Lincoln County, Kentucky: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Republican peak: R+61 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 24,5042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,4402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Butler County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lincoln CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lincoln 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 | +10.3% |
| 1896 | −5.6% |
| 1900 | −1.4% |
| 1904 | +1.8% |
| 1908 | +3.6% |
| 1912 | +27.3% |
| 1916 | +8.3% |
| 1920 | +1.0% |
| 1924 | +2.6% |
| 1928 | −25.5% |
| 1932 | +19.6% |
| 1936 | +5.3% |
| 1940 | +8.4% |
| 1944 | +5.0% |
| 1948 | +5.8% |
| 1952 | −4.5% |
| 1956 | −8.9% |
| 1960 | −22.3% |
| 1964 | +25.6% |
| 1968 | −15.7% |
| 1972 | −31.3% |
| 1976 | +8.5% |
| 1980 | −0.7% |
| 1984 | −23.0% |
| 1988 | −13.7% |
| 1992 | −1.5% |
| 1996 | −7.5% |
| 2000 | −27.9% |
| 2004 | −36.1% |
| 2008 | −38.5% |
| 2012 | −41.9% |
| 2016 | −57.2% |
| 2020 | −57.1% |
| 2024 | −61.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,080 | 8,833 | 11,034 | ||
| R | 2,254 | 8,489 | 10,914 | ||
| R | 1,865 | 7,338 | 9,561 | ||
| R | 2,582 | 6,416 | 9,152 | ||
| R | 2,752 | 6,273 | 9,151 | ||
| R | 2,796 | 5,996 | 8,863 | ||
| R | 2,678 | 4,795 | 7,597 | ||
| R | 2,550 | 3,006 | 6,111 | ||
| R | 2,532 | 2,624 | 5,946 | ||
| R | 2,677 | 3,530 | 6,232 | ||
| R | 2,498 | 3,996 | 6,522 | ||
| R | 2,991 | 3,034 | 6,105 | ||
| D | 3,198 | 2,694 | 5,925 | ||
| R | 1,882 | 3,623 | 5,571 | ||
| R | 1,736 | 2,591 | 5,461 | ||
| D | 3,307 | 1,958 | 5,277 | ||
| R | 2,381 | 3,747 | 6,128 | ||
| R | 2,953 | 3,535 | 6,510 | ||
| R | 2,910 | 3,186 | 6,114 | ||
| D | 2,920 | 2,593 | 5,614 | ||
| D | 3,087 | 2,793 | 5,922 | ||
| D | 3,657 | 3,090 | 6,783 | ||
| D | 3,575 | 3,211 | 6,826 | ||
| D | 4,574 | 3,063 | 7,695 | ||
| R | 2,314 | 3,903 | 6,227 | ||
| D | 3,100 | 2,935 | 6,289 | ||
| D | 3,787 | 3,710 | 7,566 | ||
| D | 2,212 | 1,868 | 4,156 | ||
| D | 1,863 | 842 | 3,736 | ||
| D | 1,994 | 1,851 | 3,945 | ||
| D | 1,713 | 1,648 | 3,537 | ||
| R | 1,871 | 1,925 | 3,802 | ||
| R | 1,628 | 1,833 | 3,646 | ||
| D | 1,473 | 1,175 | 2,885 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
41.5%
English
12.2%
Irish
7.0%
German
5.8%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.6%
African American
1.6%
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: 40.7 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
$52,440
Lincoln County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Lincoln County$52,440
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Lincoln 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
16.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.5%
Working age (18–64)17.8%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lincoln County's 2024 presidential margin of R+61.2 places it among the most one-sided counties in a state that has shifted sharply toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-one points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
A median household income of $52,440, a 16% poverty rate, and a 92% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Butler County and Todd County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lincoln County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln County, Kentucky voted Republican by 61.2 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,034 votes cast, 2,080 went Democratic and 8,833 went Republican.
What is Lincoln County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Lincoln 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 14 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lincoln County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lincoln County, Kentucky?
Lincoln County, Kentucky has a population of 24,504 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Lincoln County, Kentucky is $52,440 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Lincoln County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lincoln County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.