Fleming County, Kentucky: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Republican peak: R+61 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,3232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,3072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clearfield County, PA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Fleming CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Fleming 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 | +6.2% |
| 1896 | +1.9% |
| 1900 | +1.6% |
| 1904 | +0.1% |
| 1908 | +1.8% |
| 1912 | +13.5% |
| 1916 | +9.8% |
| 1920 | +8.2% |
| 1924 | +0.3% |
| 1928 | −29.1% |
| 1932 | +13.1% |
| 1936 | +2.3% |
| 1940 | +2.5% |
| 1944 | −1.0% |
| 1948 | +13.1% |
| 1952 | −2.9% |
| 1956 | −4.3% |
| 1960 | −11.2% |
| 1964 | +23.2% |
| 1968 | −19.5% |
| 1972 | −25.8% |
| 1976 | +16.8% |
| 1980 | −3.2% |
| 1984 | −27.1% |
| 1988 | −7.1% |
| 1992 | +4.1% |
| 1996 | −8.4% |
| 2000 | −28.4% |
| 2004 | −21.7% |
| 2008 | −19.8% |
| 2012 | −32.3% |
| 2016 | −53.9% |
| 2020 | −57.4% |
| 2024 | −60.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,334 | 5,578 | 7,000 | ||
| R | 1,474 | 5,534 | 7,068 | ||
| R | 1,348 | 4,722 | 6,260 | ||
| R | 1,911 | 3,780 | 5,782 | ||
| R | 2,279 | 3,432 | 5,832 | ||
| R | 2,406 | 3,749 | 6,203 | ||
| R | 1,813 | 3,282 | 5,179 | ||
| R | 1,913 | 2,313 | 4,764 | ||
| D | 2,257 | 2,045 | 5,135 | ||
| R | 2,086 | 2,409 | 4,522 | ||
| R | 1,616 | 2,824 | 4,459 | ||
| R | 2,051 | 2,189 | 4,315 | ||
| D | 2,317 | 1,647 | 3,983 | ||
| R | 1,455 | 2,484 | 3,982 | ||
| R | 1,406 | 2,220 | 4,167 | ||
| D | 2,678 | 1,668 | 4,352 | ||
| R | 2,216 | 2,777 | 4,993 | ||
| R | 2,519 | 2,744 | 5,280 | ||
| R | 2,446 | 2,592 | 5,050 | ||
| D | 2,722 | 2,088 | 4,852 | ||
| R | 2,612 | 2,666 | 5,292 | ||
| D | 2,999 | 2,855 | 5,868 | ||
| D | 2,879 | 2,749 | 5,649 | ||
| D | 3,442 | 2,638 | 6,124 | ||
| R | 2,086 | 3,798 | 5,888 | ||
| D | 2,590 | 2,572 | 5,209 | ||
| D | 3,488 | 2,960 | 6,474 | ||
| D | 2,240 | 1,836 | 4,117 | ||
| D | 1,915 | 1,400 | 3,807 | ||
| D | 2,057 | 1,984 | 4,097 | ||
| D | 1,712 | 1,707 | 3,499 | ||
| D | 2,180 | 2,109 | 4,330 | ||
| D | 2,013 | 1,935 | 4,034 | ||
| D | 1,787 | 1,567 | 3,544 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
26.8%
English
14.8%
Irish
11.1%
German
10.8%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.4%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 41.0 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
$49,307
Fleming County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Fleming County$49,307
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Fleming County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
21.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.4%
Working age (18–64)20.7%
Seniors (65+)18.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Fleming County's R+60.6 margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided presidential counties in the state, reflecting the rural Appalachian-adjacent shift that has reshaped northeastern Kentucky over the past two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twenty-three points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 1996 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by eight points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $49,307 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clearfield County and Andrew County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Fleming County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fleming County, Kentucky voted Republican by 60.6 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,000 votes cast, 1,334 went Democratic and 5,578 went Republican.
What is Fleming County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Fleming County, Kentucky in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Fleming County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fleming County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Fleming County, Kentucky?
Fleming County, Kentucky has a population of 15,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fleming County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Fleming County, Kentucky is $49,307 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Fleming County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fleming County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.