Wolfe County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 2,919 votes cast

Trump · R+50

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−50.5%	689	2,163	2,919
2020	R	−42.2%	839	2,097	2,979
2016	R	−39.9%	753	1,804	2,635
2012	R	−22.1%	976	1,542	2,559
2008	D	+2.9%	1,493	1,408	2,968
2004	D	+11.4%	1,744	1,385	3,155
2000	R	−5.4%	1,136	1,267	2,425
1996	D	+22.9%	1,297	772	2,297
1992	D	+36.4%	1,674	697	2,684
1988	D	+24.2%	1,516	916	2,480
1984	D	+5.1%	1,394	1,257	2,693
1980	D	+30.8%	1,814	951	2,805
1976	D	+45.5%	1,777	659	2,458
1972	D	+1.1%	957	936	1,917
1968	D	+18.3%	1,162	758	2,207
1964	D	+56.1%	2,018	562	2,597
1960	D	+10.5%	1,554	1,259	2,813
1956	D	+22.8%	1,683	1,059	2,742
1952	D	+28.0%	1,557	876	2,435
1948	D	+40.4%	1,918	813	2,733
1944	D	+24.0%	1,450	889	2,341
1940	D	+36.2%	2,205	1,032	3,237
1936	D	+23.7%	1,577	972	2,549
1932	D	+43.7%	2,321	909	3,232
1928	D	+3.3%	1,356	1,270	2,626
1924	D	+31.9%	1,597	821	2,435
1920	D	+22.1%	1,476	939	2,432
1916	D	+26.3%	1,108	645	1,759
1912	D	+31.4%	873	395	1,524
1908	D	+14.5%	1,101	818	1,947
1904	D	+24.4%	1,114	676	1,796
1900	D	+14.7%	959	712	1,683
1896	D	+25.0%	981	583	1,589
1892	D	+23.7%	658	386	1,146
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: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.1%

85+

0.9%

3.0%

75–84

3.6%

5.8%

65–74

6.0%

7.1%

55–64

7.3%

6.8%

45–54

7.9%

5.6%

35–44

5.7%

4.3%

25–34

6.0%

5.0%

18–24

2.6%

8.8%

5–17

7.5%

3.4%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$30,417

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

Wolfe County$30,417

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

37.7%

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

Other Christian

13.3%

Baptist

7.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.7%

Methodist

4.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wolfe County's roughly 7,000 residents have shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, producing a 50-point margin in 2024 that reflects broader Appalachian realignment patterns across eastern Kentucky.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Wolfe County peaked at fifty-six points in 1964; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2012 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Wolfe County's median household income of $30,417 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 38% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Menifee County and Braxton County.

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For one hundred sixteen years, Wolfe County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.