Russell County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 8,893 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−72.2%	1,200	7,622	8,893
2020	R	−69.1%	1,331	7,519	8,955
2016	R	−70.6%	1,093	6,863	8,174
2012	R	−62.0%	1,445	6,346	7,909
2008	R	−56.3%	1,569	5,779	7,475
2004	R	−54.2%	1,772	6,009	7,821
2000	R	−50.3%	1,710	5,268	7,074
1996	R	−37.7%	1,582	4,017	6,456
1992	R	−36.9%	1,950	4,641	7,285
1988	R	−49.1%	1,455	4,292	5,777
1984	R	−50.9%	1,448	4,476	5,954
1980	R	−38.1%	1,693	3,804	5,540
1976	R	−22.8%	1,803	2,882	4,732
1972	R	−54.1%	1,169	3,992	5,220
1968	R	−43.9%	961	3,035	4,721
1964	R	−18.5%	1,729	2,521	4,273
1960	R	−49.4%	1,230	3,636	4,866
1956	R	−40.9%	1,284	3,065	4,358
1952	R	−42.5%	1,171	2,913	4,095
1948	R	−33.6%	1,191	2,404	3,613
1944	R	−43.5%	1,185	3,019	4,219
1940	R	−42.0%	1,250	3,069	4,334
1936	R	−36.9%	1,235	2,688	3,941
1932	R	−18.8%	1,699	2,490	4,216
1928	R	−57.1%	823	3,028	3,860
1924	R	−29.9%	1,224	2,278	3,526
1920	R	−38.1%	1,157	2,587	3,751
1916	R	−20.1%	859	1,298	2,186
1912	R	−4.0%	713	785	1,812
1908	R	−24.7%	739	1,255	2,090
1904	R	−22.4%	671	1,079	1,821
1900	R	−21.3%	780	1,206	1,996
1896	R	−25.0%	612	1,038	1,703
1892	R	−8.1%	646	765	1,472
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

1.0%

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: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

2.6%

75–84

3.1%

6.1%

65–74

6.3%

6.9%

55–64

7.2%

6.2%

45–54

6.2%

5.0%

35–44

5.3%

5.7%

25–34

5.9%

3.8%

18–24

4.1%

9.2%

5–17

8.3%

3.0%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$44,738

Russell County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Russell County$44,738

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

23.1%

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

17.8%

Methodist

11.9%

Other Christian

8.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.9%

Mainline Protestant

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Russell County recorded an R+72.2 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most partisan-uniform counties in the state. Its small, rural population of roughly 16,000 reflects the demographic shift that has reshaped Appalachian Kentucky over the past two decades.

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

Russell County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $44,738, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 18,221 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 Pulaski County.

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