† 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
GroupMurrayKentuckyUnited States
English17.1%14.5%9.5%
American11.3%11.5%5.3%
German8.8%12.7%12.5%
Irish8.5%11.0%9.4%
Scottish2.1%2.0%1.3%
French1.5%1.1%1.6%
Italian1.0%2.0%4.8%
Polish1.0%—2.2%
African American†6.0%6.6%9.9%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Mexican2.4%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Filipino0.6%—0.9%
Korean0.4%—0.4%
Cambodian0.4%——
Indonesian0.4%——
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
Murray
Kentucky
United States
Median age
25.8
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
32.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.1%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Murray
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$44,091
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.1%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.1%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Murray
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.9%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
3.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.8%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Murray
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.
Murray, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−12.4%
2008
−6.3%
2012
−13.8%
2016
−10.1%
2020
−5.9%
2024
−14.1%
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
41.9%Harris2,610
56.1%Trump3,490
2.0%
R+14.1
R+8.3
R+12.7
6,226
R
46.0%Biden3,041
51.9%Trump3,429
2.1%
R+5.9
D+4.2
R+10.3
6,606
R
41.4%Clinton2,526
51.6%Trump3,142
7.0%
R+10.1
D+3.7
R+12.2
6,095
R
42.0%Obama2,441
55.9%Romney3,245
2.1%
R+13.8
R+7.5
R+17.7
5,807
R
45.8%Obama2,796
52.1%McCain3,182
2.1%
R+6.3
D+6.0
R+13.6
6,104
R
43.6%Kerry2,571
56.0%Bush3,300
0.4%
R+12.4
—
R+9.9
5,897
Murray City's electorate is anchored by a mid-sized regional university, which introduces a younger, degree-holding demographic into an otherwise rural western Kentucky county that has shifted heavily Republican over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 14.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.1 points.
A population of 18,080, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,091 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond and Warrensburg.
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, Murray, Kentucky voted Republican by 14.1 points (R+14.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,226 votes cast, 2,610 went Democratic and 3,490 went Republican.
How many people live in Murray, Kentucky?
Murray, Kentucky has a population of 18,080 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Murray, Kentucky?
Median household income in Murray, Kentucky is $44,091 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Murray, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Murray, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
