Harlan, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+38.5 |
| 2012 | R+51.7 |
| 2016 | R+60.2 |
| 2020 | R+49.9 |
| 2024 | R+55.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,160 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+55.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $32,408 |
| County | Harlan County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
Harlan City anchors Harlan County, a former union stronghold in the Cumberland Mountains that has shifted decisively toward Republican margins over the past two decades as coal employment collapsed and population fell by roughly half since 1980.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −55.6% | 145 | 519 | 9 | 673 |
| 2020 | R | −49.9% | 183 | 558 | 10 | 751 |
| 2016 | R | −60.2% | 120 | 499 | 11 | 630 |
| 2012 | R | −51.7% | 154 | 496 | 11 | 661 |
| 2008 | R | −38.5% | 191 | 438 | 13 | 642 |
| 2004† | R | −12.0% | 321 | 409 | 2 | 732 |
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 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 | 93.0% |
| Black | 2.7% |
| Asian | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.4% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $32,408 |
| Poverty rate | 33.1% |
| Median age | 40.8 |
| Age 18–29 | 14.9% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.6% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 26.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.2% |
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 Harlan County county page and the KY state page.