Madison County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

47 precincts · 45,329 votes cast

Trump · R+31

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−30.8%	15,180	29,130	45,329
2020	R	−26.8%	15,581	27,356	43,957
2016	R	−31.1%	11,793	23,431	37,371
2012	R	−28.9%	11,512	21,128	33,322
2008	R	−22.4%	12,392	19,694	32,537
2004	R	−24.1%	11,525	18,922	30,707
2000	R	−18.5%	9,309	13,682	23,666
1996	R	−5.6%	8,142	9,212	19,102
1992	R	−3.6%	8,005	8,719	19,841
1988	R	−19.6%	6,672	9,958	16,766
1984	R	−26.8%	6,509	11,309	17,926
1980	R	−1.3%	8,208	8,437	17,671
1976	D	+5.1%	7,299	6,581	14,114
1972	R	−32.8%	4,328	8,659	13,199
1968	R	−12.1%	3,884	5,325	11,878
1964	D	+23.3%	6,877	4,266	11,200
1960	R	−8.7%	5,621	6,692	12,313
1956	R	−2.4%	5,670	5,955	11,710
1952	D	+0.1%	5,901	5,886	11,815
1948	D	+7.1%	5,344	4,619	10,156
1944	D	+2.7%	5,769	5,468	11,307
1940	D	+5.6%	6,484	5,789	12,340
1936	D	+1.8%	6,259	6,034	12,375
1932	D	+8.9%	6,957	5,811	12,884
1928	R	−14.3%	4,736	6,325	11,090
1924	R	−3.7%	4,895	5,276	10,292
1920	R	−3.1%	5,647	6,012	11,739
1916	D	+4.4%	3,295	3,017	6,344
1912	D	+14.9%	2,992	2,094	6,039
1908	R	−2.0%	3,065	3,191	6,359
1904	D	+2.0%	2,891	2,774	5,790
1900	R	−0.6%	3,046	3,084	6,197
1896	R	−5.7%	2,756	3,100	5,997
1892	D	+5.0%	2,565	2,312	5,025
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

3.2%

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

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: 34.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.8%

2.0%

75–84

2.5%

4.4%

65–74

4.8%

5.4%

55–64

5.8%

45–54

5.9%

35–44

6.0%

6.7%

25–34

6.4%

7.7%

18–24

8.5%

8.0%

5–17

7.4%

2.8%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$63,351

Madison County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Madison County$63,351

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.1%

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

16.1%

Other Christian

9.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.6%

Methodist

2.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.6%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Madison County has shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past decade despite its college presence, posting a 30-point gap in 2024 — a pattern common across Appalachian-adjacent Kentucky counties.

The Republican margin in Madison County reached its widest at thirty-three points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Madison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,351, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 95,769 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 Oglethorpe County and Gilmer County.

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