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2024StatewideR+30.5

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

County120 areas · 2024 presidential vote

Fayette83,38757,347D+18.1143,935 Jefferson203,070144,553D+16.5354,094 Franklin11,99613,246R+4.925,763 Woodford6,2828,419R+14.314,993 Campbell18,95228,450R+19.748,334 Kenton30,85948,444R+21.780,948 Oldham14,40223,025R+22.638,210 Warren21,06534,862R+24.356,891 Scott10,50118,747R+27.729,769 Rowan3,4846,224R+27.89,873 Boyle4,9909,159R+29.014,373 Henderson6,83712,592R+29.219,688 Hardin16,57230,672R+29.348,082 Madison15,18029,130R+30.945,188 Daviess15,67330,705R+31.947,097 Bourbon3,0886,284R+33.59,537 Christian7,05514,332R+33.621,671 Shelby7,82216,356R+34.724,620 McCracken10,19121,349R+34.931,947 Clark5,63911,950R+35.317,885 Jessamine8,30317,854R+35.826,685 Boone20,60145,650R+37.267,421 Calloway5,11111,539R+37.916,945 Boyd6,29114,363R+38.520,951 Fulton6361,491R+39.92,145 Nelson6,51516,052R+41.722,852 Marion2,5136,473R+43.59,102 Mason2,1705,621R+43.77,901 Simpson2,4036,253R+43.98,776 Montgomery3,3299,302R+46.612,821 Hancock1,1733,375R+47.54,633 Harrison2,2656,639R+48.59,018 Nicholas8242,451R+49.03,319 Anderson3,2269,650R+49.113,095 Washington1,5334,720R+50.36,341 Mercer2,8388,826R+50.511,851 Greenup4,18112,961R+50.517,374 Wolfe6892,163R+50.62,915 Hopkins4,91615,361R+50.920,537 Carroll9633,014R+51.04,025 Bullitt10,28032,299R+51.043,209 Bath1,2784,041R+51.35,389 Meade3,27910,630R+52.014,123 Trigg1,6675,436R+52.47,196 Henry1,8576,093R+52.58,074 Barren4,56515,019R+52.819,802 Lyon9503,187R+53.44,187 Muhlenberg3,04810,491R+54.413,692 Powell1,1744,092R+54.45,360 Logan2,7349,620R+55.012,511 Trimble9233,283R+55.54,249 McLean9893,578R+55.94,634 Taylor2,5769,523R+56.712,261 Marshall3,70013,677R+56.717,602 Spencer2,4158,927R+56.711,480 Webster1,1534,339R+57.35,556 Menifee6642,563R+57.73,294 Todd1,0514,009R+57.95,112 Breckinridge2,0387,882R+58.210,048 Caldwell1,2564,860R+58.26,188 Union1,2254,758R+58.36,058 Carter2,3058,981R+58.411,422 Knott1,1814,732R+59.26,003 Floyd3,06112,326R+59.215,652 Breathitt1,0024,036R+59.35,113 Perry1,9667,913R+59.59,992 Gallatin7613,109R+59.93,917 Hart1,6426,691R+60.08,409 Garrard1,7197,086R+60.28,917 Ohio2,0948,679R+60.210,937 Larue1,3895,773R+60.47,259 Fleming1,3345,578R+60.67,000 Hickman3941,656R+61.02,069 Robertson215915R+61.21,144 Lincoln2,0808,833R+61.211,034 Graves3,10513,378R+61.616,678 Grayson2,2359,710R+61.812,095 Elliott5322,335R+61.92,911 Owen9884,434R+62.75,500 Edmonson1,1185,048R+62.96,247 Livingston8864,021R+63.14,972 Estill1,1145,091R+63.26,290 Pendleton1,2105,593R+63.56,900 Morgan9394,353R+63.55,373 Letcher1,4576,848R+63.98,431 Magoffin9094,288R+64.15,274 Ballard6973,331R+64.44,088 Metcalfe8844,197R+64.65,127 Grant1,9449,372R+64.811,469 Bracken7023,399R+64.94,153 Pulaski5,35126,051R+65.231,735 Pike4,02519,684R+65.423,950 Wayne1,4447,203R+65.98,733 Butler9654,905R+66.35,943 Allen1,5057,824R+67.19,418 Lawrence1,0445,464R+67.26,574 Lee4062,227R+67.72,690 Carlisle4082,182R+68.02,610 Crittenden6083,349R+68.44,010 Bell1,4197,831R+68.79,340 Whitley2,23712,687R+69.315,075 Laurel4,03723,516R+69.827,887 Johnson1,3508,150R+70.79,622 Cumberland4832,922R+70.93,442 Knox1,82111,178R+71.113,156 Adair1,2577,643R+71.28,974 Russell1,2007,622R+72.28,893 Green7825,033R+72.65,857 Rockcastle9866,635R+73.17,724 Lewis6664,997R+75.75,721 Harlan1,1999,109R+76.110,388 Clinton5494,276R+76.44,880 Casey8046,216R+76.47,080 Monroe5764,679R+77.35,308 Owsley2031,625R+77.31,839 McCreary6415,531R+78.76,212 Clay6926,729R+80.37,517 Leslie3823,908R+80.94,357 Jackson5065,358R+81.85,934 Martin2873,343R+83.63,655

Kentucky votes two ways. For president it sits near the Republican floor — Donald Trump carried it by 30.5 points in 2024, up from 25.9 in 2020 and a 16-point Republican margin in 2000, after the state had backed Bill Clinton twice in the 1990s. Yet the same electorate elected Democrat Andy Beshear governor in 2019 and returned him in 2023, alongside a Democratic registration plurality that held until 2024, when Republicans first passed it, 46.9 percent of registered voters to 42.3. The gap between how Kentucky votes for Washington and how it votes for Frankfort is among the widest of any state.

Two counties carry the Democratic vote. Jefferson County, which holds Louisville, went Democratic by 16.5 points in 2024; Fayette County, around Lexington, by 18.1 — the bluest county in the state. Together they cast more than a fifth of Kentucky’s ballots. Everywhere else runs Republican, and nowhere has the ground moved further than the eastern coalfield. Pike County, the largest of them, voted Democratic by 29.6 points in 1996 and Republican by 65.4 in 2024 — a 95-point shift. Floyd County moved 104 points across the same span, Harlan 101. Martin County, in the far east, is now the reddest in Kentucky at 83.6 points Republican.

The profile underneath is poor and heavily Protestant. Median household income was $63,726 in the 2024 ACS, 46th of the fifty states; 27.7 percent of adults hold a bachelor’s degree, also 46th; and the poverty rate is 16.1 percent, 46th. Kentucky ranks sixth in Evangelical adherents, at 31.3 percent. In 2026 the state will fill the U.S. Senate seat that Mitch McConnell, first elected in 1984, is leaving open: Representative Andy Barr won the Republican nomination and faces Democrat Charles Booker, who carried the May 19 primary. The governorship is not on the ballot until 2027.

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004R+19.9

2008R+16.2

2012R+22.7

2016R+29.8

2020R+25.9

2024R+30.5

full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 61.0% of 3,401,788 citizens 18+

Year	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	CVAP	Turnout
2024	704,043	1,337,494	32,993	2,074,530	3,401,788	61.0%
2020	772,474	1,326,646	37,148	2,136,268	3,362,354	63.5%
2016	628,854	1,202,971	92,325	1,924,150	3,313,798	58.1%
2012	679,370	1,087,190	31,488	1,798,048	3,238,364	55.5%
2008	751,985	1,048,462	26,061	1,826,508	3,174,289	57.5%
2004	712,733	1,069,439	13,907	1,796,079	3,110,214^†	57.7%

^† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English14.5%9.5%

German12.7%12.5%

American11.5%5.3%

Irish11.0%9.4%

Italian2.0%4.8%

Scottish2.0%1.3%

French1.1%1.6%

Scotch-Irish0.8%—

African American†6.6%9.9%

African0.5%0.5%

Mexican2.4%11.3%

Cuban0.7%0.7%

Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%

Guatemalan0.3%0.5%

Asian Indian0.3%1.4%

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	Kentucky	United States
Median age	39.2	39.1
Age 18–24	9.1%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.3%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Kentucky	United States
Median household income	$63,726	$84,427
Poverty rate	16.1%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	27.7%	35.6%

Languages at home

Measure	Kentucky	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	6.8%	22.3%
Spanish	3.4%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	Kentucky	United States
Catholic	7.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	31.3%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	50.7%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	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.

current representation

Current officeholders

DAndy BeshearGovernor

DJacqueline ColemanLieutenant Governor

RMichael AdamsSecretary of State

RRussell ColemanAttorney General

RMark MetcalfState Treasurer

RAllison BallAuditor of Public Accounts

RJonathan ShellCommissioner of Agriculture

RMitch McConnellU.S. Senate+0.40

RRand PaulU.S. Senate+0.88

U.S. House6 seats · D 1 · R 5

RKY-01James Comer

RKY-02Brett Guthrie

DKY-03Morgan McGarvey

RKY-04Thomas Massie

RKY-05Hal Rogers

RKY-06Andy Barr

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Ballotpedia / Kentucky SoS / Wikipedia); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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