Jackson County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 5,944 votes cast

Trump · R+82

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−81.6%	506	5,358	5,944
2020	R	−79.3%	605	5,453	6,113
2016	R	−80.1%	482	4,889	5,501
2012	R	−74.2%	612	4,365	5,061
2008	R	−70.1%	743	4,407	5,224
2004	R	−69.5%	769	4,369	5,178
2000	R	−69.6%	701	4,079	4,855
1996	R	−47.9%	960	3,045	4,351
1992	R	−57.8%	776	3,398	4,533
1988	R	−70.5%	678	3,926	4,610
1984	R	−75.1%	542	3,856	4,413
1980	R	−64.9%	702	3,379	4,123
1976	R	−60.2%	680	2,766	3,466
1972	R	−84.6%	436	5,303	5,753
1968	R	−75.8%	304	3,098	3,684
1964	R	−48.2%	920	2,654	3,597
1960	R	−80.7%	419	3,923	4,342
1956	R	−77.1%	501	3,950	4,471
1952	R	−73.6%	471	3,104	3,578
1948	R	−73.0%	429	2,781	3,222
1944	R	−83.2%	328	3,578	3,908
1940	R	−77.5%	465	3,722	4,200
1936	R	−78.2%	420	3,440	3,863
1932	R	−68.8%	529	2,879	3,416
1928	R	−93.2%	123	3,552	3,680
1924	R	−78.5%	284	2,629	2,989
1920	R	−84.6%	260	3,174	3,444
1916	R	−76.6%	252	1,968	2,239
1912	R	−21.4%	216	577	1,690
1908	R	−77.5%	232	1,851	2,090
1904	R	−75.6%	216	1,606	1,838
1900	R	−74.3%	258	1,770	2,035
1896	R	−76.9%	189	1,517	1,728
1892	R	−63.5%	188	868	1,071
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 40.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.2%

75–84

2.6%

5.5%

65–74

6.0%

6.8%

55–64

7.0%

6.7%

45–54

6.8%

6.3%

35–44

6.4%

5.5%

25–34

5.7%

3.7%

18–24

3.2%

8.1%

5–17

9.6%

3.2%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$40,000

Jackson County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Jackson County$40,000

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.5%

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

24.2%

Other Christian

5.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Methodist

0.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jackson County recorded an R+81.8 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided presidential results in the nation. A rural Appalachian county with a population under 14,000, it has shifted sharply toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Jackson County reached its widest at ninety-three points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was eighty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Jackson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $40,000, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,086 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 Rockcastle County and Pickens County.

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