Lewis County, Kentucky: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+76%. Republican peak: R+76 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+76MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,9652024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,8382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 96.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Patrick County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lewis CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lewis County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | −17.0% |
| 1896 | −23.9% |
| 1900 | −21.5% |
| 1904 | −28.8% |
| 1908 | −32.8% |
| 1912 | −4.9% |
| 1916 | −28.3% |
| 1920 | −45.2% |
| 1924 | −34.4% |
| 1928 | −56.8% |
| 1932 | −12.6% |
| 1936 | −24.2% |
| 1940 | −28.4% |
| 1944 | −39.0% |
| 1948 | −30.2% |
| 1952 | −36.0% |
| 1956 | −35.5% |
| 1960 | −38.8% |
| 1964 | −4.3% |
| 1968 | −40.9% |
| 1972 | −44.1% |
| 1976 | −10.5% |
| 1980 | −28.7% |
| 1984 | −39.6% |
| 1988 | −32.8% |
| 1992 | −15.9% |
| 1996 | −21.7% |
| 2000 | −42.1% |
| 2004 | −38.5% |
| 2008 | −35.5% |
| 2012 | −41.6% |
| 2016 | −67.5% |
| 2020 | −70.8% |
| 2024 | −75.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 666 | 4,997 | 5,721 | ||
| R | 823 | 4,986 | 5,883 | ||
| R | 785 | 4,363 | 5,298 | ||
| R | 1,342 | 3,326 | 4,769 | ||
| R | 1,510 | 3,213 | 4,791 | ||
| R | 1,667 | 3,778 | 5,484 | ||
| R | 1,293 | 3,217 | 4,568 | ||
| R | 1,415 | 2,365 | 4,370 | ||
| R | 1,713 | 2,493 | 4,904 | ||
| R | 1,568 | 3,108 | 4,696 | ||
| R | 1,484 | 3,445 | 4,947 | ||
| R | 1,543 | 2,802 | 4,393 | ||
| R | 1,929 | 2,383 | 4,332 | ||
| R | 1,200 | 3,124 | 4,365 | ||
| R | 1,017 | 2,760 | 4,257 | ||
| R | 2,047 | 2,230 | 4,294 | ||
| R | 1,682 | 3,816 | 5,498 | ||
| R | 1,585 | 3,333 | 4,927 | ||
| R | 1,556 | 3,317 | 4,888 | ||
| R | 1,449 | 2,708 | 4,172 | ||
| R | 1,434 | 3,275 | 4,717 | ||
| R | 1,878 | 3,371 | 5,249 | ||
| R | 1,985 | 3,255 | 5,257 | ||
| R | 2,488 | 3,212 | 5,748 | ||
| R | 1,120 | 4,077 | 5,203 | ||
| R | 1,447 | 3,067 | 4,709 | ||
| R | 1,550 | 4,186 | 5,827 | ||
| R | 1,276 | 2,324 | 3,709 | ||
| O | 1,017 | 1,185 | 3,433 | ||
| R | 1,268 | 2,549 | 3,906 | ||
| R | 1,286 | 2,374 | 3,784 | ||
| R | 1,482 | 2,311 | 3,851 | ||
| R | 1,433 | 2,348 | 3,831 | ||
| R | 1,044 | 1,531 | 2,869 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
27.7%
English
17.3%
German
12.3%
Irish
8.3%
French
1.2%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
0.6%
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.
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: 42.4 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
$46,838
Lewis County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Lewis County$46,838
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Lewis 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
22.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.0%
Working age (18–64)20.1%
Seniors (65+)18.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This Appalachian county along the Ohio River recorded an R+75.7 margin in 2024, placing it among the most Republican-skewed counties in the state. Its small, rural population has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at an earlier high and narrowed across the late twentieth century. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-six points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $46,838 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Patrick County and Carroll County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lewis County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lewis County, Kentucky voted Republican by 75.7 points (R+76), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,721 votes cast, 666 went Democratic and 4,997 went Republican.
What is Lewis County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Lewis County, Kentucky in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Lewis County, Kentucky?
Lewis County, Kentucky has a population of 12,965 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lewis County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Lewis County, Kentucky is $46,838 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Lewis County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lewis County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.