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Owensboro, KY Metro Area


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2024 population: 122,596   ( 1,035 from 2020)
Land area: 898.6 square miles
Population density: 136.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:105,897 86.38% 1.1%
Black:5,4834.47% 5.7%
Indian:1760.14% 8.6%
Asian:2,9342.39% 34.0%
2+ races:2,8102.29% 10.9%
Hispanic:5,2964.32% 19.3%
Total non-White:16,69913.62% 15.1%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:6,257 12.9
Deaths:6,29612.9
Net Migration: -187-0.4
Net Immigration: 1,2292.5
Change in White population:-1,150 -0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:2,185 1.8



Historical Presidential Election Results for Owensboro, KY Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 61% Donald Trump (R) 37,658 66.8% Kamala Harris (D) 17,835 31.6% 871 [+] 1.5% 56,364 17 0.04%
2020 64% Donald Trump* (R) 37,803 64.4% Joe Biden (D) 19,711 33.6% 1,142 [+] 1.9% 58,656 18 0.04%
2016 61% Donald Trump (R) 35,076 64.2% Hillary Clinton (D) 16,395 30.0% 3,197 [+] 5.8% 54,668 18 0.04%
2012 57% Mitt Romney (R) 30,009 59.5% Barack Obama* (D) 19,473 38.6% 939 [+] 1.9% 50,421 12 0.04%
2008 61% John McCain (R) 28,006 53.7% Barack Obama (D) 23,380 44.8% 802 [+] 1.5% 52,188 8 0.04%
2004 60% George W. Bush* (R) 30,242 60.5% John Kerry (D) 19,320 38.7% 385 [+] 0.8% 49,947 10 0.04%
2000 54% George W. Bush (R) 25,612 58.4% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 17,381 39.6% 879 [+] 2.0% 43,872 10 0.04%
1996 53% Bill Clinton* (D) 18,747 44.8% Robert Dole (R) 18,568 44.4% 4,549 [+] 10.9% 41,864 4 0.04%
1992 58% Bill Clinton (D) 20,529 46.0% George Bush* (R) 17,552 39.3% 6,582 [+] 14.7% 44,663 2 0.04%
1988 53% George Bush (R) 20,918 52.6% Michael Dukakis (D) 18,562 46.6% 319 [+] 0.8% 39,799 -1 0.04%
1984 54% Ronald Reagan* (R) 23,404 58.1% Walter Mondale (D) 16,551 41.1% 314 0.8% 40,269 -1 0.04%
1980 52% Jimmy Carter* (D) 18,579 49.6% Ronald Reagan (R) 17,507 46.8% 1,345 [+] 3.6% 37,431 -4 0.04%
1976 51% Jimmy Carter (D) 18,022 53.3% Gerald Ford* (R) 15,162 44.9% 610 [+] 1.8% 33,794 -3 0.04%
1972 50% Richard Nixon* (R) 21,115 65.5% George McGovern (D) 10,150 31.5% 971 [+] 3.0% 32,236 5 0.04%
1968 57% Richard Nixon (R) 12,532 40.0% Hubert Humphrey (D) 12,187 38.9% 6,610 [+] 21.1% 31,329 -3 0.04%
1964 56% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 19,252 64.8% Barry Goldwater (R) 10,279 34.6% 169 0.6% 29,700 -4 0.04%
1960 59% Richard Nixon (R) 17,142 57.7% John Kennedy (D) 12,580 42.3% 0 0.0% 29,722 8 0.04%
1956 53% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 14,694 59.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 9,661 39.3% 234 1.0% 24,589 2 0.04%
1952 55% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 13,594 55.9% Adlai Stevenson (D) 10,660 43.9% 44 0.2% 24,298 1 0.04%
1948 47% Harry Truman* (D) 11,932 61.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 6,970 35.9% 488 [+] 2.5% 19,390 -9 0.04%
1944 52% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 11,494 55.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 9,252 44.4% 115 0.6% 20,861 -2 0.04%
1940 56% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 13,391 60.3% Wendell Willkie (R) 8,755 39.4% 61 0.3% 22,207 -5 0.04%
1936 61% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 13,770 63.6% Alf Landon (R) 7,061 32.6% 816 [+] 3.8% 21,647 -4 0.05%
1932 68% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 14,921 65.6% Herbert Hoover* (R) 7,645 33.6% 169 [+] 0.7% 22,735 -6 0.06%
1928 73% Herbert Hoover (R) 12,918 55.8% Al Smith (D) 10,211 44.1% 28 [+] 0.1% 23,157 -2 0.06%
1924 71% John Davis (D) 11,723 52.2% Calvin Coolidge (R) 10,353 46.1% 379 [+] 1.7% 22,455 -8 0.08%
1920 81% James Cox (D) 13,807 54.2% Warren Harding (R) 11,438 44.9% 214 [+] 0.8% 25,459 -15 0.10%
1916 46% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 7,818 54.0% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 6,435 44.5% 218 [+] 1.5% 14,471 -2 0.08%
1912 39% Woodrow Wilson (D) 6,375 51.9% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 2,897 23.6% 3,018 [+] 24.6% 12,290 -2 0.08%
1908 46% William J. Bryan (D) 7,516 53.0% William Taft (R) 6,293 44.4% 365 [+] 2.6% 14,174 -7 0.10%
1904 43% Alton Parker (D) 6,936 53.5% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 5,541 42.7% 487 [+] 3.8% 12,964 -14 0.10%
1900 47% William J. Bryan (D) 7,362 53.0% William McKinley* (R) 6,195 44.6% 322 [+] 2.3% 13,879 -7 0.10%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote