† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
6 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBowling GreenKentuckyUnited States
English13.8%14.5%9.5%
American12.0%11.5%5.3%
Irish8.8%11.0%9.4%
German8.7%12.7%12.5%
Scottish2.2%2.0%1.3%
Italian2.1%2.0%4.8%
Polish0.8%—2.2%
Scotch-Irish0.8%0.8%—
African American†6.0%6.6%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Mexican2.9%2.4%11.3%
Guatemalan0.6%0.3%0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Cuban0.4%0.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
Burmese1.5%——
Asian Indian0.4%0.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Pakistani0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bowling Green
Kentucky
United States
Median age
36.5
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
11.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bowling Green
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$60,184
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.2%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.9%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bowling Green
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.5%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.9%
3.4%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.5%
0.6%
0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.3%
0.3%
0.7%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.2%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bowling Green
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
4.8%
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.3%
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.5%
50.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
5.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bowling Green, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+5.0%
1896
+2.7%
1900
−1.2%
1904
−1.2%
1908
−2.6%
1912
+21.5%
1916
+1.5%
1920
−3.7%
1924
−0.2%
1928
−30.2%
1932
+16.7%
1936
+8.2%
1940
+5.4%
1944
−0.9%
1948
+7.3%
1952
−6.8%
1956
−9.7%
1960
−16.2%
1964
+19.9%
1968
−20.5%
1972
−33.3%
1976
+5.9%
1980
−14.5%
1984
−31.1%
1988
−23.5%
1992
−7.5%
1996
−12.8%
2000
−27.7%
2004
−30.5%
2008
−26.1%
2012
−27.9%
2016
−37.5%
2020
−33.4%
2024
−39.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
29.5%Harris30,239
69.1%Trump70,722
1.4%
R+39.5
R+6.2
R+38.1
102,419
R
32.4%Biden32,795
65.8%Trump66,537
1.8%
R+33.4
D+4.2
R+37.8
101,103
R
28.9%Clinton25,873
66.4%Trump59,530
4.7%
R+37.5
R+9.6
R+39.6
89,646
R
35.3%Obama28,580
63.2%Romney51,187
1.5%
R+27.9
R+1.8
R+31.8
81,005
R
36.3%Obama29,950
62.4%McCain51,515
1.3%
R+26.1
D+4.4
R+33.4
82,546
R
34.4%Kerry26,776
64.9%Bush50,540
0.7%
R+30.5
R+2.9
R+28.1
77,851
R
35.4%Gore23,638
63.1%Bush42,081
1.5%
R+27.7
R+14.8
R+28.2
66,692
R
39.7%Clinton23,417
52.5%Dole30,986
7.9%
R+12.8
R+5.4
R+21.3
59,053
R
40.2%Clinton24,893
47.7%Bush29,514
12.1%
R+7.5
D+16.0
R+13.0
61,931
R
38.0%Dukakis21,195
61.5%Bush34,295
0.4%
R+23.5
D+7.6
R+15.8
55,740
R
34.2%Mondale18,548
65.4%Reagan35,420
0.4%
R+31.1
R+16.7
R+12.9
54,186
R
41.6%Carter22,087
56.0%Reagan29,773
2.4%
R+14.5
R+20.4
R+4.7
53,131
D
52.5%Carter23,607
46.6%Ford20,944
0.9%
D+5.9
D+39.2
D+3.9
44,964
R
32.6%McGovern14,490
65.9%Nixon29,297
1.5%
R+33.3
R+12.8
R+10.2
44,456
R
29.2%Humphrey12,693
49.7%Nixon21,593
21.1%
R+20.5
R+40.4
R+19.8
43,472
D
59.8%Johnson24,164
39.9%Goldwater16,121
0.3%
D+19.9
D+36.1
R+2.7
40,397
R
41.9%Kennedy19,153
58.1%Nixon26,557
0.0%
R+16.2
R+6.5
R+16.4
45,710
R
45.1%Stevenson19,864
54.7%Eisenhower24,120
0.2%
R+9.7
R+2.9
D+5.7
44,078
R
46.5%Stevenson18,673
53.3%Eisenhower21,395
0.2%
R+6.8
R+14.1
D+4.0
40,150
D
52.3%Truman17,177
45.0%Dewey14,785
2.6%
D+7.3
D+8.2
D+2.8
32,821
R
49.5%Roosevelt18,968
50.4%Dewey19,313
0.2%
R+0.9
R+6.3
R+8.4
38,356
D
52.6%Roosevelt20,350
47.2%Willkie18,252
0.2%
D+5.4
R+2.7
R+4.5
38,689
D
53.9%Roosevelt20,905
45.8%Landon17,743
0.3%
D+8.2
R+8.6
R+16.1
38,764
D
58.1%Roosevelt24,975
41.4%Hoover17,797
0.4%
D+16.7
D+46.9
R+1.1
42,961
R
34.9%Smith13,865
65.1%Hoover25,872
0.1%
R+30.2
R+30.0
R+12.7
39,770
R
49.4%Davis17,938
49.6%Coolidge18,014
1.1%
R+0.2
D+3.5
D+25.0
36,335
R
47.8%Cox19,450
51.5%Harding20,964
0.7%
R+3.7
R+5.2
D+22.5
40,703
D
50.3%Wilson12,785
48.7%Hughes12,397
1.0%
D+1.5
R+20.0
R+1.6
25,432
D
47.0%Wilson10,679
25.4%Taft5,785
27.6%
D+21.5
D+24.1
D+2.0
22,734
R
47.8%Bryan11,491
50.4%Taft12,117
1.9%
R+2.6
R+1.4
D+7.0
24,062
R
48.2%Parker10,915
49.4%Roosevelt11,189
2.4%
R+1.2
±0.0
D+18.5
22,642
R
48.8%Bryan11,657
50.1%McKinley11,953
1.1%
R+1.2
R+3.9
D+6.3
23,871
D
50.1%Bryan11,583
47.4%McKinley10,969
2.5%
D+2.7
R+2.4
D+8.7
23,121
D
45.7%Cleveland8,043
40.6%Harrison7,157
13.7%
D+5.0
—
D+3.4
17,617
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+12.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+39.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 27 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Bowling Green in Bowling Green: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+575
2012
+440
2013
+1,015
2014
+698
2015
+1,611
2016
+1,263
2017
+1,897
2018
+1,231
2019
+1,537
2021
+2,231
2022
+2,744
2023
+1,478
2024
+1,782
2025
+1,816
The Bowling Green DMA stretches across a swath of south-central Kentucky where agricultural counties consistently post some of the state's widest partisan margins, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide rural turnout patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.5 points.
A population of 240,632, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,184 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Joplin-Pittsburg and Springfield, MO.
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In 2024, Bowling Green, Kentucky voted Republican by 39.5 points (R+39.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 102,419 votes cast, 30,239 went Democratic and 70,722 went Republican.
When did Bowling Green, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bowling Green, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
Bowling Green, Kentucky has a population of 240,632 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
Median household income in Bowling Green, Kentucky is $60,184 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Bowling Green, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
