† 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
GroupFranklinKentuckyUnited States
American16.1%11.5%5.3%
English15.9%14.5%9.5%
German9.4%12.7%12.5%
Irish8.6%11.0%9.4%
Scottish3.0%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.0%2.0%4.8%
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
Polish0.7%—2.2%
African American†8.1%6.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
Mexican2.1%2.4%11.3%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.7%0.7%
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
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
Franklin
Kentucky
United States
Median age
35.8
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Franklin
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$59,052
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.1%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.5%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Franklin
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Franklin
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.
Franklin, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−8.9%
2008
−9.5%
2012
−8.2%
2016
−24.4%
2020
−21.9%
2024
−30.6%
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, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
33.8%Harris1,363
64.4%Trump2,598
1.8%
R+30.6
R+8.7
R+29.1
4,034
R
38.0%Biden1,543
60.0%Trump2,432
2.0%
R+21.9
D+2.5
R+26.4
4,056
R
36.0%Clinton1,237
60.4%Trump2,076
3.6%
R+24.4
R+16.2
R+26.5
3,437
R
45.3%Obama1,476
53.5%Romney1,744
1.2%
R+8.2
D+1.3
R+12.1
3,260
R
44.5%Obama1,442
53.9%McCain1,750
1.6%
R+9.5
R+0.6
R+16.8
3,244
R
45.3%Kerry1,413
54.2%Bush1,690
0.4%
R+8.9
—
R+6.4
3,117
Franklin sits at the edge of Kentucky's Pennyroyal region, where tobacco-country demographics have tracked a sharp rightward shift in presidential margins over the past two decades, consistent with rural small-city patterns statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 30.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.6 points.
A population of 10,360, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,052 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Paris and Paris.
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, Franklin, Kentucky voted Republican by 30.6 points (R+30.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,034 votes cast, 1,363 went Democratic and 2,598 went Republican.
How many people live in Franklin, Kentucky?
Franklin, Kentucky has a population of 10,360 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin, Kentucky?
Median household income in Franklin, Kentucky is $59,052 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Franklin, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Franklin, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
