Boone County, Kentucky: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+37%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 139,8412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $99,4142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clermont County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Boone CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Boone County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +56.4% |
| 1896 | +48.8% |
| 1900 | +50.2% |
| 1904 | +54.6% |
| 1908 | +52.0% |
| 1912 | +59.9% |
| 1916 | +58.0% |
| 1920 | +55.8% |
| 1924 | +23.5% |
| 1928 | −16.8% |
| 1932 | +44.3% |
| 1936 | +44.5% |
| 1940 | +29.9% |
| 1944 | +25.4% |
| 1948 | +33.2% |
| 1952 | +6.3% |
| 1956 | −3.4% |
| 1960 | −24.0% |
| 1964 | +19.3% |
| 1968 | −15.0% |
| 1972 | −46.3% |
| 1976 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | −20.4% |
| 1984 | −44.4% |
| 1988 | −40.1% |
| 1992 | −24.6% |
| 1996 | −26.2% |
| 2000 | −39.9% |
| 2004 | −44.2% |
| 2008 | −34.5% |
| 2012 | −38.6% |
| 2016 | −41.8% |
| 2020 | −35.7% |
| 2024 | −37.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 20,601 | 45,650 | 67,421 | ||
| R | 20,901 | 44,814 | 66,998 | ||
| R | 15,026 | 39,082 | 57,618 | ||
| R | 15,629 | 35,922 | 52,511 | ||
| R | 16,292 | 33,812 | 50,774 | ||
| R | 12,391 | 32,329 | 45,082 | ||
| R | 9,248 | 22,016 | 31,984 | ||
| R | 8,379 | 15,085 | 25,607 | ||
| R | 6,514 | 12,306 | 23,575 | ||
| R | 5,382 | 12,667 | 18,157 | ||
| R | 4,853 | 12,690 | 17,649 | ||
| R | 5,374 | 8,263 | 14,148 | ||
| O | 5,602 | 5,602 | 11,385 | ||
| R | 2,595 | 7,355 | 10,280 | ||
| R | 2,725 | 4,081 | 9,051 | ||
| D | 5,077 | 3,430 | 8,522 | ||
| R | 2,965 | 4,835 | 7,800 | ||
| R | 2,933 | 3,139 | 6,090 | ||
| D | 2,620 | 2,309 | 4,946 | ||
| D | 2,320 | 1,151 | 3,523 | ||
| D | 2,451 | 1,457 | 3,921 | ||
| D | 2,518 | 1,357 | 3,888 | ||
| D | 2,785 | 1,042 | 3,915 | ||
| D | 3,536 | 1,355 | 4,923 | ||
| R | 1,855 | 2,604 | 4,466 | ||
| D | 2,204 | 1,340 | 3,682 | ||
| D | 3,472 | 973 | 4,480 | ||
| D | 2,008 | 531 | 2,548 | ||
| D | 1,738 | 371 | 2,283 | ||
| D | 2,041 | 631 | 2,709 | ||
| D | 2,013 | 578 | 2,629 | ||
| D | 2,302 | 759 | 3,074 | ||
| D | 2,317 | 781 | 3,146 | ||
| D | 2,009 | 545 | 2,596 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.8%
English
14.1%
Irish
14.0%
American
6.0%
Italian
4.0%
Scottish
2.3%
French
1.8%
African American
3.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$99,414
Boone County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Boone County$99,414
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Boone County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.8%
Working age (18–64)5.7%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.2%
speak English only
Spanish4.1%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Boone County sits in the Cincinnati metro's Kentucky fringe, where rapid suburban growth since the 1990s has accompanied consistently lopsided Republican presidential margins — R+37.1 in 2024 among the largest in the state.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-six points in 1972 at its widest — Boone County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-seven points.
A median household income of $99,414 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 139,841 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clermont County and Powhatan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Boone County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Boone County, Kentucky voted Republican by 37.2 points (R+37), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 67,421 votes cast, 20,601 went Democratic and 45,650 went Republican.
What is Boone County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Boone County, Kentucky in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.
When did Boone County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Boone County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Boone County, Kentucky?
Boone County, Kentucky has a population of 139,841 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Boone County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Boone County, Kentucky is $99,414 — above the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Boone County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Boone County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.