Grayson County, Kentucky: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+62%. Republican peak: R+62 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 26,7072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,7572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Potter County, PA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Grayson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Grayson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +2.5% |
| 1896 | +3.3% |
| 1900 | −6.5% |
| 1904 | −12.2% |
| 1908 | −11.5% |
| 1912 | +15.4% |
| 1916 | −9.5% |
| 1920 | −19.1% |
| 1924 | −5.3% |
| 1928 | −26.3% |
| 1932 | +2.0% |
| 1936 | −4.1% |
| 1940 | −8.2% |
| 1944 | −19.6% |
| 1948 | −13.9% |
| 1952 | −26.2% |
| 1956 | −38.6% |
| 1960 | −34.2% |
| 1964 | −0.9% |
| 1968 | −34.0% |
| 1972 | −37.9% |
| 1976 | −8.7% |
| 1980 | −28.4% |
| 1984 | −42.7% |
| 1988 | −33.3% |
| 1992 | −19.1% |
| 1996 | −19.9% |
| 2000 | −37.8% |
| 2004 | −42.0% |
| 2008 | −34.8% |
| 2012 | −39.5% |
| 2016 | −59.2% |
| 2020 | −58.8% |
| 2024 | −61.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,235 | 9,710 | 12,095 | ||
| R | 2,400 | 9,453 | 11,985 | ||
| R | 1,959 | 8,219 | 10,576 | ||
| R | 2,744 | 6,404 | 9,271 | ||
| R | 3,154 | 6,605 | 9,903 | ||
| R | 2,905 | 7,170 | 10,143 | ||
| R | 2,604 | 5,843 | 8,558 | ||
| R | 2,716 | 4,249 | 7,722 | ||
| R | 2,909 | 4,533 | 8,507 | ||
| R | 2,575 | 5,186 | 7,842 | ||
| R | 2,200 | 5,524 | 7,777 | ||
| R | 2,788 | 5,084 | 8,076 | ||
| R | 3,064 | 3,658 | 6,790 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 4,155 | 6,111 | ||
| R | 1,595 | 3,598 | 5,885 | ||
| R | 2,920 | 2,974 | 5,894 | ||
| R | 2,355 | 4,807 | 7,162 | ||
| R | 2,021 | 4,565 | 6,592 | ||
| R | 2,341 | 4,011 | 6,362 | ||
| R | 2,174 | 2,880 | 5,092 | ||
| R | 2,436 | 3,629 | 6,085 | ||
| R | 2,678 | 3,156 | 5,861 | ||
| R | 2,676 | 2,907 | 5,604 | ||
| D | 3,872 | 3,721 | 7,624 | ||
| R | 2,295 | 3,937 | 6,242 | ||
| R | 2,858 | 3,183 | 6,102 | ||
| R | 2,830 | 4,174 | 7,049 | ||
| R | 1,953 | 2,368 | 4,362 | ||
| D | 1,685 | 1,075 | 3,964 | ||
| R | 1,864 | 2,360 | 4,295 | ||
| R | 1,683 | 2,179 | 4,073 | ||
| R | 1,938 | 2,213 | 4,249 | ||
| D | 2,002 | 1,874 | 3,926 | ||
| D | 1,251 | 1,173 | 3,152 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.6%
English
14.5%
Irish
10.0%
German
9.1%
Scottish
3.0%
Italian
1.4%
Polish
0.9%
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: 40.5 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
$50,757
Grayson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Grayson County$50,757
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Grayson 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
20.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.6%
Working age (18–64)17.3%
Seniors (65+)21.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.5%
Spanish1.1%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Grayson County logged an R+61.8 margin in the 2024 presidential race, placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state. Its roughly 24,000 residents are concentrated in small towns and rural hollows typical of western Appalachian Kentucky.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-two points.
A median household income of $50,757, a 20% poverty rate, and a 95% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Potter County and Tioga County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grayson County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grayson County, Kentucky voted Republican by 61.8 points (R+62), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,095 votes cast, 2,235 went Democratic and 9,710 went Republican.
What is Grayson County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Grayson 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 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Grayson County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grayson County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Grayson County, Kentucky?
Grayson County, Kentucky has a population of 26,707 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grayson County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Grayson County, Kentucky is $50,757 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Grayson County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grayson County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.