Kentucky 2016 Presidential Election Results by County
In 2016, the Republican candidate won 118 of Kentucky's 120 counties.
| County | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote Share | Margin | Total Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,637 | 80.6% | 64.5 pts | 8,233 |
| Allen | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,466 | 79.9% | 63.2 pts | 8,096 |
| Anderson | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,242 | 72.2% | 49.1 pts | 11,422 |
| Ballard | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,161 | 77.1% | 57.2 pts | 4,101 |
| Barren | Donald Trump | Republican | 13,483 | 72.9% | 49.8 pts | 18,488 |
| Bath | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,082 | 67.2% | 37.5 pts | 4,587 |
| Bell | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,764 | 79.9% | 62.2 pts | 9,718 |
| Boone | Donald Trump | Republican | 39,082 | 67.8% | 41.8 pts | 57,618 |
| Bourbon | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,569 | 63.3% | 31.6 pts | 8,803 |
| Boyd | Donald Trump | Republican | 13,591 | 66.4% | 37.0 pts | 20,454 |
| Boyle | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,040 | 62.1% | 29.0 pts | 12,946 |
| Bracken | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,711 | 76.9% | 56.9 pts | 3,527 |
| Breathitt | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,991 | 69.6% | 42.8 pts | 5,738 |
| Breckinridge | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,484 | 73.9% | 51.6 pts | 8,774 |
| Bullitt | Donald Trump | Republican | 26,210 | 72.7% | 49.8 pts | 36,069 |
| Butler | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,428 | 79.4% | 62.4 pts | 5,576 |
| Caldwell | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,507 | 75.4% | 54.3 pts | 5,975 |
| Calloway | Donald Trump | Republican | 10,367 | 64.6% | 35.0 pts | 16,049 |
| Campbell | Donald Trump | Republican | 25,050 | 58.9% | 24.4 pts | 42,510 |
| Carlisle | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,094 | 80.5% | 63.9 pts | 2,601 |
| Carroll | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,588 | 67.1% | 38.4 pts | 3,855 |
| Carter | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,587 | 73.8% | 51.7 pts | 10,278 |
| Casey | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,482 | 85.1% | 73.2 pts | 6,439 |
| Christian | Donald Trump | Republican | 14,108 | 63.9% | 31.3 pts | 22,083 |
| Clark | Donald Trump | Republican | 10,710 | 66.1% | 37.1 pts | 16,205 |
| Clay | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,861 | 86.6% | 75.5 pts | 6,767 |
| Clinton | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,809 | 85.4% | 73.1 pts | 4,462 |
| Crittenden | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,290 | 81.5% | 66.2 pts | 4,037 |
| Cumberland | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,502 | 81.6% | 66.6 pts | 3,066 |
| Daviess | Donald Trump | Republican | 28,907 | 63.1% | 32.2 pts | 45,807 |
| Edmonson | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,135 | 78.9% | 60.2 pts | 5,244 |
| Elliott | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,000 | 70.1% | 44.1 pts | 2,855 |
| Estill | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,236 | 76.4% | 56.4 pts | 5,545 |
| Fayette | Hillary Clinton | Democratic | 69,778 | 51.2% | 9.5 pts | 136,315 |
| Fleming | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,722 | 75.4% | 53.9 pts | 6,260 |
| Floyd | Donald Trump | Republican | 11,993 | 72.5% | 48.2 pts | 16,540 |
| Franklin | Donald Trump | Republican | 11,819 | 49.5% | 4.6 pts | 23,865 |
| Fulton | Donald Trump | Republican | 1,549 | 65.0% | 32.5 pts | 2,382 |
| Gallatin | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,443 | 73.2% | 50.7 pts | 3,338 |
| Garrard | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,904 | 77.4% | 58.4 pts | 7,623 |
| Grant | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,268 | 76.0% | 56.1 pts | 9,559 |
| Graves | Donald Trump | Republican | 12,671 | 76.3% | 56.4 pts | 16,606 |
| Grayson | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,219 | 77.7% | 59.2 pts | 10,576 |
| Green | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,372 | 82.0% | 66.4 pts | 5,333 |
| Greenup | Donald Trump | Republican | 11,546 | 70.9% | 45.5 pts | 16,277 |
| Hancock | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,788 | 64.9% | 35.9 pts | 4,295 |
| Hardin | Donald Trump | Republican | 26,971 | 62.5% | 30.2 pts | 43,156 |
| Harlan | Donald Trump | Republican | 9,129 | 84.9% | 72.1 pts | 10,757 |
| Harrison | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,435 | 69.8% | 43.7 pts | 7,781 |
| Hart | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,320 | 73.2% | 49.4 pts | 7,264 |
| Henderson | Donald Trump | Republican | 12,159 | 61.7% | 27.7 pts | 19,710 |
| Henry | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,944 | 69.2% | 43.6 pts | 7,149 |
| Hickman | Donald Trump | Republican | 1,657 | 76.8% | 56.0 pts | 2,157 |
| Hopkins | Donald Trump | Republican | 15,277 | 75.1% | 53.9 pts | 20,345 |
| Jackson | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,889 | 88.9% | 80.1 pts | 5,501 |
| Jefferson | Hillary Clinton | Democratic | 190,836 | 54.0% | 13.3 pts | 353,099 |
| Jessamine | Donald Trump | Republican | 15,474 | 66.3% | 40.0 pts | 23,326 |
| Johnson | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,043 | 84.0% | 71.0 pts | 9,572 |
| Kenton | Donald Trump | Republican | 42,958 | 59.7% | 26.0 pts | 71,998 |
| Knott | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,357 | 75.6% | 54.0 pts | 5,763 |
| Knox | Donald Trump | Republican | 9,885 | 82.3% | 67.6 pts | 12,012 |
| Larue | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,799 | 75.4% | 55.3 pts | 6,367 |
| Laurel | Donald Trump | Republican | 20,592 | 82.9% | 69.1 pts | 24,833 |
| Lawrence | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,816 | 79.7% | 62.4 pts | 6,042 |
| Lee | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,151 | 80.7% | 64.0 pts | 2,667 |
| Leslie | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,015 | 89.4% | 80.5 pts | 4,492 |
| Letcher | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,293 | 79.8% | 63.0 pts | 9,134 |
| Lewis | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,363 | 82.4% | 67.5 pts | 5,298 |
| Lincoln | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,338 | 76.7% | 57.2 pts | 9,561 |
| Livingston | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,570 | 76.9% | 57.8 pts | 4,645 |
| Logan | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,778 | 71.4% | 46.1 pts | 10,899 |
| Lyon | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,789 | 70.4% | 44.0 pts | 3,962 |
| Madison | Donald Trump | Republican | 23,431 | 62.7% | 31.1 pts | 37,371 |
| Magoffin | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,824 | 74.7% | 51.8 pts | 5,116 |
| Marion | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,122 | 63.1% | 30.1 pts | 8,111 |
| Marshall | Donald Trump | Republican | 12,322 | 73.8% | 51.8 pts | 16,698 |
| Martin | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,503 | 88.6% | 79.4 pts | 3,953 |
| Mason | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,944 | 68.5% | 41.2 pts | 7,219 |
| McCracken | Donald Trump | Republican | 20,774 | 66.4% | 37.2 pts | 31,307 |
| McCreary | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,012 | 86.8% | 75.3 pts | 5,776 |
| McLean | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,381 | 74.0% | 52.4 pts | 4,566 |
| Meade | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,660 | 70.8% | 46.1 pts | 12,231 |
| Menifee | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,010 | 72.3% | 47.1 pts | 2,779 |
| Mercer | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,740 | 73.1% | 50.5 pts | 10,585 |
| Metcalfe | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,491 | 75.6% | 54.4 pts | 4,620 |
| Monroe | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,278 | 85.7% | 73.7 pts | 4,991 |
| Montgomery | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,856 | 68.6% | 41.0 pts | 11,452 |
| Morgan | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,628 | 76.0% | 54.9 pts | 4,775 |
| Muhlenberg | Donald Trump | Republican | 9,393 | 71.9% | 46.9 pts | 13,060 |
| Nelson | Donald Trump | Republican | 13,431 | 64.6% | 33.6 pts | 20,802 |
| Nicholas | Donald Trump | Republican | 1,957 | 68.9% | 41.2 pts | 2,841 |
| Ohio | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,942 | 76.4% | 56.4 pts | 10,398 |
| Oldham | Donald Trump | Republican | 20,469 | 62.3% | 31.1 pts | 32,853 |
| Owen | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,745 | 74.9% | 53.6 pts | 5,001 |
| Owsley | Donald Trump | Republican | 1,474 | 83.8% | 69.2 pts | 1,759 |
| Pendleton | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,604 | 76.6% | 57.3 pts | 6,007 |
| Perry | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,158 | 77.2% | 57.0 pts | 10,572 |
| Pike | Donald Trump | Republican | 19,747 | 80.1% | 62.7 pts | 24,665 |
| Powell | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,513 | 70.9% | 45.2 pts | 4,957 |
| Pulaski | Donald Trump | Republican | 22,902 | 81.7% | 66.7 pts | 28,041 |
| Robertson | Donald Trump | Republican | 759 | 74.9% | 53.0 pts | 1,013 |
| Rockcastle | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,609 | 83.8% | 70.2 pts | 6,691 |
| Rowan | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,174 | 58.5% | 21.2 pts | 8,848 |
| Russell | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,863 | 84.0% | 70.6 pts | 8,174 |
| Scott | Donald Trump | Republican | 15,052 | 62.2% | 30.3 pts | 24,200 |
| Shelby | Donald Trump | Republican | 13,196 | 64.1% | 33.6 pts | 20,580 |
| Simpson | Donald Trump | Republican | 5,077 | 67.4% | 38.9 pts | 7,531 |
| Spencer | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,196 | 75.6% | 55.4 pts | 9,515 |
| Taylor | Donald Trump | Republican | 8,320 | 73.6% | 51.0 pts | 11,306 |
| Todd | Donald Trump | Republican | 3,612 | 75.6% | 53.8 pts | 4,779 |
| Trigg | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,931 | 73.0% | 49.5 pts | 6,751 |
| Trimble | Donald Trump | Republican | 2,771 | 73.0% | 49.8 pts | 3,798 |
| Union | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,701 | 75.7% | 54.3 pts | 6,211 |
| Warren | Donald Trump | Republican | 28,673 | 59.2% | 24.2 pts | 48,454 |
| Washington | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,013 | 71.2% | 46.0 pts | 5,636 |
| Wayne | Donald Trump | Republican | 6,371 | 79.7% | 61.8 pts | 7,992 |
| Webster | Donald Trump | Republican | 4,397 | 75.7% | 54.4 pts | 5,805 |
| Whitley | Donald Trump | Republican | 11,312 | 82.1% | 67.1 pts | 13,774 |
| Wolfe | Donald Trump | Republican | 1,804 | 68.5% | 39.9 pts | 2,635 |
| Woodford | Donald Trump | Republican | 7,697 | 56.7% | 20.2 pts | 13,563 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which party won the most counties in Kentucky in 2016?
The Republican candidate won 118 of Kentucky's 120 counties in 2016, with 2 counties going to the other major party.
Which Kentucky county had the closest presidential result in 2016?
Franklin had the closest margin in Kentucky in 2016, with Donald Trump (Republican) winning by 4.6 points out of 23,865 total votes cast.
Which Kentucky county had the widest presidential margin in 2016?
Leslie had the widest margin in Kentucky in 2016, with Donald Trump (Republican) winning by 80.5 points.
How many counties are included in Kentucky's 2016 presidential results?
This page covers 120 counties in Kentucky for the 2016 presidential election, based on MEDSL/EveryElectionResult.com county-level returns.