Perry County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
37 precincts · 9,992 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -A114A114 | 87 | 462 | 7 | 556 | 15.6% | 83.1% | R+67.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -A112A112 | 80 | 348 | 6 | 434 | 18.4% | 80.2% | R+61.8 |
| Precinct -A109A109 | 83 | 328 | 4 | 415 | 20.0% | 79.0% | R+59.0 |
| Precinct -C107C107 | 75 | 316 | 5 | 396 | 18.9% | 79.8% | R+60.9 |
| Precinct -B105B105 | 76 | 302 | 3 | 381 | 19.9% | 79.3% | R+59.3 |
| Precinct -C114C114 | 63 | 313 | 5 | 381 | 16.5% | 82.2% | R+65.6 |
| Precinct -B106B106 | 49 | 294 | 0 | 343 | 14.3% | 85.7% | R+71.4 |
| Precinct -C102C102 | 64 | 268 | 2 | 334 | 19.2% | 80.2% | R+61.1 |
| Precinct -B113B113 | 73 | 233 | 11 | 317 | 23.0% | 73.5% | R+50.5 |
| Precinct -A113A113 | 66 | 247 | 3 | 316 | 20.9% | 78.2% | R+57.3 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 26 | 283 | 1 | 310 | 8.4% | 91.3% | R+82.9 |
| Precinct -B110B110 | 111 | 189 | 5 | 305 | 36.4% | 62.0% | R+25.6 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 72 | 227 | 2 | 301 | 23.9% | 75.4% | R+51.5 |
| Precinct -C106C106 | 49 | 247 | 2 | 298 | 16.4% | 82.9% | R+66.4 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 47 | 242 | 1 | 290 | 16.2% | 83.4% | R+67.2 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 64 | 217 | 5 | 286 | 22.4% | 75.9% | R+53.5 |
| Precinct -B103B103 | 68 | 206 | 6 | 280 | 24.3% | 73.6% | R+49.3 |
| Precinct -C109C109 | 32 | 239 | 3 | 274 | 11.7% | 87.2% | R+75.5 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 28 | 239 | 4 | 271 | 10.3% | 88.2% | R+77.9 |
| Precinct -C105C105 | 60 | 209 | 2 | 271 | 22.1% | 77.1% | R+55.0 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 57 | 211 | 0 | 268 | 21.3% | 78.7% | R+57.5 |
| Precinct -A102A102 | 40 | 224 | 3 | 267 | 15.0% | 83.9% | R+68.9 |
| Precinct -C110C110 | 21 | 235 | 2 | 258 | 8.1% | 91.1% | R+82.9 |
| Precinct -A110A110 | 53 | 196 | 1 | 250 | 21.2% | 78.4% | R+57.2 |
| Precinct -C108C108 | 51 | 185 | 3 | 239 | 21.3% | 77.4% | R+56.1 |
| Precinct -B111B111 | 67 | 132 | 5 | 204 | 32.8% | 64.7% | R+31.9 |
| Precinct -A107A107 | 26 | 169 | 1 | 196 | 13.3% | 86.2% | R+73.0 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 58 | 136 | 2 | 196 | 29.6% | 69.4% | R+39.8 |
| Precinct -B109B109 | 71 | 124 | 1 | 196 | 36.2% | 63.3% | R+27.0 |
| Precinct -C111C111 | 24 | 171 | 1 | 196 | 12.2% | 87.2% | R+75.0 |
| Precinct -B107B107 | 49 | 129 | 1 | 179 | 27.4% | 72.1% | R+44.7 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 26 | 143 | 2 | 171 | 15.2% | 83.6% | R+68.4 |
| Precinct -B108B108 | 49 | 90 | 7 | 146 | 33.6% | 61.6% | R+28.1 |
| Precinct -B112B112 | 39 | 99 | 5 | 143 | 27.3% | 69.2% | R+42.0 |
| Precinct -A108A108 | 20 | 102 | 0 | 122 | 16.4% | 83.6% | R+67.2 |
| Precinct -A111A111 | 30 | 88 | 2 | 120 | 25.0% | 73.3% | R+48.3 |
| Precinct -A104A104 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 82 | 14.6% | 85.4% | R+70.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −23.4% |
| 1896 | −40.4% |
| 1900 | −37.0% |
| 1904 | −38.6% |
| 1908 | −41.1% |
| 1912 | −27.3% |
| 1916 | −41.0% |
| 1920 | −32.6% |
| 1924 | −23.0% |
| 1928 | −23.0% |
| 1932 | +9.9% |
| 1936 | +19.0% |
| 1940 | +18.7% |
| 1944 | +12.1% |
| 1948 | +19.7% |
| 1952 | +3.0% |
| 1956 | −18.3% |
| 1960 | −7.3% |
| 1964 | +35.4% |
| 1968 | +6.0% |
| 1972 | −19.6% |
| 1976 | +11.9% |
| 1980 | +17.4% |
| 1984 | +0.4% |
| 1988 | +3.7% |
| 1992 | +20.6% |
| 1996 | +25.5% |
| 2000 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | −6.8% |
| 2008 | −32.0% |
| 2012 | −58.5% |
| 2016 | −57.0% |
| 2020 | −54.3% |
| 2024 | −59.5% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 30.2%2,250 | 69.8%5,212 | 7,462 |
| 2020 | R | 26.4%2,781 | 70.1%7,381 | 10,533 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Perry County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 81-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
19,233 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
−127 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −3,623 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,559 in average income, against $59,799 for residents who stayed — 22% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+54.4 on average — 5.1 points more Democratic-leaning than Perry County, KY itself (R+59.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Knott County, KY98R+59.2
- Leslie County, KY32R+80.9
- Breathitt County, KY27R+59.3
- Fayette County, KY20D+18.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Knott County, KY83
- Fayette County, KY37
- Breathitt County, KY34
- Laurel County, KY27
- Leslie County, KY23
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 | +53 |
| 2012 | −392 |
| 2013 | −315 |
| 2014 | −401 |
| 2015 | −216 |
| 2016 | −205 |
| 2017 | −572 |
| 2018 | −299 |
| 2019 | −368 |
| 2021 | −225 |
| 2022 | −308 |
| 2023 | −110 |
| 2024 | −138 |
| 2025 | −127 |
Perry County, anchored by Hazard in the Central Appalachian coalfields, has swung decisively Republican over the past two decades as its once-dominant union-Democratic tradition gave way to cultural and economic realignment — by 2024, the margin reached nearly 60 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.5 points.
A population of 27,499, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,181 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Letcher County and Harlan County.
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Perry County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21193/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.