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      Home›Kentucky›KY-02

      Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District

      R+46.2
      ↓ R+2.5 vs 2022· Kentucky · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 1 time in 25 elections

      Population766K

      Current Representative

      REPBrett GuthrieElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 41.3% margin

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      Who lives in Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District? 765,661 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      KY-02 vs Kentucky vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      766K
      State: 4.5M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      74.7%
      State: 74.8% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      7.0%
      State: 6.8% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      93.0%
      State: 93.2% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $66,796
      State: $64,919 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      14.7%
      State: 16.1% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      23.8%
      State: 27.7% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      70.4%
      State: 68.3% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      39.0 yrs
      State: 39.2 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      15.2%
      State: 15.6% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      16.9%
      State: 17.3% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      4.3%
      State: 4.7% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      KY-02 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 83.9%Black 5.2%Hispanic 4.6%Multiracial 3.9%Asian 2.1%
      GroupKY-02StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      83.9%81.5%57.4%
      ▶Black(9)
      5.2%7.6%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      4.6%5.0%19.3%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.9%3.9%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.1%1.6%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(10)
      0.4%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.3%0.2%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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