Fayette County, Kentucky: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted D+18%. Republican peak: R+35 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 323,7252024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,4792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Los Alamos County, NM · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Fayette CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Fayette County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +20.2% |
| 1896 | −13.0% |
| 1900 | −10.4% |
| 1904 | +12.7% |
| 1908 | +4.9% |
| 1912 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | +7.4% |
| 1920 | +7.8% |
| 1924 | −5.9% |
| 1928 | −30.4% |
| 1932 | +14.1% |
| 1936 | +11.0% |
| 1940 | +11.7% |
| 1944 | +11.0% |
| 1948 | +8.9% |
| 1952 | −9.8% |
| 1956 | −23.4% |
| 1960 | −20.9% |
| 1964 | +14.9% |
| 1968 | −16.0% |
| 1972 | −35.4% |
| 1976 | −11.0% |
| 1980 | −6.7% |
| 1984 | −28.2% |
| 1988 | −19.0% |
| 1992 | −3.8% |
| 1996 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | −6.8% |
| 2004 | −6.7% |
| 2008 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | +9.5% |
| 2020 | +20.8% |
| 2024 | +18.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 83,387 | 57,347 | 143,935 | ||
| D | 90,600 | 58,860 | 152,912 | ||
| D | 69,778 | 56,894 | 136,315 | ||
| D | 62,080 | 60,795 | 125,866 | ||
| D | 66,042 | 59,884 | 127,639 | ||
| R | 57,994 | 66,406 | 125,576 | ||
| R | 47,277 | 54,495 | 105,477 | ||
| D | 43,632 | 42,930 | 92,664 | ||
| R | 38,306 | 41,908 | 95,534 | ||
| R | 32,554 | 48,065 | 81,525 | ||
| R | 28,961 | 51,993 | 81,746 | ||
| R | 30,511 | 35,349 | 71,817 | ||
| R | 28,012 | 35,170 | 64,989 | ||
| R | 19,828 | 42,362 | 63,666 | ||
| R | 16,902 | 24,948 | 50,373 | ||
| D | 25,317 | 18,739 | 44,192 | ||
| R | 16,478 | 25,169 | 41,647 | ||
| R | 13,547 | 21,904 | 35,683 | ||
| R | 14,275 | 17,376 | 31,789 | ||
| D | 13,202 | 10,959 | 25,155 | ||
| D | 13,567 | 10,857 | 24,598 | ||
| D | 15,834 | 12,514 | 28,432 | ||
| D | 14,428 | 11,544 | 26,175 | ||
| D | 15,765 | 11,847 | 27,869 | ||
| R | 9,065 | 16,988 | 26,092 | ||
| R | 10,433 | 11,755 | 22,519 | ||
| D | 12,926 | 11,032 | 24,139 | ||
| D | 6,348 | 5,472 | 11,909 | ||
| D | 5,268 | 4,060 | 10,742 | ||
| D | 5,247 | 4,748 | 10,153 | ||
| D | 5,119 | 3,947 | 9,207 | ||
| R | 4,293 | 5,302 | 9,678 | ||
| R | 3,938 | 5,143 | 9,260 | ||
| D | 3,753 | 2,431 | 6,536 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.4%
German
12.4%
Irish
10.9%
American
7.5%
Scottish
2.6%
Italian
2.5%
French
1.7%
African American
11.6%
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: 35.3 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
$69,479
Fayette County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Fayette County$69,479
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Fayette County ranks near the middle 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
14.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.9%
Working age (18–64)14.5%
Seniors (65+)9.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.1%
speak English only
Spanish7.6%
Other Indo-European3.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%
Other languages2.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to the University of Kentucky and a diversifying professional workforce, Fayette County has swung steadily toward Democratic margins in presidential cycles, posting an 18-point gap in 2024 even as most of the state moved the other direction.
The Democratic margin here reached twenty-one points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A population of 323,725, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,479 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Los Alamos County and Island County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Fayette County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fayette County, Kentucky voted Democratic by 18.1 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 143,935 votes cast, 83,387 went Democratic and 57,347 went Republican.
What is Fayette County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Fayette County, Kentucky in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. 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 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Fayette County, Kentucky last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Fayette County, Kentucky voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Fayette County, Kentucky?
Fayette County, Kentucky has a population of 323,725 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fayette County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Fayette County, Kentucky is $69,479 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Fayette County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fayette County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.