† 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
GroupParisKentuckyUnited States
American12.5%11.5%5.3%
English12.3%14.5%9.5%
Irish9.1%11.0%9.4%
German8.4%12.7%12.5%
Italian3.0%2.0%4.8%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.7%0.8%—
Dutch1.4%——
African American†7.9%6.6%9.9%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Mexican4.5%2.4%11.3%
Cuban0.9%0.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Argentinean0.2%——
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
Paris
Kentucky
United States
Median age
37.8
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Paris
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$55,839
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.9%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.0%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Paris
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Paris
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.
Paris, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−10.7%
2008
−6.0%
2012
−8.7%
2016
−21.3%
2020
−24.8%
2024
−32.9%
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
32.5%Harris1,567
65.4%Trump3,151
2.1%
R+32.9
R+8.1
R+31.4
4,818
R
36.6%Biden1,693
61.3%Trump2,840
2.1%
R+24.8
R+3.4
R+29.2
4,631
R
36.9%Clinton1,444
58.2%Trump2,279
4.9%
R+21.3
R+12.6
R+23.4
3,914
R
44.6%Obama1,518
53.4%Romney1,815
2.0%
R+8.7
R+2.8
R+12.6
3,400
R
46.2%Obama1,696
52.2%McCain1,915
1.6%
R+6.0
D+4.7
R+13.2
3,671
R
44.0%Kerry1,588
54.7%Bush1,975
1.4%
R+10.7
—
R+8.3
3,613
Paris sits at the heart of Kentucky's storied Bluegrass horse-farm country, where a modest but stable population has tracked statewide realignment from reliably Democratic to solidly Republican over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.9 points.
A population of 10,160, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,839 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mount Sterling and Lewisburg.
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, Paris, Kentucky voted Republican by 32.9 points (R+32.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,818 votes cast, 1,567 went Democratic and 3,151 went Republican.
How many people live in Paris, Kentucky?
Paris, Kentucky has a population of 10,160 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Paris, Kentucky?
Median household income in Paris, Kentucky is $55,839 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Paris, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Paris, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
