Pike County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
57 precincts · 23,950 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -A104A104 | 233 | 724 | 12 | 969 | 24.0% | 74.7% | R+50.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -A106A106 | 199 | 740 | 12 | 951 | 20.9% | 77.8% | R+56.9 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 139 | 715 | 7 | 861 | 16.1% | 83.0% | R+66.9 |
| Precinct -F104F104 | 115 | 702 | 9 | 826 | 13.9% | 85.0% | R+71.1 |
| Precinct -F108F108 | 122 | 671 | 14 | 807 | 15.1% | 83.1% | R+68.0 |
| Precinct -E103E103 | 99 | 644 | 6 | 749 | 13.2% | 86.0% | R+72.8 |
| Precinct -C111C111 | 119 | 617 | 11 | 747 | 15.9% | 82.6% | R+66.7 |
| Precinct -B103B103 | 86 | 605 | 3 | 694 | 12.4% | 87.2% | R+74.8 |
| Precinct -D101D101 | 97 | 592 | 3 | 692 | 14.0% | 85.5% | R+71.5 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 105 | 569 | 5 | 679 | 15.5% | 83.8% | R+68.3 |
| Precinct -B105B105 | 90 | 540 | 8 | 638 | 14.1% | 84.6% | R+70.5 |
| Precinct -E107E107 | 101 | 515 | 5 | 621 | 16.3% | 82.9% | R+66.7 |
| Precinct -D111D111 | 130 | 450 | 3 | 583 | 22.3% | 77.2% | R+54.9 |
| Precinct -A108A108 | 94 | 423 | 5 | 522 | 18.0% | 81.0% | R+63.0 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 136 | 348 | 9 | 493 | 27.6% | 70.6% | R+43.0 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 141 | 343 | 9 | 493 | 28.6% | 69.6% | R+41.0 |
| Precinct -A107A107 | 107 | 373 | 4 | 484 | 22.1% | 77.1% | R+55.0 |
| Precinct -B106B106 | 72 | 398 | 5 | 475 | 15.2% | 83.8% | R+68.6 |
| Precinct -D102D102 | 48 | 407 | 6 | 461 | 10.4% | 88.3% | R+77.9 |
| Precinct -A102A102 | 81 | 373 | 6 | 460 | 17.6% | 81.1% | R+63.5 |
| Precinct -D103D103 | 75 | 360 | 5 | 440 | 17.0% | 81.8% | R+64.8 |
| Precinct -F105F105 | 58 | 377 | 5 | 440 | 13.2% | 85.7% | R+72.5 |
| Precinct -B107B107 | 91 | 340 | 8 | 439 | 20.7% | 77.4% | R+56.7 |
| Precinct -E101E101 | 50 | 376 | 4 | 430 | 11.6% | 87.4% | R+75.8 |
| Precinct -E105E105 | 77 | 349 | 1 | 427 | 18.0% | 81.7% | R+63.7 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 59 | 350 | 4 | 413 | 14.3% | 84.7% | R+70.5 |
| Precinct -C105C105 | 82 | 324 | 2 | 408 | 20.1% | 79.4% | R+59.3 |
| Precinct -A110A110 | 54 | 336 | 2 | 392 | 13.8% | 85.7% | R+71.9 |
| Precinct -C108C108 | 78 | 303 | 6 | 387 | 20.2% | 78.3% | R+58.1 |
| Precinct -F103F103 | 69 | 298 | 2 | 369 | 18.7% | 80.8% | R+62.1 |
| Precinct -F106F106 | 57 | 304 | 4 | 365 | 15.6% | 83.3% | R+67.7 |
| Precinct -E102E102 | 34 | 322 | 2 | 358 | 9.5% | 89.9% | R+80.4 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 30 | 298 | 1 | 329 | 9.1% | 90.6% | R+81.5 |
| Precinct -F107F107 | 42 | 275 | 5 | 322 | 13.0% | 85.4% | R+72.4 |
| Precinct -F102F102 | 45 | 272 | 3 | 320 | 14.1% | 85.0% | R+70.9 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 120 | 191 | 3 | 314 | 38.2% | 60.8% | R+22.6 |
| Precinct -E106E106 | 46 | 255 | 1 | 302 | 15.2% | 84.4% | R+69.2 |
| Precinct -D105D105 | 26 | 263 | 3 | 292 | 8.9% | 90.1% | R+81.2 |
| Precinct -D106D106 | 47 | 241 | 2 | 290 | 16.2% | 83.1% | R+66.9 |
| Precinct -A109A109 | 30 | 256 | 3 | 289 | 10.4% | 88.6% | R+78.2 |
| Precinct -E104E104 | 19 | 267 | 2 | 288 | 6.6% | 92.7% | R+86.1 |
| Precinct -D104D104 | 34 | 212 | 4 | 250 | 13.6% | 84.8% | R+71.2 |
| Precinct -F101F101 | 36 | 212 | 1 | 249 | 14.5% | 85.1% | R+70.7 |
| Precinct -C109C109 | 32 | 212 | 1 | 245 | 13.1% | 86.5% | R+73.5 |
| Precinct -D108D108 | 24 | 208 | 1 | 233 | 10.3% | 89.3% | R+79.0 |
| Precinct -E109E109 | 38 | 192 | 2 | 232 | 16.4% | 82.8% | R+66.4 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 80 | 145 | 5 | 230 | 34.8% | 63.0% | R+28.3 |
| Precinct -D110D110 | 38 | 178 | 4 | 220 | 17.3% | 80.9% | R+63.6 |
| Precinct -C102C102 | 53 | 154 | 1 | 208 | 25.5% | 74.0% | R+48.6 |
| Precinct -C106C106 | 23 | 167 | 2 | 192 | 12.0% | 87.0% | R+75.0 |
| Precinct -E108E108 | 24 | 165 | 2 | 191 | 12.6% | 86.4% | R+73.8 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 37 | 150 | 1 | 188 | 19.7% | 79.8% | R+60.1 |
| Precinct -C112C112 | 19 | 146 | 5 | 170 | 11.2% | 85.9% | R+74.7 |
| Precinct -D107D107 | 26 | 136 | 0 | 162 | 16.0% | 84.0% | R+67.9 |
| Precinct -C107C107 | 17 | 118 | 0 | 135 | 12.6% | 87.4% | R+74.8 |
| Precinct -C110C110 | 31 | 92 | 1 | 124 | 25.0% | 74.2% | R+49.2 |
| Precinct -D109D109 | 10 | 91 | 1 | 102 | 9.8% | 89.2% | R+79.4 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +6.9% |
| 1896 | −5.9% |
| 1900 | −7.2% |
| 1904 | −12.3% |
| 1908 | −21.8% |
| 1912 | −3.1% |
| 1916 | −10.4% |
| 1920 | −16.8% |
| 1924 | −9.0% |
| 1928 | −8.4% |
| 1932 | +23.1% |
| 1936 | +16.2% |
| 1940 | +15.0% |
| 1944 | +9.3% |
| 1948 | +16.9% |
| 1952 | +13.2% |
| 1956 | −0.9% |
| 1960 | +13.4% |
| 1964 | +33.2% |
| 1968 | +12.2% |
| 1972 | −13.6% |
| 1976 | +21.7% |
| 1980 | +16.8% |
| 1984 | +14.2% |
| 1988 | +24.1% |
| 1992 | +32.6% |
| 1996 | +29.6% |
| 2000 | +10.5% |
| 2004 | +5.2% |
| 2008 | −13.8% |
| 2012 | −50.5% |
| 2016 | −62.7% |
| 2020 | −60.7% |
| 2024 | −65.4% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 25.8%4,067 | 74.1%11,667 | 15,735 |
| 2020 | R | 23.8%6,013 | 72.7%18,362 | 25,258 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Pike County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 74-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
45,097 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
−246 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −7,657 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,977 in average income, against $64,632 for residents who stayed — 27% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+52.6 on average — 13 points more Democratic-leaning than Pike County, KY itself (R+65.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Floyd County, KY131R+59.2
- Mingo County, WV65R+73.8
- Letcher County, KY39R+63.9
- Fayette County, KY37D+18.1
- Johnson County, KY24R+70.7
- Scott County, KY20R+27.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Floyd County, KY116
- Fayette County, KY71
- Mingo County, WV60
- Scott County, KY44
- Letcher County, KY25
- Johnson County, KY21
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 | −58 |
| 2012 | −261 |
| 2013 | −671 |
| 2014 | −831 |
| 2015 | −1,057 |
| 2016 | −1,219 |
| 2017 | −1,383 |
| 2018 | −233 |
| 2019 | −390 |
| 2021 | −516 |
| 2022 | −548 |
| 2023 | +20 |
| 2024 | −264 |
| 2025 | −246 |
Pike County, anchored by Pikeville in eastern Kentucky's coalfields, swung from a reliably Democratic stronghold in the early 2000s to an R+65 margin in 2024, tracking the broader realignment of white working-class Appalachian voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 65.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.4 points.
A population of 56,727, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,312 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wise County and Floyd County.
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Pike County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21195/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.