Rowan County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
18 precincts · 9,873 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -B106B106 | 428 | 1,002 | 27 | 1,457 | 29.4% | 68.8% | R+39.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -A106A106 | 368 | 608 | 15 | 991 | 37.1% | 61.4% | R+24.2 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 262 | 561 | 17 | 840 | 31.2% | 66.8% | R+35.6 |
| Precinct -A102A102 | 225 | 554 | 14 | 793 | 28.4% | 69.9% | R+41.5 |
| Precinct -D103D103 | 217 | 552 | 12 | 781 | 27.8% | 70.7% | R+42.9 |
| Precinct -B105B105 | 331 | 400 | 11 | 742 | 44.6% | 53.9% | R+9.3 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 314 | 314 | 15 | 643 | 48.8% | 48.8% | Even |
| Precinct -D102D102 | 145 | 387 | 10 | 542 | 26.8% | 71.4% | R+44.6 |
| Precinct -C106C106 | 141 | 371 | 17 | 529 | 26.7% | 70.1% | R+43.5 |
| Precinct -D104D104 | 134 | 257 | 4 | 395 | 33.9% | 65.1% | R+31.1 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 102 | 269 | 3 | 374 | 27.3% | 71.9% | R+44.7 |
| Precinct -C102C102 | 118 | 244 | 2 | 364 | 32.4% | 67.0% | R+34.6 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 120 | 233 | 2 | 355 | 33.8% | 65.6% | R+31.8 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 177 | 89 | 3 | 269 | 65.8% | 33.1% | D+32.7 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 128 | 123 | 2 | 253 | 50.6% | 48.6% | D+2.0 |
| Precinct -D101D101 | 90 | 115 | 5 | 210 | 42.9% | 54.8% | R+11.9 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 91 | 96 | 0 | 187 | 48.7% | 51.3% | R+2.7 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 93 | 49 | 6 | 148 | 62.8% | 33.1% | D+29.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −0.2% |
| 1896 | −8.1% |
| 1900 | −6.7% |
| 1904 | −11.9% |
| 1908 | −14.4% |
| 1912 | +19.4% |
| 1916 | −3.3% |
| 1920 | −10.5% |
| 1924 | −9.5% |
| 1928 | −22.7% |
| 1932 | +27.2% |
| 1936 | +8.2% |
| 1940 | +8.3% |
| 1944 | +3.4% |
| 1948 | +16.4% |
| 1952 | +5.6% |
| 1956 | −1.9% |
| 1960 | −2.9% |
| 1964 | +28.9% |
| 1968 | −2.7% |
| 1972 | −19.7% |
| 1976 | +22.1% |
| 1980 | +3.6% |
| 1984 | −14.7% |
| 1988 | −2.1% |
| 1992 | +15.0% |
| 1996 | +14.4% |
| 2000 | −0.6% |
| 2004 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | −7.8% |
| 2016 | −21.2% |
| 2020 | −21.0% |
| 2024 | −27.8% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 42.9%3,180 | 57.1%4,235 | 7,416 |
| 2020 | R | 41.6%4,175 | 53.8%5,403 | 10,042 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Rowan County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 39-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
17,741 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
−27 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +399 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $35,615 in average income, against $62,742 for residents who stayed — 43% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+48.5 on average — 21 points more Republican-leaning than Rowan County, KY itself (R+27.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Carter County, KY77R+58.4
- Montgomery County, KY50R+46.6
- Bath County, KY48R+51.3
- Fleming County, KY47R+60.6
- Morgan County, KY38R+63.5
- Fayette County, KY29D+18.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Carter County, KY57
- Fleming County, KY57
- Fayette County, KY52
- Bath County, KY42
- Montgomery County, KY41
- Morgan County, KY25
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 | +159 |
| 2012 | +179 |
| 2013 | +315 |
| 2014 | −40 |
| 2015 | +313 |
| 2016 | −254 |
| 2017 | +55 |
| 2018 | −52 |
| 2019 | −91 |
| 2021 | −115 |
| 2022 | −145 |
| 2023 | +24 |
| 2024 | +78 |
| 2025 | −27 |
Rowan County's presence of Morehead State University gives it a higher share of education-sector employment than most of its Appalachian neighbors, yet it still swung Republican by nearly 28 points in 2024, reflecting the region's broader partisan realignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 27.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.8 points.
A population of 24,578, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,321 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crawford County and Athens County.
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Rowan County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21205/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.