Hickman County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 2,069 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−61.0%	394	1,656	2,069
2020	R	−57.1%	458	1,714	2,199
2016	R	−56.0%	449	1,657	2,157
2012	R	−34.8%	686	1,431	2,139
2008	R	−26.4%	812	1,406	2,250
2004	R	−20.0%	926	1,395	2,342
2000	R	−9.9%	940	1,151	2,124
1996	D	+24.2%	1,220	695	2,173
1992	D	+17.7%	1,296	861	2,457
1988	D	+0.7%	1,158	1,142	2,315
1984	R	−13.6%	1,049	1,380	2,437
1980	D	+11.7%	1,456	1,143	2,668
1976	D	+53.4%	2,035	585	2,716
1972	R	−18.0%	976	1,430	2,524
1968	D	+9.6%	880	623	2,686
1964	D	+55.4%	2,149	613	2,774
1960	D	+38.4%	2,176	968	3,144
1956	D	+50.0%	2,367	785	3,163
1952	D	+39.0%	1,988	871	2,865
1948	D	+70.9%	2,143	326	2,564
1944	D	+54.5%	2,005	588	2,602
1940	D	+69.7%	2,758	490	3,255
1936	D	+73.3%	2,548	385	2,952
1932	D	+76.0%	3,327	446	3,789
1928	D	+47.5%	2,163	767	2,936
1924	D	+56.9%	2,270	618	2,905
1920	D	+55.4%	3,045	866	3,934
1916	D	+56.4%	1,982	539	2,560
1912	D	+56.8%	1,540	365	2,067
1908	D	+47.6%	1,890	658	2,586
1904	D	+40.0%	1,680	702	2,448
1900	D	+36.4%	1,876	862	2,782
1896	D	+43.8%	1,928	727	2,740
1892	D	+36.7%	1,155	460	1,892
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

1.5%

African American

6.6%

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: 45.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

1.3%

3.3%

75–84

5.5%

6.4%

65–74

7.1%

7.2%

55–64

8.1%

4.4%

45–54

5.2%

5.9%

35–44

8.4%

7.1%

25–34

3.8%

2.1%

18–24

3.2%

6.4%

5–17

8.6%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,867

Hickman County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hickman County$60,867

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.5%

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

Baptist

88.3%

Methodist

16.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hickman County sits at Kentucky's far southwestern tip, where the Mississippi River bends sharply. Its rural, aging population has shifted dramatically toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, producing margins that now rank among the state's largest.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Hickman County peaked at seventy-six points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Hickman County's median household income of $60,867 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Augustine County and Carlisle County.

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For one hundred four years, Hickman County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.