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1876–2024
Cumberland County, Kentucky
Cumberland County·Kentucky

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

One of Kentucky's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Cumberland County, Kentucky · W.marsh · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+71
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,948
2024 ACS
Most similar
Garfield County
NE · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 3,442 votes cast
Trump · R+71
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−70.9%
4832,9223,442
2020R
−68.3%
5082,7693,309
2016R
−66.6%
4592,5023,066
2012R
−56.7%
5992,2162,854
2008R
−48.6%
6972,0562,797
2004R
−46.6%
8482,3563,239
2000R
−49.4%
7362,2203,006
1996R
−33.8%
7531,6542,662
1992R
−31.0%
9171,8663,061
1988R
−49.3%
7532,2312,995
1984R
−55.9%
7662,7293,509
1980R
−45.3%
8212,2163,081
1976R
−31.7%
8531,6532,527
1972R
−53.6%
6862,2943,002
1968R
−47.1%
6462,1163,120
1964R
−14.1%
1,3481,7943,164
1960R
−52.5%
8402,6973,537
1956R
−44.0%
1,0002,5843,601
1952R
−45.3%
9092,4263,349
1948R
−41.5%
7941,9472,775
1944R
−56.8%
7172,6193,346
1940R
−48.7%
8722,5333,409
1936R
−38.9%
9352,1273,065
1932R
−31.4%
1,2352,3693,615
1928R
−65.6%
5382,5933,132
1924R
−39.8%
9182,1433,079
1920R
−43.6%
9312,3803,324
1916R
−35.9%
6531,3942,062
1912R
−23.1%
5779721,708
1908R
−31.4%
6051,1721,807
1904R
−27.4%
5611,0011,604
1900R
−30.3%
6601,2411,920
1896R
−29.7%
6211,1541,796
1892R
−19.9%
5848801,491
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%
African American
1.2%
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.
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
Methodist
22.0%
Other Christian
14.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
12.9%
Baptist
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cumberland County's R+70.9 margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided rural counties in the state, reflecting a broader shift in Appalachian Kentucky toward overwhelming Republican alignment over the past two decades.

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

Cumberland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $40,000, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,948 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 Garfield County and Butler County.