Kentucky State Senate District 22

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
ky-sd-022
State
Kentucky
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
022
Land Area
411.1 sq mi
Water Area
6.41 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Kentucky State Senate District 22

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Garrard County230.11 sq mi56.0%100.0%
Jessamine County172.17 sq mi41.9%100.0%
Fayette County9.01 sq mi2.2%3.2%

Showing all 3 counties

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Nicholasville city14.59 sq mi3.5%95.9%
Lexington-Fayette urban county9.01 sq mi2.2%3.2%
Wilmore city4.06 sq mi1.0%81.5%
Lancaster city2.27 sq mi0.6%90.0%
High Bridge CDP2.18 sq mi0.5%100.0%
Keene city0.12 sq mi<0.1%99.9%

Showing all 6 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
KY District 6124,346100.0%16.6%100.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
91,078
Active Voters
84,478 (92.8%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic35,84939.4%
Republican43,57047.8%
Unaffiliated00.0%
Other parties11,65912.8%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2023–202461,157 (67.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–202239,555 (43.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–202058,197 (63.9%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2017–201837,180 (40.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–201640,136 (44.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2013–201423,278 (25.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 07/24/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
124,913 (± 2,404)
Median Age
36.9
Median Household Income
$68,519 (± $2,645)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
91.0%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
36.4%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1829,06523.3%
18 to 6476,54461.3%
65 and over19,30415.5%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)7,5916.1%
White, not Hispanic98,35978.7%
Black, not Hispanic10,5378.4%
Asian, not Hispanic2,6602.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic650.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic210.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic5070.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic5,1734.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
119,556
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
91,139

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic114,53095.8%
Hispanic5,0274.2%
White98,13682.1%
Black9,7948.2%
Asian1,8871.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native620.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander130.0%
Two or More Races3420.3%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic88,57297.2%
Hispanic2,5672.8%
White78,00285.6%
Black8,2429.0%
Asian1,5611.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native6630.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander100.0%
Two or More Races1660.2%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).