Elliott County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 2,914 votes cast

Trump · R+62

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.9%	532	2,335	2,914
2020	R	−51.2%	712	2,246	2,995
2016	R	−44.1%	740	2,000	2,855
2012	D	+2.5%	1,186	1,126	2,399
2008	D	+25.2%	1,535	902	2,515
2004	D	+40.3%	2,064	871	2,957
2000	D	+29.3%	1,525	827	2,381
1996	D	+43.5%	1,298	421	2,015
1992	D	+53.5%	1,796	444	2,525
1988	D	+52.9%	1,797	550	2,357
1984	D	+47.2%	1,683	601	2,294
1980	D	+49.8%	1,668	551	2,241
1976	D	+62.3%	1,987	455	2,461
1972	D	+31.2%	1,499	782	2,297
1968	D	+39.9%	1,387	515	2,186
1964	D	+72.4%	2,026	323	2,351
1960	D	+37.5%	1,734	789	2,523
1956	D	+34.9%	2,143	1,033	3,176
1952	D	+53.5%	2,074	629	2,703
1948	D	+67.1%	2,095	410	2,512
1944	D	+54.0%	1,721	514	2,235
1940	D	+52.1%	2,013	634	2,647
1936	D	+52.5%	1,539	480	2,019
1932	D	+69.8%	2,150	382	2,532
1928	D	+37.3%	1,317	601	1,918
1924	D	+46.4%	1,702	614	2,347
1920	D	+34.3%	1,764	860	2,637
1916	D	+37.1%	1,151	525	1,687
1912	D	+39.6%	1,006	396	1,541
1908	D	+30.3%	1,159	618	1,785
1904	D	+31.4%	1,143	594	1,746
1900	D	+37.2%	1,367	624	1,995
1896	D	+38.0%	1,294	577	1,888
1892	D	+39.9%	1,079	453	1,570
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

3.5%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

3.6%

75–84

4.1%

6.0%

65–74

6.3%

7.3%

55–64

5.6%

8.3%

45–54

5.3%

9.7%

35–44

5.9%

7.7%

25–34

3.8%

5.9%

18–24

1.9%

6.7%

5–17

6.8%

2.6%

1.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$45,776

Elliott County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Elliott County$45,776

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Methodist

5.4%

Baptist

2.4%

Other Christian

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 90.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Elliott County's 2024 presidential margin of R+61.9 reflects a broader Appalachian shift that has moved small, rural eastern Kentucky counties from competitive swing territory to some of the most lopsided results in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Elliott County peaked at seventy-two points in 1964; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2016 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of forty-four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Elliott County's median household income of $45,776 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wapello County and Swift County.

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For one hundred twenty years, Elliott County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.