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1876–2024
Boone County, Kentucky
Boone County·Kentucky

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

Cincinnati's Kentucky suburb posting some of the state's widest GOP margins

18762024·38 elections
Boone County, Kentucky · W.marsh · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+37
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
139,841
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clermont County
OH · similarity 1.00
64 precincts · 67,421 votes cast
Trump · R+37
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−37.2%
20,60145,65067,421
2020R
−35.7%
20,90144,81466,998
2016R
−41.8%
15,02639,08257,618
2012R
−38.6%
15,62935,92252,511
2008R
−34.5%
16,29233,81250,774
2004R
−44.2%
12,39132,32945,082
2000R
−39.9%
9,24822,01631,984
1996R
−26.2%
8,37915,08525,607
1992R
−24.6%
6,51412,30623,575
1988R
−40.1%
5,38212,66718,157
1984R
−44.4%
4,85312,69017,649
1980R
−20.4%
5,3748,26314,148
1976D
+0.0%
5,6025,60211,385
1972R
−46.3%
2,5957,35510,280
1968R
−15.0%
2,7254,0819,051
1964D
+19.3%
5,0773,4308,522
1960R
−24.0%
2,9654,8357,800
1956R
−3.4%
2,9333,1396,090
1952D
+6.3%
2,6202,3094,946
1948D
+33.2%
2,3201,1513,523
1944D
+25.4%
2,4511,4573,921
1940D
+29.9%
2,5181,3573,888
1936D
+44.5%
2,7851,0423,915
1932D
+44.3%
3,5361,3554,923
1928R
−16.8%
1,8552,6044,466
1924D
+23.5%
2,2041,3403,682
1920D
+55.8%
3,4729734,480
1916D
+58.0%
2,0085312,548
1912D
+59.9%
1,7383712,283
1908D
+52.0%
2,0416312,709
1904D
+54.6%
2,0135782,629
1900D
+50.2%
2,3027593,074
1896D
+48.8%
2,3177813,146
1892D
+56.4%
2,0095452,596
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%
Polish
0.8%
African American
3.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
15.9%
Baptist
15.3%
Other Christian
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Methodist
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Boone County sits in the Cincinnati metro's Kentucky fringe, where rapid suburban growth since the 1990s has accompanied consistently lopsided Republican presidential margins — R+37.1 in 2024 among the largest in the state.

The Republican margin in Boone County reached its widest at forty-six points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Boone County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $99,414, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 139,841 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 Clermont County and Powhatan County.