Fulton County, Kentucky: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+66 in 1948.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,4092024 5-year
- Median household income
- $38,2172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+66 in 1948MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Mississippi County, MO · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Fulton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Fulton 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 | +47.0% |
| 1896 | +38.6% |
| 1900 | +43.1% |
| 1904 | +45.9% |
| 1908 | +44.9% |
| 1912 | +47.8% |
| 1916 | +48.6% |
| 1920 | +47.3% |
| 1924 | +56.6% |
| 1928 | +39.2% |
| 1932 | +65.0% |
| 1936 | +65.1% |
| 1940 | +63.8% |
| 1944 | +63.7% |
| 1948 | +65.8% |
| 1952 | +35.7% |
| 1956 | +43.8% |
| 1960 | +26.7% |
| 1964 | +36.1% |
| 1968 | +3.3% |
| 1972 | −26.6% |
| 1976 | +37.8% |
| 1980 | +15.6% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | +1.9% |
| 1992 | +23.1% |
| 1996 | +27.7% |
| 2000 | +5.7% |
| 2004 | −6.5% |
| 2008 | −10.3% |
| 2012 | −16.2% |
| 2016 | −32.5% |
| 2020 | −33.5% |
| 2024 | −39.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 636 | 1,491 | 2,145 | ||
| R | 794 | 1,606 | 2,426 | ||
| R | 774 | 1,549 | 2,382 | ||
| R | 1,022 | 1,425 | 2,481 | ||
| R | 1,238 | 1,530 | 2,825 | ||
| R | 1,340 | 1,527 | 2,890 | ||
| D | 1,452 | 1,293 | 2,788 | ||
| D | 1,614 | 863 | 2,710 | ||
| D | 1,813 | 1,073 | 3,204 | ||
| D | 1,531 | 1,474 | 3,016 | ||
| R | 1,534 | 1,780 | 3,330 | ||
| D | 2,016 | 1,462 | 3,547 | ||
| D | 2,370 | 1,060 | 3,470 | ||
| R | 1,024 | 1,807 | 2,947 | ||
| O | 1,204 | 1,079 | 3,818 | ||
| D | 2,493 | 1,169 | 3,672 | ||
| D | 2,708 | 1,567 | 4,275 | ||
| D | 2,953 | 1,147 | 4,128 | ||
| D | 2,673 | 1,266 | 3,942 | ||
| D | 2,497 | 450 | 3,110 | ||
| D | 2,973 | 654 | 3,640 | ||
| D | 3,592 | 791 | 4,392 | ||
| D | 3,727 | 782 | 4,526 | ||
| D | 3,985 | 837 | 4,845 | ||
| D | 3,132 | 1,366 | 4,503 | ||
| D | 3,336 | 902 | 4,303 | ||
| D | 3,843 | 1,365 | 5,239 | ||
| D | 2,200 | 747 | 2,992 | ||
| D | 1,609 | 520 | 2,279 | ||
| D | 1,705 | 636 | 2,382 | ||
| D | 1,560 | 561 | 2,175 | ||
| D | 1,487 | 581 | 2,100 | ||
| D | 1,414 | 603 | 2,101 | ||
| D | 1,157 | 383 | 1,647 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
28.4%
English
17.9%
German
5.2%
Irish
4.2%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.0%
Polish
0.5%
African American
19.0%
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: 40.9 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
$38,217
Fulton County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Fulton County$38,217
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Fulton County ranks in the bottom 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
22.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1839.6%
Working age (18–64)17.6%
Seniors (65+)16.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.6%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Fulton County sits at Kentucky's southwestern tip, bordered by the Mississippi River and Missouri, with a population under 8,000 that has declined sharply over decades. Its R+39.9 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a rural western Kentucky shift that accelerated after 2008.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at forty points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A median household income of $38,217, a 23% poverty rate, and a 69% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mississippi County and New Madrid County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Fulton County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fulton County, Kentucky voted Republican by 39.9 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,145 votes cast, 636 went Democratic and 1,491 went Republican.
What is Fulton County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Fulton County, Kentucky in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 25 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Fulton County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fulton County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Fulton County, Kentucky?
Fulton County, Kentucky has a population of 6,409 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fulton County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Fulton County, Kentucky is $38,217 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Fulton County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fulton County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.