† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHays, KSKansasUnited States
German46.1%23.3%12.5%
Irish12.0%11.3%9.4%
English8.8%12.4%9.5%
Italian3.7%2.0%4.8%
American3.0%5.6%5.3%
Russian1.8%——
French1.6%1.8%1.6%
Scottish1.4%1.9%1.3%
Mexican5.6%10.4%11.3%
Spanish0.3%——
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%0.3%0.7%
Chilean0.2%——
Chinese0.6%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian0.5%0.6%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
African American†1.0%4.3%9.9%
Senegalese0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hays, KS
Kansas
United States
Median age
33.2
37.5
39.1
Age 18–24
19.8%
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hays, KS
Kansas
United States
Median household income
$63,084
$74,275
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.3%
11.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.9%
35.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hays, KS
Kansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
12.2%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hays, KS
Kansas
United States
Catholic
49.1%
14.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.2%
17.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
30.5%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
10.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hays, KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−33.5%
1896
+38.6%
1900
+32.2%
1904
−4.1%
1908
+29.3%
1912
+56.6%
1916
+31.8%
1920
−51.8%
1924
−24.2%
1928
+32.8%
1932
+50.0%
1936
+49.7%
1940
−4.7%
1944
−20.5%
1948
+18.0%
1952
−31.8%
1956
−18.7%
1960
+29.6%
1964
+38.8%
1968
−1.6%
1972
−13.8%
1976
+13.9%
1980
−15.8%
1984
−36.5%
1988
+0.9%
1992
+4.5%
1996
−22.3%
2000
−23.2%
2004
−31.7%
2008
−33.7%
2012
−45.6%
2016
−47.5%
2020
−43.6%
2024
−46.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.0%Harris3,511
72.1%Trump9,743
1.9%
R+46.1
R+2.5
R+44.7
13,511
R
27.1%Biden3,737
70.7%Trump9,758
2.2%
R+43.6
D+3.8
R+48.1
13,800
R
22.7%Clinton2,742
70.2%Trump8,466
7.1%
R+47.5
R+1.9
R+49.5
12,062
R
26.1%Obama3,057
71.7%Romney8,399
2.2%
R+45.6
R+11.9
R+49.5
11,714
R
32.2%Obama4,010
65.9%McCain8,207
1.8%
R+33.7
R+2.1
R+41.0
12,447
R
33.1%Kerry4,033
64.7%Bush7,891
2.2%
R+31.7
R+8.4
R+29.2
12,187
R
35.2%Gore3,926
58.4%Bush6,516
6.4%
R+23.2
R+0.9
R+23.7
11,160
R
34.7%Clinton4,142
57.0%Dole6,809
8.4%
R+22.3
R+26.8
R+30.8
11,952
D
36.5%Clinton4,544
32.0%Bush3,985
31.5%
D+4.5
D+3.6
R+1.1
12,453
D
49.6%Dukakis5,289
48.7%Bush5,194
1.8%
D+0.9
D+37.4
D+8.6
10,672
R
31.1%Mondale3,457
67.7%Reagan7,509
1.2%
R+36.5
R+20.7
R+18.3
11,099
R
36.7%Carter3,940
52.5%Reagan5,634
10.7%
R+15.8
R+29.7
R+6.1
10,724
D
55.9%Carter6,280
42.0%Ford4,719
2.1%
D+13.9
D+27.6
D+11.8
11,240
R
41.9%McGovern4,113
55.7%Nixon5,463
2.4%
R+13.8
R+12.2
D+9.4
9,813
R
45.1%Humphrey3,809
46.7%Nixon3,944
8.2%
R+1.6
R+40.4
R+0.9
8,441
D
69.2%Johnson5,553
30.4%Goldwater2,440
0.3%
D+38.8
D+9.2
D+16.2
8,020
D
64.8%Kennedy5,815
35.2%Nixon3,156
0.1%
D+29.6
D+48.3
D+29.5
8,977
R
40.6%Stevenson3,058
59.3%Eisenhower4,466
0.1%
R+18.7
D+13.1
R+3.3
7,528
R
34.1%Stevenson2,528
65.9%Eisenhower4,882
0.0%
R+31.8
R+49.7
R+21.0
7,413
D
58.5%Truman3,863
40.5%Dewey2,676
1.0%
D+18.0
D+38.5
D+13.5
6,606
R
39.6%Roosevelt2,218
60.1%Dewey3,369
0.3%
R+20.5
R+15.9
R+28.0
5,603
R
47.5%Roosevelt3,299
52.1%Willkie3,622
0.4%
R+4.7
R+54.3
R+14.6
6,946
D
74.7%Roosevelt4,834
25.1%Landon1,622
0.2%
D+49.7
R+0.3
D+25.4
6,469
D
74.5%Roosevelt4,449
24.5%Hoover1,465
0.9%
D+50.0
D+17.2
D+32.2
5,970
D
66.3%Smith3,364
33.5%Hoover1,700
0.2%
D+32.8
D+57.0
D+50.3
5,075
R
22.1%Davis842
46.4%Coolidge1,763
31.5%
R+24.2
D+27.6
D+1.0
3,802
R
23.3%Cox740
75.2%Harding2,385
1.5%
R+51.8
R+83.7
R+25.7
3,173
D
64.7%Wilson2,335
32.9%Hughes1,186
2.4%
D+31.8
R+24.8
D+28.7
3,608
D
64.9%Wilson1,381
8.2%Taft175
26.9%
D+56.6
D+27.3
D+37.1
2,129
D
63.8%Bryan1,421
34.5%Taft768
1.7%
D+29.3
D+33.4
D+38.9
2,226
R
47.0%Parker928
51.1%Roosevelt1,009
2.0%
R+4.1
R+36.3
D+15.6
1,976
D
65.7%Bryan1,228
33.5%McKinley627
0.7%
D+32.2
R+6.4
D+39.7
1,869
D
68.6%Bryan1,051
30.0%McKinley460
1.4%
D+38.6
D+72.1
D+44.6
1,533
O
0.0%Cleveland0
33.5%Harrison546
66.5%
Weaver +33.0
—
R+35.2
1,629
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
21.3%2,236
75.3%7,920
10,518
2020
R
28.3%3,904
67.5%9,298
13,771
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+36.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+46.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 10.0 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Hays, KS in Hays, KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+138
2012
+100
2013
−229
2014
−227
2015
−172
2016
−257
2017
−295
2018
−197
2019
−184
2021
−123
2022
−28
2023
−84
2024
−104
2025
−96
Home to Fort Hays State University, the Hays metro has absorbed steady population gains that complicate its traditionally lopsided Republican margins, though the area still ranks among Kansas's most reliably conservative labor markets.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.1 points.
A population of 28,920, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,084 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Celina, OH and Dickinson, ND.
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In 2024, Hays, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 46.1 points (R+46.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,511 votes cast, 3,511 went Democratic and 9,743 went Republican.
When did Hays, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hays, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Hays, KS, Kansas?
Hays, KS, Kansas has a population of 28,920 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hays, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Hays, KS, Kansas is $63,084 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Hays, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hays, KS, Kansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
