Hopkins County, Kentucky: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+54 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 45,1192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,8152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sweetwater County, WY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hopkins CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hopkins 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 | +6.6% |
| 1896 | +16.2% |
| 1900 | +4.6% |
| 1904 | +4.8% |
| 1908 | +5.6% |
| 1912 | +27.5% |
| 1916 | +1.9% |
| 1920 | +7.4% |
| 1924 | +4.8% |
| 1928 | +2.4% |
| 1932 | +40.8% |
| 1936 | +38.8% |
| 1940 | +38.2% |
| 1944 | +31.8% |
| 1948 | +37.8% |
| 1952 | +25.0% |
| 1956 | +10.4% |
| 1960 | +7.2% |
| 1964 | +40.9% |
| 1968 | +5.1% |
| 1972 | −38.5% |
| 1976 | +20.3% |
| 1980 | +16.8% |
| 1984 | −16.2% |
| 1988 | −3.4% |
| 1992 | +16.3% |
| 1996 | +5.8% |
| 2000 | −16.7% |
| 2004 | −31.3% |
| 2008 | −24.9% |
| 2012 | −39.9% |
| 2016 | −53.9% |
| 2020 | −48.0% |
| 2024 | −50.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,916 | 15,361 | 20,537 | ||
| R | 5,439 | 15,757 | 21,512 | ||
| R | 4,310 | 15,277 | 20,345 | ||
| R | 5,789 | 13,681 | 19,767 | ||
| R | 7,104 | 11,916 | 19,348 | ||
| R | 6,420 | 12,314 | 18,843 | ||
| R | 6,734 | 9,490 | 16,489 | ||
| D | 7,239 | 6,363 | 15,190 | ||
| D | 8,881 | 6,032 | 17,531 | ||
| R | 7,453 | 7,979 | 15,505 | ||
| R | 6,743 | 9,368 | 16,166 | ||
| D | 8,810 | 6,238 | 15,355 | ||
| D | 7,749 | 5,115 | 12,990 | ||
| R | 3,129 | 7,133 | 10,388 | ||
| D | 4,391 | 3,791 | 11,869 | ||
| D | 7,954 | 3,328 | 11,297 | ||
| D | 6,436 | 5,574 | 12,010 | ||
| D | 6,535 | 5,300 | 11,917 | ||
| D | 7,157 | 4,285 | 11,469 | ||
| D | 6,149 | 2,608 | 9,366 | ||
| D | 7,352 | 3,795 | 11,174 | ||
| D | 8,695 | 3,884 | 12,609 | ||
| D | 8,193 | 3,602 | 11,837 | ||
| D | 9,158 | 3,817 | 13,088 | ||
| D | 6,640 | 6,330 | 13,000 | ||
| D | 5,864 | 5,292 | 11,854 | ||
| D | 7,829 | 6,732 | 14,836 | ||
| D | 3,757 | 3,615 | 7,505 | ||
| D | 3,147 | 1,357 | 6,502 | ||
| D | 3,721 | 3,315 | 7,231 | ||
| D | 3,125 | 2,826 | 6,226 | ||
| D | 3,321 | 3,024 | 6,506 | ||
| D | 3,470 | 2,490 | 6,052 | ||
| D | 2,014 | 1,726 | 4,380 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.7%
American
10.5%
Irish
8.4%
German
6.7%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
4.6%
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: 41.3 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
$56,815
Hopkins County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hopkins County$56,815
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Hopkins County ranks near the middle 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
20.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.7%
Working age (18–64)17.1%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hopkins County sits in western Kentucky's former coal belt, and its presidential margins have widened steadily over the past two decades as the region's energy-sector identity increasingly aligns with Republican voting patterns.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-four points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-one points.
A median household income of $56,815, a 20% poverty rate, and a 87% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sweetwater County and Caldwell County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hopkins County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hopkins County, Kentucky voted Republican by 50.9 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,537 votes cast, 4,916 went Democratic and 15,361 went Republican.
What is Hopkins County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Hopkins 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 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hopkins County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hopkins County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Hopkins County, Kentucky?
Hopkins County, Kentucky has a population of 45,119 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hopkins County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Hopkins County, Kentucky is $56,815 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Hopkins County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hopkins County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.