Whitesburg, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+27.5 |
| 2012 | R+52.2 |
| 2016 | R+47.4 |
| 2020 | R+42.9 |
| 2024 | R+48.0 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,761 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+48.0 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $29,189 |
| County | Letcher County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
Whitesburg anchors a county where coal's long decline has reshaped both the economy and the electorate, with Republican margins in federal races widening sharply over the past two decades as the region's demographics and industrial base shifted.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −48.0% | 151 | 439 | 10 | 600 |
| 2020† | R | −42.9% | 181 | 460 | 10 | 651 |
| 2016 | R | −47.4% | 156 | 470 | 36 | 662 |
| 2012 | R | −52.2% | 146 | 484 | 18 | 648 |
| 2008 | R | −27.5% | 233 | 417 | 20 | 670 |
| 2004† | D | +0.8% | 377 | 371 | 1 | 749 |
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 | 97.2% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Asian | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $29,189 |
| Poverty rate | 37.5% |
| Median age | 43.8 |
| Age 18–29 | 9.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 28.8% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 19.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.9% |
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 Letcher County county page and the KY state page.