Knott County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
30 precincts · 6,003 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -A104A104 | 94 | 440 | 15 | 549 | 17.1% | 80.1% | R+63.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -A101A101 | 87 | 297 | 7 | 391 | 22.3% | 76.0% | R+53.7 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 36 | 322 | 6 | 364 | 9.9% | 88.5% | R+78.6 |
| Precinct -C102C102 | 63 | 292 | 7 | 362 | 17.4% | 80.7% | R+63.3 |
| Precinct -D105D105 | 81 | 255 | 4 | 340 | 23.8% | 75.0% | R+51.2 |
| Precinct -D103D103 | 56 | 250 | 9 | 315 | 17.8% | 79.4% | R+61.6 |
| Precinct -B107B107 | 70 | 236 | 2 | 308 | 22.7% | 76.6% | R+53.9 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 44 | 218 | 2 | 264 | 16.7% | 82.6% | R+65.9 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 62 | 181 | 2 | 245 | 25.3% | 73.9% | R+48.6 |
| Precinct -D107D107 | 35 | 204 | 5 | 244 | 14.3% | 83.6% | R+69.3 |
| Precinct -D104D104 | 43 | 179 | 5 | 227 | 18.9% | 78.9% | R+59.9 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 55 | 168 | 1 | 224 | 24.6% | 75.0% | R+50.4 |
| Precinct -C108C108 | 49 | 145 | 3 | 197 | 24.9% | 73.6% | R+48.7 |
| Precinct -A106A106 | 39 | 153 | 0 | 192 | 20.3% | 79.7% | R+59.4 |
| Precinct -A108A108 | 28 | 152 | 2 | 182 | 15.4% | 83.5% | R+68.1 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 32 | 144 | 1 | 177 | 18.1% | 81.4% | R+63.3 |
| Precinct -C112C112 | 49 | 122 | 1 | 172 | 28.5% | 70.9% | R+42.4 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 20 | 150 | 1 | 171 | 11.7% | 87.7% | R+76.0 |
| Precinct -B105B105 | 35 | 130 | 0 | 165 | 21.2% | 78.8% | R+57.6 |
| Precinct -B103B103 | 38 | 116 | 2 | 156 | 24.4% | 74.4% | R+50.0 |
| Precinct -C107C107 | 30 | 102 | 2 | 134 | 22.4% | 76.1% | R+53.7 |
| Precinct -C110C110 | 28 | 86 | 2 | 116 | 24.1% | 74.1% | R+50.0 |
| Precinct -C109C109 | 26 | 76 | 3 | 105 | 24.8% | 72.4% | R+47.6 |
| Precinct -C105C105 | 13 | 84 | 2 | 99 | 13.1% | 84.8% | R+71.7 |
| Precinct -D102D102 | 31 | 58 | 2 | 91 | 34.1% | 63.7% | R+29.7 |
| Precinct -B106B106 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 66 | 15.2% | 83.3% | R+68.2 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 45 | 15.6% | 82.2% | R+66.7 |
| Precinct -C111C111 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 42 | 21.4% | 76.2% | R+54.8 |
| Precinct -C106C106 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 40 | 7.5% | 90.0% | R+82.5 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 40.0% | 60.0% | R+20.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +41.1% |
| 1896 | +32.4% |
| 1900 | +40.5% |
| 1904 | +38.3% |
| 1908 | +31.3% |
| 1912 | +44.6% |
| 1916 | +43.5% |
| 1920 | +48.0% |
| 1924 | +43.8% |
| 1928 | +47.5% |
| 1932 | +71.2% |
| 1936 | +60.3% |
| 1940 | +70.8% |
| 1944 | +65.6% |
| 1948 | +72.1% |
| 1952 | +59.4% |
| 1956 | +39.8% |
| 1960 | +47.4% |
| 1964 | +81.4% |
| 1968 | +46.0% |
| 1972 | +30.2% |
| 1976 | +65.8% |
| 1980 | +53.8% |
| 1984 | +44.2% |
| 1988 | +50.4% |
| 1992 | +58.1% |
| 1996 | +55.1% |
| 2000 | +35.9% |
| 2004 | +27.5% |
| 2008 | −7.9% |
| 2012 | −47.6% |
| 2016 | −54.0% |
| 2020 | −53.9% |
| 2024 | −59.2% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 32.1%1,540 | 67.9%3,252 | 4,792 |
| 2020 | R | 26.8%1,664 | 69.8%4,330 | 6,200 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Knott County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 105-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
10,679 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
−27 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,396 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $43,341 in average income, against $55,606 for residents who stayed — 22% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+60.1 on average — about the same lean as Knott County, KY (R+59.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Perry County, KY83R+59.5
- Floyd County, KY44R+59.2
- Letcher County, KY24R+63.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Perry County, KY98
- Floyd County, KY27
- Letcher County, KY24
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 | −13 |
| 2012 | −121 |
| 2013 | −9 |
| 2014 | −174 |
| 2015 | −233 |
| 2016 | −158 |
| 2017 | −189 |
| 2018 | −115 |
| 2019 | −205 |
| 2021 | −15 |
| 2022 | −16 |
| 2023 | −46 |
| 2024 | −75 |
| 2025 | −27 |
Knott County, nestled in the eastern Kentucky coalfields, recorded an R+59.1 margin in 2024 — a dramatic shift from a county that voted reliably Democratic through most of the 20th century as union households gave way to a declining mining economy.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.2 points.
A population of 13,830, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,761 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Floyd County and Pike County.
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Knott County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21119/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.