Magoffin County, Kentucky: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+64 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,3482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $33,0802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 97.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Nicholas County, WV · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Magoffin CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Magoffin 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 | −11.6% |
| 1896 | −15.8% |
| 1900 | −16.0% |
| 1904 | −16.7% |
| 1908 | −23.9% |
| 1912 | −4.9% |
| 1916 | −3.4% |
| 1920 | −26.8% |
| 1924 | −11.0% |
| 1928 | −21.9% |
| 1932 | +1.1% |
| 1936 | −0.4% |
| 1940 | +2.6% |
| 1944 | −2.5% |
| 1948 | +9.0% |
| 1952 | +3.5% |
| 1956 | −4.0% |
| 1960 | −5.1% |
| 1964 | +30.4% |
| 1968 | −1.0% |
| 1972 | −5.1% |
| 1976 | +15.4% |
| 1980 | +13.6% |
| 1984 | +11.3% |
| 1988 | +14.5% |
| 1992 | +22.2% |
| 1996 | +20.1% |
| 2000 | −3.3% |
| 2004 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | −7.1% |
| 2012 | −39.9% |
| 2016 | −51.8% |
| 2020 | −54.3% |
| 2024 | −64.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 909 | 4,288 | 5,282 | ||
| R | 1,214 | 4,174 | 5,447 | ||
| R | 1,172 | 3,824 | 5,116 | ||
| R | 1,433 | 3,391 | 4,906 | ||
| R | 2,105 | 2,434 | 4,651 | ||
| D | 2,843 | 2,836 | 5,718 | ||
| R | 2,603 | 2,785 | 5,453 | ||
| D | 2,249 | 1,434 | 4,045 | ||
| D | 3,261 | 1,992 | 5,711 | ||
| D | 2,895 | 2,158 | 5,080 | ||
| D | 2,942 | 2,343 | 5,298 | ||
| D | 2,986 | 2,265 | 5,297 | ||
| D | 2,451 | 1,793 | 4,263 | ||
| R | 2,024 | 2,243 | 4,281 | ||
| R | 1,927 | 1,967 | 4,123 | ||
| D | 2,498 | 1,327 | 3,853 | ||
| R | 2,471 | 2,736 | 5,207 | ||
| R | 2,162 | 2,343 | 4,509 | ||
| D | 2,243 | 2,093 | 4,342 | ||
| D | 2,253 | 1,882 | 4,135 | ||
| R | 2,031 | 2,135 | 4,166 | ||
| D | 2,812 | 2,668 | 5,481 | ||
| R | 2,554 | 2,577 | 5,137 | ||
| D | 2,721 | 2,661 | 5,395 | ||
| R | 1,806 | 2,816 | 4,622 | ||
| R | 1,757 | 2,196 | 3,975 | ||
| R | 1,352 | 2,347 | 3,715 | ||
| R | 1,433 | 1,535 | 2,996 | ||
| R | 891 | 1,004 | 2,308 | ||
| R | 1,005 | 1,645 | 2,683 | ||
| R | 1,000 | 1,404 | 2,419 | ||
| R | 955 | 1,321 | 2,281 | ||
| R | 833 | 1,148 | 1,998 | ||
| R | 660 | 844 | 1,587 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
25.1%
Irish
10.4%
English
9.6%
German
7.0%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
0.7%
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: 42.6 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
$33,080
Magoffin County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Magoffin County$33,080
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Magoffin County ranks in the bottom 5% 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
38.2%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1847.2%
Working age (18–64)35.6%
Seniors (65+)35.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tucked in the eastern Kentucky coalfields, Magoffin County recorded an R+64.1 presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the region's sharp partisan realignment over the past two decades as coal-economy pressures reshaped voter allegiances.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at thirty points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2008 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by seven points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $33,080 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 38% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nicholas County and Russell County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Magoffin County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Magoffin County, Kentucky voted Republican by 64.0 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,282 votes cast, 909 went Democratic and 4,288 went Republican.
What is Magoffin County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Magoffin 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 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Magoffin County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Magoffin County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Magoffin County, Kentucky?
Magoffin County, Kentucky has a population of 11,348 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Magoffin County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Magoffin County, Kentucky is $33,080 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Magoffin County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Magoffin County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.