Dawson Springs, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+20.1 |
| 2012 | R+39.2 |
| 2016 | R+62.0 |
| 2020 | R+57.8 |
| 2024 | R+59.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,951 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+59.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $32,838 |
| County | Hopkins County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
Dawson Springs once anchored a regional coal and resort economy; today its population of roughly 2,000 reflects the broader contraction that has redrawn western Kentucky's political and demographic landscape over decades.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −59.8% | 157 | 641 | 11 | 809 |
| 2020† | R | −57.8% | 189 | 722 | 11 | 922 |
| 2016 | R | −62.0% | 170 | 765 | 24 | 959 |
| 2012 | R | −39.2% | 286 | 664 | 14 | 964 |
| 2008 | R | −20.1% | 373 | 567 | 25 | 965 |
| 2004† | R | −26.4% | 337 | 580 | 2 | 919 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 88.1% |
| Black | 6.9% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.9% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $32,838 |
| Poverty rate | 30.5% |
| Median age | 41.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 14.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 24.0% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 6.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.8% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Hopkins County county page and the KY state page.