Floyd County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
42 precincts · 15,652 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -A116A116 | 112 | 543 | 12 | 667 | 16.8% | 81.4% | R+64.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -D108D108 | 95 | 525 | 11 | 631 | 15.1% | 83.2% | R+68.1 |
| Precinct -D107D107 | 130 | 492 | 6 | 628 | 20.7% | 78.3% | R+57.6 |
| Precinct -A106A106 | 135 | 437 | 9 | 581 | 23.2% | 75.2% | R+52.0 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 136 | 418 | 8 | 562 | 24.2% | 74.4% | R+50.2 |
| Precinct -A113A113 | 74 | 459 | 7 | 540 | 13.7% | 85.0% | R+71.3 |
| Precinct -A109A109 | 74 | 456 | 5 | 535 | 13.8% | 85.2% | R+71.4 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 118 | 398 | 8 | 524 | 22.5% | 76.0% | R+53.4 |
| Precinct -D104D104 | 90 | 417 | 10 | 517 | 17.4% | 80.7% | R+63.2 |
| Precinct -A111A111 | 102 | 374 | 8 | 484 | 21.1% | 77.3% | R+56.2 |
| Precinct -B106B106 | 80 | 392 | 9 | 481 | 16.6% | 81.5% | R+64.9 |
| Precinct -B112B112 | 84 | 388 | 6 | 478 | 17.6% | 81.2% | R+63.6 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 122 | 344 | 12 | 478 | 25.5% | 72.0% | R+46.4 |
| Precinct -D106D106 | 82 | 387 | 8 | 477 | 17.2% | 81.1% | R+63.9 |
| Precinct -A107A107 | 111 | 352 | 12 | 475 | 23.4% | 74.1% | R+50.7 |
| Precinct -D102D102 | 69 | 367 | 8 | 444 | 15.5% | 82.7% | R+67.1 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 105 | 283 | 7 | 395 | 26.6% | 71.6% | R+45.1 |
| Precinct -B108B108 | 58 | 324 | 7 | 389 | 14.9% | 83.3% | R+68.4 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 44 | 332 | 6 | 382 | 11.5% | 86.9% | R+75.4 |
| Precinct -D103D103 | 65 | 296 | 4 | 365 | 17.8% | 81.1% | R+63.3 |
| Precinct -C108C108 | 76 | 278 | 3 | 357 | 21.3% | 77.9% | R+56.6 |
| Precinct -B103B103 | 68 | 273 | 7 | 348 | 19.5% | 78.4% | R+58.9 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 74 | 260 | 8 | 342 | 21.6% | 76.0% | R+54.4 |
| Precinct -B105B105 | 75 | 241 | 6 | 322 | 23.3% | 74.8% | R+51.6 |
| Precinct -A110A110 | 80 | 229 | 5 | 314 | 25.5% | 72.9% | R+47.5 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 65 | 238 | 6 | 309 | 21.0% | 77.0% | R+56.0 |
| Precinct -D101D101 | 52 | 249 | 8 | 309 | 16.8% | 80.6% | R+63.8 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 67 | 210 | 5 | 282 | 23.8% | 74.5% | R+50.7 |
| Precinct -C102C102 | 71 | 207 | 4 | 282 | 25.2% | 73.4% | R+48.2 |
| Precinct -D105D105 | 43 | 230 | 8 | 281 | 15.3% | 81.9% | R+66.5 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 69 | 202 | 8 | 279 | 24.7% | 72.4% | R+47.7 |
| Precinct -C106C106 | 67 | 204 | 5 | 276 | 24.3% | 73.9% | R+49.6 |
| Precinct -C109C109 | 56 | 215 | 4 | 275 | 20.4% | 78.2% | R+57.8 |
| Precinct -C107C107 | 55 | 199 | 6 | 260 | 21.2% | 76.5% | R+55.4 |
| Precinct -C111C111 | 46 | 189 | 4 | 239 | 19.2% | 79.1% | R+59.8 |
| Precinct -C110C110 | 49 | 178 | 5 | 232 | 21.1% | 76.7% | R+55.6 |
| Precinct -A104A104 | 54 | 153 | 2 | 209 | 25.8% | 73.2% | R+47.4 |
| Precinct -B109B109 | 30 | 153 | 0 | 183 | 16.4% | 83.6% | R+67.2 |
| Precinct -D109D109 | 22 | 158 | 3 | 183 | 12.0% | 86.3% | R+74.3 |
| Precinct -D110D110 | 34 | 126 | 2 | 162 | 21.0% | 77.8% | R+56.8 |
| Precinct -C105C105 | 16 | 93 | 2 | 111 | 14.4% | 83.8% | R+69.4 |
| Precinct -A102A102 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 64 | 9.4% | 89.1% | R+79.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +27.7% |
| 1896 | +14.2% |
| 1900 | +14.8% |
| 1904 | +13.5% |
| 1908 | +1.4% |
| 1912 | +19.6% |
| 1916 | +9.7% |
| 1920 | +11.9% |
| 1924 | +5.2% |
| 1928 | +5.7% |
| 1932 | +42.7% |
| 1936 | +40.5% |
| 1940 | +42.1% |
| 1944 | +41.5% |
| 1948 | +47.4% |
| 1952 | +35.7% |
| 1956 | +12.4% |
| 1960 | +32.7% |
| 1964 | +66.2% |
| 1968 | +36.7% |
| 1972 | +10.5% |
| 1976 | +52.8% |
| 1980 | +44.2% |
| 1984 | +32.4% |
| 1988 | +39.6% |
| 1992 | +52.5% |
| 1996 | +45.3% |
| 2000 | +32.6% |
| 2004 | +25.3% |
| 2008 | −1.3% |
| 2012 | −33.9% |
| 2016 | −48.2% |
| 2020 | −51.2% |
| 2024 | −59.2% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 34.4%4,000 | 65.6%7,636 | 11,636 |
| 2020 | R | 30.2%4,924 | 65.9%10,737 | 16,284 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Floyd County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 96-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
28,113 registered voters · 2024
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+21 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −4,041 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $36,342 in average income, against $56,951 for residents who stayed — 36% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+57.3 on average — 1.9 points more Democratic-leaning than Floyd County, KY itself (R+59.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Pike County, KY116R+65.4
- Johnson County, KY67R+70.7
- Knott County, KY27R+59.2
- Fayette County, KY25D+18.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Pike County, KY131
- Johnson County, KY100
- Knott County, KY44
- Fayette County, KY40
- Magoffin County, KY26
- Madison County, KY23
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −197 |
| 2012 | −674 |
| 2013 | −695 |
| 2014 | −501 |
| 2015 | −433 |
| 2016 | −473 |
| 2017 | −608 |
| 2018 | −286 |
| 2019 | −200 |
| 2021 | −234 |
| 2022 | +553 |
| 2023 | −206 |
| 2024 | −108 |
| 2025 | +21 |
Floyd County, anchored by the city of Prestonsburg in the eastern coalfields, has swung from a Democratic stronghold to an R+59 presidential margin in roughly 16 years — a shift that tracks closely with the collapse of coal employment and a realignment of working-class Appalachian voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.2 points.
A population of 35,224, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,279 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Knott County and Overton County.
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Floyd County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21071/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.