† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupCynthianaKentuckyUnited States
American15.0%11.5%5.3%
English14.7%14.5%9.5%
German11.6%12.7%12.5%
Irish8.6%11.0%9.4%
Scottish2.3%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.1%0.8%—
French1.2%1.1%1.6%
Dutch1.1%——
African American†2.2%6.6%9.9%
Haitian0.7%—0.3%
Mexican0.8%2.4%11.3%
Dominican0.5%—0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.7%0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Cynthiana
Kentucky
United States
Median age
36.9
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cynthiana
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$54,647
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
30.5%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.4%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cynthiana
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.7%
6.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cynthiana
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
—
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.7%
51.5%
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.
Cynthiana, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−18.4%
2008
−12.7%
2012
−19.8%
2016
−30.4%
2020
−23.4%
2024
−34.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
32.2%Harris806
66.5%Trump1,665
1.2%
R+34.3
R+10.9
R+32.9
2,502
R
37.4%Biden1,001
60.8%Trump1,628
1.8%
R+23.4
D+7.0
R+27.9
2,677
R
32.3%Clinton753
62.7%Trump1,463
5.1%
R+30.4
R+10.6
R+32.5
2,334
R
39.1%Obama961
58.9%Romney1,447
1.9%
R+19.8
R+7.1
R+23.7
2,455
R
42.7%Obama1,014
55.3%McCain1,315
2.0%
R+12.7
D+5.7
R+19.9
2,377
R
40.7%Kerry976
59.1%Bush1,417
0.3%
R+18.4
—
R+15.9
2,399
Cynthiana anchors Harrison County in the Bluegrass region, where a small-city electorate has shifted decisively toward Republican candidates in federal races over the past decade, mirroring broader rural Kentucky trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.3 points.
A population of 6,458, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,647 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tipton and Buena Vista.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cynthiana, Kentucky voted Republican by 34.3 points (R+34.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,502 votes cast, 806 went Democratic and 1,665 went Republican.
How many people live in Cynthiana, Kentucky?
Cynthiana, Kentucky has a population of 6,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cynthiana, Kentucky?
Median household income in Cynthiana, Kentucky is $54,647 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Cynthiana, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cynthiana, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
