Hickman County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 2,069 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -C102C102 | 61 | 389 | 2 | 452 | 13.5% | 86.1% | R+72.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -A102A102 | 112 | 294 | 4 | 410 | 27.3% | 71.7% | R+44.4 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 53 | 283 | 2 | 338 | 15.7% | 83.7% | R+68.0 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 70 | 260 | 3 | 333 | 21.0% | 78.1% | R+57.1 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 48 | 282 | 2 | 332 | 14.5% | 84.9% | R+70.5 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 50 | 148 | 6 | 204 | 24.5% | 72.5% | R+48.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +36.7% |
| 1896 | +43.8% |
| 1900 | +36.4% |
| 1904 | +40.0% |
| 1908 | +47.6% |
| 1912 | +56.8% |
| 1916 | +56.4% |
| 1920 | +55.4% |
| 1924 | +56.9% |
| 1928 | +47.5% |
| 1932 | +76.0% |
| 1936 | +73.3% |
| 1940 | +69.7% |
| 1944 | +54.5% |
| 1948 | +70.9% |
| 1952 | +39.0% |
| 1956 | +50.0% |
| 1960 | +38.4% |
| 1964 | +55.4% |
| 1968 | +9.6% |
| 1972 | −18.0% |
| 1976 | +53.4% |
| 1980 | +11.7% |
| 1984 | −13.6% |
| 1988 | +0.7% |
| 1992 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | +24.2% |
| 2000 | −9.9% |
| 2004 | −20.0% |
| 2008 | −26.4% |
| 2012 | −34.8% |
| 2016 | −56.0% |
| 2020 | −57.1% |
| 2024 | −61.0% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 18.3%283 | 81.7%1,264 | 1,547 |
| 2020 | R | 23.4%512 | 73.4%1,610 | 2,192 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Hickman County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 63-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
3,400 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
+36 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −196 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $44,202 in average income, against $60,696 for residents who stayed — 27% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Graves County, KY27
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 | −54 |
| 2012 | −37 |
| 2013 | −7 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | −39 |
| 2016 | +9 |
| 2017 | −66 |
| 2018 | −74 |
| 2019 | −24 |
| 2021 | −46 |
| 2022 | +27 |
| 2023 | +64 |
| 2024 | +15 |
| 2025 | +36 |
Hickman County sits at Kentucky's far southwestern tip, where the Mississippi River bends sharply. Its rural, aging population has shifted toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, producing margins that now rank among the state's largest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 61.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.0 points.
A population of 4,439, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,867 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ballard County and Edmonson County.
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Hickman County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21105/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.