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1876–2024
Outline of Anderson County, Kentucky
Anderson County·Kentucky

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

One of Kentucky's most decisive presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
KY
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
24,353
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mercer County
KY · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 13,095 votes cast
Trump · R+49
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−49.1%
3,2269,65013,095
2020R
−47.6%
3,3489,66113,254
2016R
−49.1%
2,6348,24211,422
2012R
−34.0%
3,3156,82210,320
2008R
−32.4%
3,4626,88510,552
2004R
−33.6%
3,1416,3639,591
2000R
−25.2%
2,9024,9097,967
1996R
−1.1%
2,8982,9726,653
1992R
−3.7%
2,4912,7316,472
1988R
−19.2%
2,1763,2255,450
1984R
−32.9%
1,7173,4255,185
1980D
+10.8%
2,5672,0524,764
1976D
+17.1%
2,3881,6824,132
1972R
−27.1%
1,3022,2983,670
1968R
−7.2%
1,3341,5943,596
1964D
+39.2%
2,4911,0853,586
1960D
+0.1%
2,0382,0334,071
1956D
+5.3%
2,0891,8783,973
1952D
+19.6%
2,1531,4453,607
1948D
+36.9%
2,1359713,154
1944D
+20.6%
2,1481,4093,579
1940D
+33.7%
2,5151,2443,769
1936D
+28.6%
2,4541,3603,825
1932D
+33.9%
2,4151,1843,634
1928R
−3.9%
1,7181,8593,578
1924D
+18.8%
2,0891,4193,562
1920D
+15.7%
2,4991,8194,330
1916D
+17.5%
1,5211,0652,613
1912D
+33.9%
1,3915792,397
1908D
+17.0%
1,4771,0402,566
1904D
+19.3%
1,4299592,433
1900D
+12.7%
1,4851,1482,656
1896D
+5.4%
1,2861,1512,499
1892D
+20.0%
1,1427491,967
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%
African American
1.7%
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
28.6%
Other Christian
17.2%
Mainline Protestant
4.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.0%
Methodist
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A small Bluegrass county of roughly 19,000 residents, Anderson has shifted sharply toward Republican dominance in recent cycles, recording a 49-point presidential margin in 2024 that places it among Kentucky's most lopsided counties.

The Republican margin in Anderson County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was forty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Anderson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,488, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 24,353 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 Mercer County and Bullitt County.