The most recent report for April 2022 shows that there are 3,560,353 registered voters in the Commonwealth.
Among the approximately 3.6 million registered voters in Kentucky:
- 1,874,802 (52.7 percent) are female, 1,683,625 (47.3 percent) are male
- 1,618,061 (45.4 percent) are registered with the Democratic Party, 1,599,306 (44.9 percent) are registered with the Republican Party
- An additional 342,986 (9.6 percent) are registered as “other” including Independent, Green Party, Constitution Party, etc.
County-level registration by party affiliation
At the state level, the number of people that are registered with either the Republican or Democratic Party is nearly the same, but the breakdown by county varies widely.
The counties with the greatest percentage of voters registered with the Democratic Party includes Breathitt (81 percent), Wolfe (79 percent), Knott (77 percent) and Elliott (76 percent). Counties with the greatest percentage of voters registered with the Republican Party includes Leslie (87 percent), Clinton (85 percent), Clay (85 percent) and Monroe (84 percent).
Northern Kentucky counties have the highest percentage of voters registered as “other” – Kenton (15 percent), Boone (14 percent) and Campbell (14 percent). In three counties – Clinton, Magoffin and Owsley – 3 percent or fewer are registered in this category.
View and download the most recent registration statistics on the State Board of Elections website here.
Registration stats in 2018 vs. 2022
The number of registered voters grew by 5.7 percent from April 2018 to April 2022. Over the same period:
- Voters registered with the Democratic Party declined from 50 percent of registered voters to 45.4 percent.
- Voters registered with the Republican Party grew from 41.4 percent of registered voters to 44.9 percent.
- Voters registered as “other” grew from 8.6 percent to 9.6 percent.
- In April 2018, there were 72 counties with 50 percent or more of registered voters registered with the Democratic Party. In April 2022, there were 42 counties with 50 percent or more.
- In April 2018, there were 36 counties with 50 percent or more of registered voters registered with the Republican Party. In April 2022, there were 47 counties with 50 percent or more.
Registered Voters by County and Party Affiliation, April 2022
| County | Democrat | Republican | Other | Total Registered |
| Adair | 3,137 | 9,922 | 941 | 14,000 |
| Allen | 4,206 | 10,252 | 1,270 | 15,728 |
| Anderson | 8,071 | 9,430 | 1,449 | 18,950 |
| Ballard | 3,766 | 2,425 | 408 | 6,599 |
| Barren | 14,086 | 15,848 | 2,480 | 32,414 |
| Bath | 6,356 | 2,736 | 581 | 9,673 |
| Bell | 7,420 | 12,191 | 1,284 | 20,895 |
| Boone | 34,656 | 63,065 | 16,295 | 114,016 |
| Bourbon | 7,749 | 5,860 | 1,210 | 14,819 |
| Boyd | 18,945 | 17,565 | 4,137 | 40,647 |
| Boyle | 10,702 | 10,586 | 2,118 | 23,406 |
| Bracken | 3,890 | 2,421 | 398 | 6,709 |
| Breathitt | 9,136 | 1,693 | 433 | 11,262 |
| Breckinridge | 5,941 | 9,188 | 1,114 | 16,243 |
| Bullitt | 23,753 | 32,793 | 6,787 | 63,333 |
| Butler | 1,929 | 7,251 | 499 | 9,679 |
| Caldwell | 5,332 | 4,181 | 674 | 10,187 |
| Calloway | 15,612 | 12,790 | 3,541 | 31,943 |
| Campbell | 31,421 | 38,056 | 11,408 | 80,885 |
| Carlisle | 2,330 | 1,528 | 173 | 4,031 |
| Carroll | 5,131 | 2,371 | 664 | 8,166 |
| Carter | 9,379 | 9,128 | 1,546 | 20,053 |
| Casey | 1,710 | 9,071 | 500 | 11,281 |
| Christian | 27,012 | 22,335 | 6,582 | 55,929 |
| Clark | 13,479 | 13,314 | 3,292 | 30,085 |
| Clay | 1,751 | 12,393 | 466 | 14,610 |
| Clinton | 975 | 6,641 | 181 | 7,797 |
| Crittenden | 2,226 | 3,841 | 589 | 6,656 |
| Cumberland | 726 | 4,439 | 266 | 5,431 |
| Daviess | 38,094 | 33,646 | 7,007 | 78,747 |
| Edmonson | 2,492 | 6,612 | 653 | 9,757 |
| Elliott | 4,013 | 993 | 252 | 5,258 |
| Estill | 3,530 | 6,268 | 740 | 10,538 |
| Fayette | 131,784 | 88,288 | 31,337 | 251,409 |
| Fleming | 5,211 | 5,234 | 729 | 11,174 |
| Floyd | 21,166 | 6,713 | 1,499 | 29,378 |
| Franklin | 25,257 | 12,114 | 3,529 | 40,900 |
| Fulton | 3,476 | 1,528 | 496 | 5,500 |
| Gallatin | 3,149 | 2,958 | 601 | 6,708 |
| Garrard | 3,650 | 8,980 | 1,302 | 13,932 |
| Grant | 6,915 | 10,155 | 2,177 | 19,247 |
| Graves | 13,828 | 11,016 | 1,754 | 26,598 |
| Grayson | 4,872 | 12,384 | 1,236 | 18,492 |
| Green | 2,371 | 6,011 | 518 | 8,900 |
| Greenup | 13,211 | 14,644 | 2,665 | 30,520 |
| Hancock | 3,170 | 3,327 | 501 | 6,998 |
| Hardin | 39,659 | 40,292 | 11,523 | 91,474 |
| Harlan | 8,814 | 10,572 | 855 | 20,241 |
| Harrison | 7,358 | 6,069 | 946 | 14,373 |
| Hart | 6,739 | 6,455 | 1,015 | 14,209 |
| Henderson | 20,897 | 11,970 | 3,065 | 35,932 |
| Henry | 5,759 | 5,698 | 862 | 12,319 |
| Hickman | 1,944 | 1,430 | 204 | 3,578 |
| Hopkins | 17,873 | 14,854 | 2,924 | 35,651 |
| Jackson | 1,196 | 8,476 | 513 | 10,185 |
| Jefferson | 359,952 | 204,444 | 67,471 | 631,867 |
| Jessamine | 15,516 | 22,168 | 4,562 | 42,246 |
| Johnson | 5,699 | 11,492 | 1,083 | 18,274 |
| Kenton | 54,060 | 66,171 | 21,737 | 141,968 |
| Knott | 8,499 | 2,193 | 409 | 11,101 |
| Knox | 6,110 | 17,356 | 1,271 | 24,737 |
| LaRue | 4,988 | 5,449 | 929 | 11,366 |
| Laurel | 9,958 | 35,952 | 3,246 | 49,156 |
| Lawrence | 4,897 | 6,819 | 972 | 12,688 |
| Lee | 1,507 | 3,430 | 242 | 5,179 |
| Leslie | 746 | 6,937 | 282 | 7,965 |
| Letcher | 9,717 | 5,771 | 731 | 16,219 |
| Lewis | 2,052 | 7,808 | 588 | 10,448 |
| Lincoln | 6,927 | 10,250 | 1,519 | 18,696 |
| Livingston | 3,612 | 3,591 | 520 | 7,723 |
| Logan | 9,619 | 7,863 | 1,564 | 19,046 |
| Lyon | 3,391 | 2,777 | 528 | 6,696 |
| Madison | 30,803 | 35,140 | 8,302 | 74,245 |
| Magoffin | 5,679 | 3,827 | 232 | 9,738 |
| Marion | 8,925 | 4,137 | 733 | 13,795 |
| Marshall | 12,761 | 11,661 | 1,859 | 26,281 |
| Martin | 1,698 | 6,225 | 275 | 8,198 |
| Mason | 6,913 | 5,439 | 1,271 | 13,623 |
| McCracken | 27,306 | 24,427 | 5,891 | 57,624 |
| McCreary | 2,257 | 8,175 | 664 | 11,096 |
| McLean | 3,559 | 2,969 | 416 | 6,944 |
| Meade | 9,837 | 11,610 | 2,414 | 23,861 |
| Menifee | 3,481 | 1,807 | 438 | 5,726 |
| Mercer | 8,273 | 9,098 | 1,547 | 18,918 |
| Metcalfe | 3,203 | 4,277 | 605 | 8,085 |
| Monroe | 1,012 | 7,254 | 353 | 8,619 |
| Montgomery | 11,011 | 8,371 | 1,522 | 20,904 |
| Morgan | 6,416 | 2,374 | 389 | 9,179 |
| Muhlenberg | 13,446 | 8,114 | 1,523 | 23,083 |
| Nelson | 17,102 | 14,954 | 3,384 | 35,440 |
| Nicholas | 3,617 | 1,586 | 358 | 5,561 |
| Ohio | 6,428 | 10,048 | 1,337 | 17,813 |
| Oldham | 19,021 | 31,909 | 6,713 | 57,643 |
| Owen | 3,933 | 3,899 | 577 | 8,409 |
| Owsley | 855 | 2,523 | 103 | 3,481 |
| Pendleton | 4,360 | 5,377 | 986 | 10,723 |
| Perry | 12,546 | 6,515 | 892 | 19,953 |
| Pike | 27,086 | 17,298 | 3,151 | 47,535 |
| Powell | 5,608 | 3,823 | 639 | 10,070 |
| Pulaski | 10,534 | 35,642 | 4,200 | 50,376 |
| Robertson | 1,210 | 533 | 84 | 1,827 |
| Rockcastle | 1,992 | 10,011 | 783 | 12,786 |
| Rowan | 9,238 | 6,153 | 1,591 | 16,982 |
| Russell | 2,602 | 11,113 | 814 | 14,529 |
| Scott | 18,732 | 22,397 | 4,292 | 45,421 |
| Shelby | 14,403 | 17,706 | 3,445 | 35,554 |
| Simpson | 6,989 | 6,337 | 1,529 | 14,855 |
| Spencer | 5,816 | 9,639 | 1,445 | 16,900 |
| Taylor | 6,849 | 11,047 | 1,364 | 19,260 |
| Todd | 5,105 | 3,223 | 633 | 8,961 |
| Trigg | 5,369 | 6,294 | 993 | 12,656 |
| Trimble | 4,338 | 2,720 | 566 | 7,624 |
| Union | 6,404 | 3,578 | 617 | 10,599 |
| Warren | 41,734 | 40,486 | 9,976 | 92,196 |
| Washington | 4,534 | 4,232 | 561 | 9,327 |
| Wayne | 4,125 | 10,352 | 883 | 15,360 |
| Webster | 5,407 | 3,574 | 614 | 9,595 |
| Whitley | 5,656 | 20,690 | 1,831 | 28,177 |
| Wolfe | 4,515 | 963 | 233 | 5,711 |
| Woodford | 10,868 | 9,307 | 2,115 | 22,290 |
