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1876–2024
Henderson County, Kentucky
Henderson County·Kentucky

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

A riverfront county where Republican margins have deepened each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Henderson County, Kentucky · w.marsh · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
44,280
2024 ACS
Most similar
Macon County
IL · similarity 0.99
28 precincts · 19,688 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.2%
6,83712,59219,688
2020R
−24.6%
7,63912,73020,697
2016R
−27.7%
6,70712,15919,710
2012R
−11.8%
8,09110,29618,622
2008D
+2.6%
10,0499,52319,861
2004R
−12.7%
8,10110,46718,701
2000D
+2.2%
8,0547,69816,039
1996D
+20.0%
8,0515,09214,806
1992D
+19.5%
8,2705,12516,126
1988D
+5.0%
7,6486,91114,620
1984R
−4.2%
6,7957,38914,242
1980D
+22.0%
8,0825,07413,659
1976D
+31.9%
7,9164,05312,118
1972R
−22.8%
3,8896,23110,269
1968D
+14.5%
5,0623,51210,726
1964D
+49.0%
8,0222,73410,785
1960D
+2.4%
5,5655,30210,867
1956D
+3.8%
5,5015,08510,838
1952D
+9.0%
5,9134,92910,893
1948D
+47.0%
5,4991,9047,646
1944D
+37.3%
5,8872,6838,595
1940D
+46.4%
6,7272,4559,211
1936D
+56.9%
6,8351,8118,833
1932D
+40.7%
6,1002,4858,881
1928R
−14.4%
4,0685,4439,544
1924R
−9.4%
4,0464,9029,134
1920D
+26.5%
7,2724,16111,718
1916D
+24.3%
3,6992,2186,091
1912D
+36.1%
3,0981,1575,380
1908D
+18.5%
3,7352,5286,520
1904D
+19.1%
3,4482,3006,007
1900D
+15.5%
3,9372,8656,898
1896D
+18.3%
4,0042,7506,867
1892D
+10.5%
2,2781,7465,081
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
6.5%
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.
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
31.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.9%
Methodist
7.5%
Other Christian
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by the city of Henderson on the Ohio River, this county shifted from competitive in the early 2000s to a 29-point Republican margin by 2024, tracking the broader rural realignment across western Kentucky.

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

Henderson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,851, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 44,280 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 Macon County and Pulaski County.