Butler County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 5,943 votes cast

Trump · R+66

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−66.3%	965	4,905	5,943
2020	R	−63.4%	1,079	4,960	6,125
2016	R	−62.4%	947	4,428	5,576
2012	R	−47.9%	1,293	3,716	5,060
2008	R	−40.3%	1,555	3,696	5,307
2004	R	−47.9%	1,436	4,109	5,578
2000	R	−47.0%	1,299	3,654	5,010
1996	R	−30.6%	1,260	2,531	4,149
1992	R	−26.2%	1,468	2,729	4,806
1988	R	−44.8%	1,245	3,278	4,539
1984	R	−49.3%	1,055	3,121	4,191
1980	R	−41.7%	1,274	3,129	4,450
1976	R	−19.5%	1,588	2,363	3,981
1972	R	−55.2%	835	2,941	3,818
1968	R	−49.1%	691	2,637	3,967
1964	R	−21.9%	1,555	2,429	3,992
1960	R	−57.3%	992	3,656	4,648
1956	R	−46.6%	1,202	3,303	4,513
1952	R	−44.2%	1,157	2,996	4,165
1948	R	−38.0%	1,105	2,494	3,658
1944	R	−48.8%	1,153	3,354	4,514
1940	R	−36.9%	1,455	3,163	4,624
1936	R	−35.4%	1,237	2,594	3,835
1932	R	−19.6%	1,736	2,586	4,331
1928	R	−70.3%	684	3,942	4,633
1924	R	−37.8%	1,177	2,644	3,878
1920	R	−50.1%	1,356	4,097	5,466
1916	R	−35.6%	1,158	2,456	3,647
1912	R	−6.4%	879	1,070	2,990
1908	R	−38.6%	1,012	2,328	3,407
1904	R	−40.5%	951	2,298	3,328
1900	R	−34.2%	1,131	2,333	3,512
1896	R	−24.8%	1,139	1,907	3,101
1892	R	−25.3%	715	1,327	2,415
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Italian

1.7%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.7%

3.3%

75–84

2.3%

5.8%

65–74

5.9%

6.7%

55–64

6.9%

6.5%

45–54

5.9%

7.2%

35–44

5.9%

25–34

5.8%

3.7%

18–24

3.0%

9.4%

5–17

7.6%

2.9%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,092

Butler County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Butler County$56,092

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

52.9%

Other Christian

19.3%

Methodist

2.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Butler County's R+66.3 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided presidential counties in the state, reflecting the broader rural realignment that has reshaped western Kentucky's small, agrarian communities over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Butler County reached its widest at seventy points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was sixty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Butler County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,092, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 12,393 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pittsylvania County and Putnam County.

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Butler County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.