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Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area


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2024 population: 533,366   ( 16,540 from 2020)
Land area: 1469.9 square miles
Population density: 362.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:388,825 72.90% 0.3%
Black:63,28811.87% 8.5%
Indian:9450.18% 2.7%
Asian:19,5213.66% 25.7%
2+ races:14,4752.71% 19.4%
Hispanic:46,3128.68% 15.8%
Total non-White:144,54127.10% 13.9%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:25,015 12.1
Deaths:21,05010.2
Net Migration: -2,954-1.4
Net Immigration: 15,4937.5
Change in White population:-1,114 -0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:17,654 3.4



Historical Presidential Election Results for Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +515 R +8,879 R + 3.7%
D -8,364
2024 vs. 2016 R +9,205 D +11,903 D + 5.9%
D +21,108
2020 vs. 2016 R +8,690 D +20,782 D + 9.6%
D +29,472
2024 vs. 2012 R +11,052 D +17,349 D + 9.0%
D +28,401
2016 vs. 2008 R +4,405 R +2,464 R + 1.0%
D +1,941
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 58% Donald Trump (R) 120,601 49.7% Kamala Harris (D) 117,200 48.3% 5,003 [+] 2.1% 242,804 0 0.16%
2020 62% Joe Biden (D) 125,564 50.0% Donald Trump* (R) 120,086 47.8% 5,509 [+] 2.2% 251,159 1 0.16%
2016 57% Donald Trump (R) 111,396 50.1% Hillary Clinton (D) 96,092 43.2% 14,924 [+] 6.7% 222,412 4 0.16%
2012 54% Mitt Romney (R) 109,549 54.0% Barack Obama* (D) 88,799 43.8% 4,395 [+] 2.2% 202,743 7 0.16%
2008 57% John McCain (R) 106,991 52.5% Barack Obama (D) 94,151 46.2% 2,705 [+] 1.3% 203,847 7 0.16%
2004 59% George W. Bush* (R) 111,408 56.8% John Kerry (D) 83,134 42.4% 1,700 [+] 0.9% 196,242 6 0.16%
2000 52% George W. Bush (R) 89,589 54.6% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 69,343 42.3% 5,104 [+] 3.1% 164,036 7 0.16%
1996 48% Robert Dole (R) 65,566 46.6% Bill Clinton* (D) 64,245 45.7% 10,809 [+] 7.7% 140,620 6 0.15%
1992 52% George Bush* (R) 63,516 44.0% Bill Clinton (D) 56,657 39.3% 24,135 [+] 16.7% 144,308 7 0.14%
1988 47% George Bush (R) 72,753 59.4% Michael Dukakis (D) 48,587 39.6% 1,210 [+] 1.0% 122,550 6 0.13%
1984 50% Ronald Reagan* (R) 78,247 64.2% Walter Mondale (D) 42,480 34.9% 1,142 0.9% 121,869 5 0.13%
1980 47% Ronald Reagan (R) 52,908 48.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 49,186 44.9% 7,466 [+] 6.8% 109,560 -2 0.13%
1976 46% Gerald Ford* (R) 48,679 50.8% Jimmy Carter (D) 44,693 46.7% 2,396 [+] 2.5% 95,768 3 0.12%
1972 47% Richard Nixon* (R) 60,485 66.9% George McGovern (D) 27,887 30.8% 2,051 [+] 2.3% 90,423 6 0.12%
1968 49% Richard Nixon (R) 35,481 45.9% Hubert Humphrey (D) 26,794 34.7% 14,965 [+] 19.4% 77,240 3 0.11%
1964 49% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 42,906 60.6% Barry Goldwater (R) 27,600 39.0% 296 0.4% 70,802 0 0.10%
1960 51% Richard Nixon (R) 38,079 56.6% John Kennedy (D) 29,228 43.4% 0 0.0% 67,307 7 0.10%
1956 51% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 33,859 54.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 27,378 44.3% 557 0.9% 61,794 -3 0.10%
1952 52% Adlai Stevenson (D) 29,302 50.7% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 28,312 49.0% 181 0.3% 57,795 -6 0.09%
1948 49% Harry Truman* (D) 28,080 56.8% Thomas Dewey (R) 18,072 36.5% 3,320 [+] 6.7% 49,472 -9 0.10%
1944 51% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 29,210 59.6% Thomas Dewey (R) 19,496 39.8% 297 0.6% 49,003 -6 0.10%
1940 62% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 33,542 59.7% Wendell Willkie (R) 22,469 40.0% 169 0.3% 56,180 -5 0.11%
1936 65% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 32,049 59.3% Alf Landon (R) 21,746 40.2% 281 [+] 0.5% 54,076 4 0.12%
1932 72% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 36,069 61.7% Herbert Hoover* (R) 22,021 37.7% 383 [+] 0.7% 58,473 -2 0.15%
1928 74% Herbert Hoover (R) 33,534 59.3% Al Smith (D) 22,937 40.6% 56 [+] 0.1% 56,527 1 0.15%
1924 71% John Davis (D) 27,071 51.7% Calvin Coolidge (R) 24,533 46.9% 749 [+] 1.4% 52,353 -7 0.18%
1920 85% James Cox (D) 34,722 57.3% Warren Harding (R) 25,394 41.9% 444 [+] 0.7% 60,560 -18 0.23%
1916 46% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 17,807 56.4% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 13,482 42.7% 288 [+] 0.9% 31,577 -3 0.17%
1912 43% Woodrow Wilson (D) 15,379 52.9% William Taft* (R) 9,581 32.9% 4,134 [+] 14.2% 29,094 10 0.19%
1908 47% William J. Bryan (D) 16,020 53.7% William Taft (R) 13,353 44.7% 478 [+] 1.6% 29,851 -7 0.20%
1904 45% Alton Parker (D) 15,607 55.5% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 12,017 42.7% 487 [+] 1.7% 28,111 -14 0.21%
1900 48% William J. Bryan (D) 14,822 50.0% William McKinley* (R) 14,469 48.8% 378 [+] 1.3% 29,669 -3 0.21%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote