akashic
1876–2024
LaRue County, Kentucky
Larue County·Kentucky

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

Abraham Lincoln's birthplace anchors a deeply red rural county

18762024·38 elections
LaRue County, Kentucky · Antony-22 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,107
2024 ACS
Most similar
Barren County
KY · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 7,259 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.4%
1,3895,7737,259
2020R
−57.3%
1,5045,6857,301
2016R
−55.3%
1,2784,7996,367
2012R
−37.8%
1,7333,9115,764
2008R
−36.3%
1,9134,1536,178
2004R
−38.3%
1,8234,1115,968
2000R
−32.0%
1,7273,3845,179
1996R
−2.1%
2,0402,1404,658
1992D
+0.7%
2,1902,1544,930
1988R
−17.4%
1,8222,5904,423
1984R
−30.9%
1,5142,8734,400
1980D
+4.3%
2,1832,0004,249
1976D
+21.8%
2,2071,4093,655
1972R
−24.3%
1,4832,4493,980
1968R
−15.7%
1,2511,8623,897
1964D
+39.1%
2,7421,1953,957
1960R
−21.8%
1,7132,6684,381
1956R
−12.4%
1,8592,3874,259
1952D
+11.9%
2,1611,7013,862
1948D
+18.3%
1,8641,2773,206
1944D
+14.1%
2,0651,5503,641
1940D
+30.5%
2,4631,3093,781
1936D
+33.3%
2,3051,1513,467
1932D
+36.3%
2,6501,2353,899
1928R
−4.6%
1,7271,8923,625
1924D
+18.3%
1,9931,3723,394
1920D
+12.4%
2,3611,8384,211
1916D
+18.0%
1,3509362,299
1912D
+39.0%
1,2653902,245
1908D
+12.9%
1,3371,0292,385
1904D
+19.9%
1,3018632,201
1900D
+15.5%
1,4201,0362,470
1896D
+16.0%
1,3249552,302
1892D
+13.5%
7975681,697
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
1.7%
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
31.3%
Other Christian
6.3%
Methodist
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

LaRue County, where Lincoln was born in 1809, has shifted decisively toward Republicans over recent decades, posting a 60-point margin in 2024 despite a modest population of roughly 13,000.

The Republican margin in Larue County reached its widest at sixty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Larue County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,067, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,107 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 Barren County and Todd County.