Menifee County, Kentucky: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+58 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,2302024 5-year
- Median household income
- $45,0962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 96.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bath County, KY · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Menifee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Menifee 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 | +26.9% |
| 1896 | +27.5% |
| 1900 | +28.4% |
| 1904 | +22.8% |
| 1908 | +29.7% |
| 1912 | +37.8% |
| 1916 | +32.8% |
| 1920 | +32.5% |
| 1924 | +31.5% |
| 1928 | −0.5% |
| 1932 | +49.8% |
| 1936 | +33.5% |
| 1940 | +39.3% |
| 1944 | +26.4% |
| 1948 | +43.3% |
| 1952 | +31.2% |
| 1956 | +19.4% |
| 1960 | +9.5% |
| 1964 | +54.1% |
| 1968 | +3.4% |
| 1972 | +10.0% |
| 1976 | +54.4% |
| 1980 | +27.2% |
| 1984 | +9.7% |
| 1988 | +23.8% |
| 1992 | +35.2% |
| 1996 | +20.8% |
| 2000 | −5.9% |
| 2004 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | +4.9% |
| 2012 | −16.8% |
| 2016 | −47.1% |
| 2020 | −50.3% |
| 2024 | −57.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 664 | 2,563 | 3,300 | ||
| R | 750 | 2,311 | 3,102 | ||
| R | 700 | 2,010 | 2,779 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 1,484 | 2,598 | ||
| D | 1,276 | 1,155 | 2,489 | ||
| D | 1,284 | 1,215 | 2,528 | ||
| R | 1,038 | 1,170 | 2,249 | ||
| D | 979 | 608 | 1,781 | ||
| D | 1,311 | 557 | 2,145 | ||
| D | 1,096 | 670 | 1,788 | ||
| D | 956 | 785 | 1,770 | ||
| D | 966 | 547 | 1,543 | ||
| D | 1,041 | 304 | 1,356 | ||
| D | 732 | 596 | 1,358 | ||
| D | 554 | 509 | 1,317 | ||
| D | 1,076 | 318 | 1,401 | ||
| D | 989 | 817 | 1,806 | ||
| D | 1,185 | 799 | 1,985 | ||
| D | 1,219 | 638 | 1,863 | ||
| D | 1,112 | 435 | 1,564 | ||
| D | 976 | 568 | 1,547 | ||
| D | 1,176 | 511 | 1,692 | ||
| D | 1,123 | 559 | 1,686 | ||
| D | 1,425 | 474 | 1,910 | ||
| R | 725 | 732 | 1,457 | ||
| D | 873 | 450 | 1,344 | ||
| D | 1,149 | 581 | 1,746 | ||
| D | 730 | 369 | 1,100 | ||
| D | 643 | 254 | 1,030 | ||
| D | 833 | 451 | 1,285 | ||
| D | 719 | 450 | 1,178 | ||
| D | 845 | 470 | 1,322 | ||
| D | 636 | 359 | 1,009 | ||
| D | 475 | 258 | 808 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
34.1%
English
9.1%
Irish
7.0%
German
4.3%
Scottish
1.3%
Italian
0.7%
French
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.
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: 46.2 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
$45,096
Menifee County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Menifee County$45,096
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Menifee County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
26.9%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1840.8%
Working age (18–64)25.2%
Seniors (65+)9.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.9%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 81.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 6,500 residents tucked into the Daniel Boone National Forest, Menifee County has shifted so decisively toward Republican presidential candidates that its margins now rank among the widest in the state.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifty-four points in 1976 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2012 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by seventeen points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-eight points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $45,096 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 27% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bath County and Wolfe County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Menifee County, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Menifee County, Kentucky voted Republican by 57.5 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,300 votes cast, 664 went Democratic and 2,563 went Republican.
What is Menifee County, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Menifee 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 28 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Menifee County, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Menifee County, Kentucky voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Menifee County, Kentucky?
Menifee County, Kentucky has a population of 6,230 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Menifee County, Kentucky?
Median household income in Menifee County, Kentucky is $45,096 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Menifee County, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Menifee County, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.