Rockcastle County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 7,737 votes cast

Trump · R+73

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−73.0%	986	6,635	7,737
2020	R	−69.9%	1,134	6,577	7,784
2016	R	−70.2%	915	5,609	6,691
2012	R	−63.2%	1,097	5,028	6,216
2008	R	−53.3%	1,410	4,757	6,274
2004	R	−56.5%	1,320	4,804	6,166
2000	R	−53.7%	1,174	3,992	5,247
1996	R	−41.8%	1,160	3,106	4,650
1992	R	−43.8%	1,144	3,287	4,897
1988	R	−57.4%	1,041	3,880	4,948
1984	R	−59.7%	1,089	4,328	5,428
1980	R	−44.4%	1,345	3,543	4,947
1976	R	−29.3%	1,408	2,583	4,013
1972	R	−55.5%	968	3,437	4,446
1968	R	−48.0%	868	3,072	4,588
1964	R	−26.8%	1,631	2,829	4,476
1960	R	−55.5%	1,141	3,982	5,123
1956	R	−48.4%	1,313	3,787	5,112
1952	R	−45.0%	1,326	3,503	4,842
1948	R	−42.2%	1,309	3,236	4,564
1944	R	−48.2%	1,327	3,802	5,136
1940	R	−36.3%	1,652	3,536	5,194
1936	R	−42.4%	1,568	3,875	5,443
1932	R	−28.8%	1,976	3,577	5,564
1928	R	−61.9%	908	3,858	4,766
1924	R	−35.1%	1,277	2,712	4,094
1920	R	−42.3%	1,438	3,561	5,018
1916	R	−33.1%	968	1,932	2,915
1912	R	−8.9%	859	1,082	2,507
1908	R	−30.2%	962	1,816	2,830
1904	R	−30.8%	848	1,624	2,518
1900	R	−23.6%	1,010	1,637	2,659
1896	R	−26.8%	846	1,480	2,363
1892	R	−16.5%	684	966	1,710
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%

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: 42.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.2%

2.9%

75–84

3.3%

5.5%

65–74

5.9%

7.6%

55–64

7.4%

6.8%

45–54

6.9%

5.5%

35–44

6.1%

6.0%

25–34

5.7%

3.9%

18–24

3.4%

8.0%

5–17

8.2%

2.8%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$48,862

Rockcastle County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Rockcastle County$48,862

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.6%

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

44.9%

Other Christian

10.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rockcastle County, a rural Appalachian county of roughly 16,500 residents, recorded an R+73.1 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided Republican counties in a state that has shifted dramatically rightward over the past two decades.

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

Rockcastle County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $48,862, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,163 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 Monroe County and Russell County.

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