1.4%
R+46.5
R+25.7
R+45.0
3,255
R
38.8%Biden1,127
59.6%Trump1,730
1.6%
R+20.8
R+3.7
R+25.2
2,903
R
39.7%Clinton1,019
56.8%Trump1,457
3.5%
R+17.1
R+8.5
R+19.2
2,566
R
45.0%Obama1,151
53.6%Romney1,370
1.4%
R+8.6
R+2.8
R+12.4
2,556
R
46.2%Obama1,280
52.0%McCain1,440
1.7%
R+5.8
D+0.1
R+13.1
2,768
R
47.0%Kerry1,261
52.8%Bush1,419
0.2%
R+5.9
—
R+3.4
2,685
Russellville sits at the heart of Logan County, a persistently rural stretch of south-central Kentucky where Republican margins in statewide races have widened steadily over the past two decades as the region's agricultural and small-manufacturing economy shifted partisan allegiances.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 46.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 25.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.5 points.
A population of 7,316, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,484 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson and Central City.
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, Russellville, Kentucky voted Republican by 46.5 points (R+46.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,255 votes cast, 849 went Democratic and 2,362 went Republican.
How many people live in Russellville, Kentucky?
Russellville, Kentucky has a population of 7,316 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Russellville, Kentucky?
Median household income in Russellville, Kentucky is $45,484 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Russellville, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Russellville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
