In 1980 and 1984, the county was won by Republican Ronald Reagan, who would become the last Republican presidential candidate to win Franklin County. Since Michael Dukakis won the county in 1988, it has been won by Democratic candidates ever since. The median income for a household in the county was $41,659, and the median income for a family was $46,733. Males had a median income of $32,009 versus $24,078 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,816. About 7.00% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.40% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over. In 2009, the county had the most dairy farms in the state, 239 out of 1,078. Villages are census divisions, but have no separate corporate existence from the towns they are in.