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1876–2024
Allen County, Kentucky
Allen County·Kentucky

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

One of Kentucky's widest presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Allen County, Kentucky · Bedford at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,293
2024 ACS
Most similar
Newton County
MO · similarity 1.00
14 precincts · 9,418 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.1%
1,5057,8249,418
2020R
−63.5%
1,6427,5879,364
2016R
−63.2%
1,3496,4668,096
2012R
−47.5%
1,8085,1847,100
2008R
−43.8%
2,0245,2587,390
2004R
−45.8%
1,9235,2027,163
2000R
−38.3%
1,9504,4156,429
1996R
−23.9%
1,7813,0325,230
1992R
−13.1%
2,0402,7475,415
1988R
−35.9%
1,5733,3424,923
1984R
−38.4%
1,5213,4274,964
1980R
−22.3%
2,0103,1865,278
1976R
−5.8%
2,2312,5084,778
1972R
−40.8%
1,2593,0254,332
1968R
−42.3%
9272,9524,790
1964R
−6.6%
2,0232,3094,342
1960R
−34.4%
1,6633,4105,073
1956R
−23.6%
1,9753,2005,193
1952R
−25.4%
1,7502,9464,717
1948R
−16.9%
1,6052,2803,985
1944R
−28.2%
1,7423,1204,886
1940R
−22.6%
2,0363,2325,289
1936R
−11.8%
2,4223,0705,505
1932R
−1.6%
3,1163,2196,368
1928R
−46.3%
1,5624,2535,815
1924R
−13.7%
2,3733,1325,541
1920R
−21.2%
2,2553,4765,770
1916R
−13.0%
1,6472,1473,832
1912D
+5.4%
1,3661,1863,325
1908R
−15.3%
1,4021,9223,391
1904R
−12.1%
1,3791,7683,216
1900R
−7.1%
1,4941,7253,271
1896R
−4.4%
1,4601,5953,100
1892D
+5.3%
1,1169892,387
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.
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
11.5%
Methodist
9.8%
Other Christian
8.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Allen County's R+67.1 margin in 2024 places it among the most lopsided presidential results in the state, reflecting the rural south-central Kentucky pattern of deep partisan consolidation over the past two decades.

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

Allen County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,403, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,293 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 Newton County and Taylor County.