Spencer County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 11,480 votes cast

Trump · R+57

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−56.7%	2,415	8,927	11,480
2020	R	−54.3%	2,530	8,737	11,433
2016	R	−55.4%	1,921	7,196	9,515
2012	R	−37.7%	2,549	5,726	8,431
2008	R	−35.5%	2,519	5,378	8,049
2004	R	−41.7%	1,970	4,816	6,822
2000	R	−33.4%	1,554	3,150	4,772
1996	R	−6.2%	1,404	1,614	3,368
1992	D	+2.5%	1,383	1,305	3,167
1988	R	−9.9%	1,121	1,368	2,505
1984	R	−23.0%	910	1,456	2,372
1980	D	+12.8%	1,216	935	2,200
1976	D	+23.6%	1,209	742	1,983
1972	R	−39.2%	481	1,120	1,629
1968	R	−9.7%	564	733	1,750
1964	D	+45.9%	1,422	525	1,954
1960	R	−3.9%	1,048	1,134	2,182
1956	D	+15.0%	1,214	896	2,117
1952	D	+27.9%	1,283	723	2,007
1948	D	+44.4%	1,298	493	1,812
1944	D	+38.0%	1,443	646	2,096
1940	D	+50.5%	1,728	567	2,300
1936	D	+44.0%	1,647	638	2,294
1932	D	+41.2%	1,773	736	2,515
1928	R	−24.6%	947	1,565	2,516
1924	D	+15.7%	1,320	961	2,291
1920	D	+31.8%	2,135	1,102	3,253
1916	D	+36.4%	1,271	591	1,869
1912	D	+49.3%	1,052	271	1,585
1908	D	+34.8%	1,175	563	1,761
1904	D	+31.3%	1,024	529	1,582
1900	D	+33.6%	1,174	582	1,762
1896	D	+23.3%	969	596	1,601
1892	D	+42.8%	848	316	1,242
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: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.5%

2.0%

75–84

2.3%

5.2%

65–74

5.1%

8.1%

55–64

8.0%

7.4%

45–54

6.9%

6.8%

35–44

7.3%

5.1%

25–34

5.0%

3.8%

18–24

3.5%

9.1%

5–17

8.2%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$102,618

Spencer County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Spencer County$102,618

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.8%

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

21.5%

Other Christian

7.9%

Methodist

1.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spencer County's 2024 presidential margin of R+56.7 places it among Kentucky's most lopsided rural counties, a pattern consistent with the broader shift of small Bluegrass communities toward overwhelming Republican alignment over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Spencer County peaked at fifty points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Spencer County's median household income of $102,618 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Barren County and Larue County.

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