† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupHutchinson, KSKansasUnited States
German25.7%23.3%12.5%
English10.7%12.4%9.5%
Irish9.1%11.3%9.4%
American6.7%5.6%5.3%
Scottish1.8%1.9%1.3%
Italian1.4%2.0%4.8%
French1.4%1.8%1.6%
Swedish1.3%1.1%—
Mexican8.6%10.4%11.3%
Spanish0.7%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†2.6%4.3%9.9%
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
Hutchinson, KS
Kansas
United States
Median age
40.9
37.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.6%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hutchinson, KS
Kansas
United States
Median household income
$60,645
$74,275
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
11.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.4%
35.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hutchinson, KS
Kansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
12.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.8%
8.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.6%
0.4%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hutchinson, KS
Kansas
United States
Catholic
9.6%
14.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.7%
17.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.5%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.1%
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.
Hutchinson, KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−50.0%
1896
−5.0%
1900
−13.5%
1904
−46.1%
1908
−9.2%
1912
+21.2%
1916
−1.3%
1920
−36.6%
1924
−42.0%
1928
−53.5%
1932
+2.0%
1936
+24.4%
1940
−8.2%
1944
−18.1%
1948
−5.7%
1952
−40.1%
1956
−33.6%
1960
−20.9%
1964
+25.5%
1968
−8.2%
1972
−30.6%
1976
+12.9%
1980
−16.0%
1984
−28.1%
1988
−4.8%
1992
−7.5%
1996
−19.6%
2000
−24.2%
2004
−31.6%
2008
−23.4%
2012
−31.3%
2016
−35.4%
2020
−34.2%
2024
−34.5%
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
31.8%Harris8,554
66.2%Trump17,847
2.0%
R+34.5
R+0.3
R+33.0
26,940
R
31.8%Biden8,886
66.0%Trump18,443
2.2%
R+34.2
D+1.2
R+38.7
27,941
R
27.9%Clinton6,837
63.2%Trump15,513
8.9%
R+35.4
R+4.1
R+37.5
24,536
R
33.1%Obama8,085
64.4%Romney15,718
2.5%
R+31.3
R+7.9
R+35.1
24,422
R
37.4%Obama9,916
60.8%McCain16,112
1.8%
R+23.4
D+8.2
R+30.6
26,512
R
33.4%Kerry9,114
65.0%Bush17,748
1.7%
R+31.6
R+7.4
R+29.1
27,324
R
35.5%Gore9,025
59.7%Bush15,179
4.8%
R+24.2
R+4.6
R+24.7
25,430
R
34.6%Clinton9,108
54.3%Dole14,275
11.1%
R+19.6
R+12.2
R+28.2
26,300
R
32.6%Clinton9,257
40.1%Bush11,377
27.3%
R+7.5
R+2.6
R+13.0
28,372
R
46.3%Dukakis11,545
51.1%Bush12,753
2.6%
R+4.8
D+23.2
D+2.9
24,954
R
35.3%Mondale9,229
63.3%Reagan16,568
1.4%
R+28.1
R+12.0
R+9.8
26,159
R
36.8%Carter9,615
52.8%Reagan13,804
10.3%
R+16.0
R+28.9
R+6.3
26,121
D
55.1%Carter14,620
42.3%Ford11,212
2.6%
D+12.9
D+43.4
D+10.8
26,512
R
33.2%McGovern8,183
63.8%Nixon15,714
3.0%
R+30.6
R+22.3
R+7.4
24,628
R
42.1%Humphrey9,872
50.3%Nixon11,804
7.7%
R+8.2
R+33.7
R+7.5
23,474
D
62.3%Johnson14,936
36.8%Goldwater8,829
0.9%
D+25.5
D+46.4
D+2.9
23,973
R
39.3%Kennedy9,557
60.2%Nixon14,655
0.5%
R+20.9
D+12.6
R+21.1
24,339
R
33.0%Stevenson7,461
66.6%Eisenhower15,057
0.5%
R+33.6
D+6.5
R+18.2
22,620
R
28.5%Stevenson6,555
68.6%Eisenhower15,762
2.9%
R+40.1
R+34.4
R+29.3
22,983
R
46.2%Truman9,957
51.9%Dewey11,187
2.0%
R+5.7
D+12.4
R+10.2
21,567
R
40.6%Roosevelt7,604
58.7%Dewey11,004
0.7%
R+18.1
R+9.9
R+25.6
18,743
R
45.4%Roosevelt10,543
53.6%Willkie12,448
0.9%
R+8.2
R+32.6
R+18.2
23,208
D
62.0%Roosevelt14,203
37.6%Landon8,607
0.4%
D+24.4
D+22.4
D+0.2
22,898
D
49.3%Roosevelt9,351
47.3%Hoover8,972
3.4%
D+2.0
D+55.5
R+15.8
18,970
R
22.8%Smith3,843
76.3%Hoover12,872
0.9%
R+53.5
R+11.5
R+36.1
16,868
R
23.2%Davis3,675
65.2%Coolidge10,339
11.6%
R+42.0
R+5.4
R+16.9
15,851
R
30.5%Cox4,385
67.1%Harding9,649
2.4%
R+36.6
R+35.4
R+10.4
14,375
R
44.8%Wilson6,683
46.0%Hughes6,870
9.2%
R+1.3
R+22.5
R+4.4
14,919
D
42.1%Wilson3,360
20.9%Taft1,668
37.0%
D+21.2
D+30.4
D+1.7
7,975
R
43.6%Bryan3,381
52.7%Taft4,092
3.7%
R+9.2
D+36.9
D+0.4
7,762
R
23.2%Parker1,423
69.3%Roosevelt4,245
7.4%
R+46.1
R+32.6
R+26.4
6,123
R
42.5%Bryan2,859
56.0%McKinley3,769
1.5%
R+13.5
R+8.6
R+6.0
6,728
R
47.0%Bryan3,051
52.0%McKinley3,373
1.0%
R+5.0
D+45.0
D+1.1
6,491
R
0.0%Cleveland0
50.0%Harrison3,166
50.0%
R+50.0
—
R+51.7
6,332
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
26.5%5,467
70.0%14,459
20,643
2020
R
33.1%9,251
62.2%17,362
27,920
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+33.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+34.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.2 points.
Domestic migration in Hutchinson, KS in Hutchinson, KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−129
2012
−227
2013
−98
2014
−339
2015
−142
2016
−412
2017
−500
2018
−315
2019
−340
2021
−165
2022
+259
2023
+38
2024
+91
2025
+272
Hutchinson sits at the intersection of wheat agriculture and salt-mining heritage, giving Reno County a working-class rural economic profile that has tracked reliably Republican in federal races by 30-plus-point margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.5 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 34.5 points.
A population of 61,553, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,645 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lewistown, PA and Salina, KS.
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In 2024, Hutchinson, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 34.5 points (R+34.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,940 votes cast, 8,554 went Democratic and 17,847 went Republican.
When did Hutchinson, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hutchinson, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas?
Hutchinson, KS, Kansas has a population of 61,553 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas is $60,645 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Hutchinson, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
