Martin County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 3,658 votes cast

Trump · R+84

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−83.5%	287	3,343	3,658
2020	R	−78.7%	403	3,496	3,930
2016	R	−79.4%	363	3,503	3,953
2012	R	−68.1%	574	3,180	3,824
2008	R	−54.6%	808	2,824	3,692
2004	R	−32.9%	1,504	2,996	4,539
2000	R	−21.4%	1,714	2,667	4,456
1996	D	+5.1%	1,807	1,612	3,845
1992	R	−6.0%	1,715	1,961	4,095
1988	R	−24.0%	1,581	2,587	4,196
1984	R	−37.1%	1,471	3,238	4,760
1980	R	−27.7%	1,567	2,793	4,430
1976	R	−25.0%	1,267	2,120	3,413
1972	R	−57.2%	661	2,495	3,204
1968	R	−41.7%	759	1,943	2,840
1964	D	+3.8%	1,694	1,567	3,306
1960	R	−43.1%	1,116	2,809	3,925
1956	R	−61.5%	694	2,927	3,633
1952	R	−38.5%	1,174	2,641	3,815
1948	R	−36.3%	911	1,964	2,898
1944	R	−56.7%	571	2,067	2,639
1940	R	−46.7%	826	2,275	3,102
1936	R	−42.7%	817	2,037	2,855
1932	R	−39.2%	770	1,774	2,559
1928	R	−61.0%	404	1,674	2,081
1924	R	−55.4%	364	1,512	2,073
1920	R	−67.2%	330	1,726	2,077
1916	R	−58.4%	280	1,100	1,403
1912	R	−33.0%	256	655	1,209
1908	R	−61.1%	240	1,042	1,313
1904	R	−64.3%	188	900	1,107
1900	R	−53.1%	246	812	1,066
1896	R	−52.2%	227	730	964
1892	R	−34.3%	229	475	717
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

6.3%

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: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.2%

75–84

2.5%

5.4%

65–74

5.8%

5.9%

55–64

6.5%

7.5%

45–54

5.9%

9.3%

35–44

5.0%

11.3%

25–34

4.3%

3.8%

18–24

2.9%

7.2%

5–17

6.8%

2.2%

3.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$37,042

Martin County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Martin County$37,042

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

33.2%

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

15.5%

Other Christian

4.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.5%

Methodist

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Martin County's R+83.6 margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided presidential results recorded anywhere in the United States, reflecting a coalfield electorate that has shifted decisively over the past two decades.

The Democratic margin in Martin County peaked at five points in 1996. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was eighty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Martin County's median household income of $37,042 sits well below state and national norms, and 33% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Johnson County and Alcorn County.

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Martin County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.