† 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
GroupPrincetonKentuckyUnited States
English14.4%14.5%9.5%
American8.7%11.5%5.3%
German8.4%12.7%12.5%
Irish7.3%11.0%9.4%
French2.1%1.1%1.6%
Italian1.7%2.0%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%0.8%—
Dutch1.1%——
African American†11.7%6.6%9.9%
Mexican0.6%2.4%11.3%
Peruvian0.4%——
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
Princeton
Kentucky
United States
Median age
40.5
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Princeton
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$47,411
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.8%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.7%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Princeton
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.3%
6.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Princeton
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.
Princeton, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−19.9%
2008
−18.1%
2012
−25.5%
2016
−44.4%
2020
−44.8%
2024
−51.0%
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
23.8%Harris712
74.7%Trump2,238
1.5%
R+51.0
R+6.2
R+49.5
2,994
R
26.9%Biden817
71.7%Trump2,178
1.4%
R+44.8
R+0.4
R+49.3
3,037
R
25.9%Clinton705
70.3%Trump1,912
3.7%
R+44.4
R+18.9
R+46.5
2,718
R
36.4%Obama1,001
61.8%Romney1,702
1.8%
R+25.5
R+7.4
R+29.3
2,752
R
39.7%Obama1,135
57.8%McCain1,651
2.5%
R+18.1
D+1.8
R+25.3
2,858
R
39.9%Kerry1,155
59.7%Bush1,730
0.4%
R+19.9
—
R+17.4
2,896
Princeton sits in the pennyrile region of western Kentucky, where tobacco's long economic shadow and a small but stable population have kept it reliably aligned with the broader rural shift toward Republican margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 51.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.0 points.
A population of 6,241, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,411 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Trenton and New Albany.
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, Princeton, Kentucky voted Republican by 51.0 points (R+51.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,994 votes cast, 712 went Democratic and 2,238 went Republican.
How many people live in Princeton, Kentucky?
Princeton, Kentucky has a population of 6,241 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Princeton, Kentucky?
Median household income in Princeton, Kentucky is $47,411 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Princeton, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Princeton, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
