† 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
GroupLawrence, KSKansasUnited States
German28.2%23.3%12.5%
English15.3%12.4%9.5%
Irish14.3%11.3%9.4%
American3.6%5.6%5.3%
Italian3.1%2.0%4.8%
Scottish3.0%1.9%1.3%
French2.6%1.8%1.6%
Swedish2.1%1.1%—
Mexican4.8%10.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%——
Chinese1.4%0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.7%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.6%0.6%1.4%
Korean0.4%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Pakistani0.2%——
Laotian0.2%——
African American†3.2%4.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Senegalese0.3%——
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
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
Lawrence, KS
Kansas
United States
Median age
31.6
37.5
39.1
Age 18–24
22.8%
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lawrence, KS
Kansas
United States
Median household income
$69,746
$74,275
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.7%
11.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
53.2%
35.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lawrence, KS
Kansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.8%
12.2%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
8.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.3%
0.3%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lawrence, KS
Kansas
United States
Catholic
9.2%
14.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.4%
17.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.8%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.5%
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.
Lawrence, KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−57.3%
1896
−16.2%
1900
−19.0%
1904
−53.7%
1908
−23.5%
1912
+14.5%
1916
−12.4%
1920
−47.6%
1924
−57.3%
1928
−58.4%
1932
−20.1%
1936
−25.1%
1940
−41.6%
1944
−35.6%
1948
−31.2%
1952
−49.1%
1956
−43.9%
1960
−33.1%
1964
+9.2%
1968
−18.4%
1972
−13.3%
1976
−8.5%
1980
−16.5%
1984
−18.9%
1988
−1.2%
1992
+15.4%
1996
+5.3%
2000
+3.0%
2004
+16.1%
2008
+30.8%
2012
+24.5%
2016
+32.3%
2020
+39.5%
2024
+38.0%
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
D
68.2%Harris39,582
30.2%Trump17,523
1.6%
D+38.0
R+1.5
D+39.5
58,041
D
68.6%Biden40,785
29.1%Trump17,286
2.4%
D+39.5
D+7.2
D+35.0
59,495
D
61.1%Clinton31,195
28.8%Trump14,688
10.1%
D+32.3
D+7.9
D+30.3
51,031
D
60.4%Obama29,267
35.9%Romney17,401
3.7%
D+24.5
R+6.4
D+20.6
48,464
D
64.4%Obama34,398
33.6%McCain17,929
2.0%
D+30.8
D+14.7
D+23.6
53,398
D
57.1%Kerry28,634
41.0%Bush20,544
1.9%
D+16.1
D+13.2
D+18.6
50,111
D
45.8%Gore18,249
42.8%Bush17,062
11.4%
D+3.0
R+2.3
D+2.5
39,838
D
47.9%Clinton18,116
42.6%Dole16,116
9.4%
D+5.3
R+10.1
R+3.2
37,800
D
46.0%Clinton19,439
30.6%Bush12,949
23.4%
D+15.4
D+16.6
D+9.8
42,265
R
48.7%Dukakis15,752
49.9%Bush16,149
1.4%
R+1.2
D+17.7
D+6.5
32,361
R
40.0%Mondale12,880
58.9%Reagan18,975
1.2%
R+18.9
R+2.4
R+0.7
32,233
R
32.5%Carter9,360
49.0%Reagan14,106
18.5%
R+16.5
R+8.0
R+6.8
28,784
R
42.8%Carter11,922
51.3%Ford14,277
5.9%
R+8.5
D+4.9
R+10.5
27,842
R
42.3%McGovern11,646
55.6%Nixon15,316
2.1%
R+13.3
D+5.0
D+9.8
27,527
R
35.4%Humphrey6,936
53.8%Nixon10,533
10.8%
R+18.4
R+27.5
R+17.7
19,583
D
54.3%Johnson9,416
45.1%Goldwater7,825
0.6%
D+9.2
D+42.3
R+13.4
17,353
R
33.3%Kennedy5,690
66.4%Nixon11,337
0.2%
R+33.1
D+10.9
R+33.3
17,065
R
27.9%Stevenson4,283
71.8%Eisenhower11,029
0.3%
R+43.9
D+5.2
R+28.5
15,351
R
25.2%Stevenson3,765
74.3%Eisenhower11,095
0.4%
R+49.1
R+17.9
R+38.4
14,924
R
33.1%Truman4,778
64.3%Dewey9,287
2.7%
R+31.2
D+4.4
R+35.7
14,454
R
31.9%Roosevelt3,886
67.5%Dewey8,224
0.6%
R+35.6
D+6.1
R+43.1
12,189
R
28.6%Roosevelt3,727
70.3%Willkie9,146
1.1%
R+41.6
R+16.5
R+51.6
13,014
R
37.1%Roosevelt4,961
62.2%Landon8,324
0.7%
R+25.1
R+5.1
R+49.4
13,381
R
38.6%Roosevelt4,833
58.7%Hoover7,346
2.7%
R+20.1
D+38.3
R+37.9
12,521
R
20.3%Smith2,297
78.7%Hoover8,887
1.0%
R+58.4
R+1.1
R+40.9
11,292
R
18.0%Davis1,922
75.3%Coolidge8,052
6.8%
R+57.3
R+9.7
R+32.1
10,700
R
25.7%Cox2,197
73.2%Harding6,266
1.1%
R+47.6
R+35.2
R+21.4
8,557
R
41.5%Wilson3,834
53.9%Hughes4,975
4.6%
R+12.4
R+26.9
R+15.5
9,235
O
36.3%Wilson1,888
21.8%Taft1,133
41.9%
Roosevelt +5.7
D+38.0
R+5.0
5,203
R
37.2%Bryan2,010
60.6%Taft3,279
2.2%
R+23.5
D+30.3
R+13.9
5,408
R
20.6%Parker989
74.3%Roosevelt3,574
5.2%
R+53.7
R+34.7
R+34.1
4,812
R
39.6%Bryan2,333
58.6%McKinley3,453
1.9%
R+19.0
R+2.8
R+11.4
5,897
R
41.2%Bryan2,573
57.4%McKinley3,582
1.4%
R+16.2
D+41.1
R+10.1
6,240
R
0.0%Cleveland0
57.3%Harrison3,114
42.7%
R+57.3
—
R+59.0
5,434
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
66.6%31,415
30.7%14,501
47,161
2020
D
67.7%40,262
27.9%16,594
59,479
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+19.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+38.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Lawrence, KS in Lawrence, KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+24
2012
−446
2013
+273
2014
+560
2015
+284
2016
+301
2017
−39
2018
+33
2019
+342
2021
+334
2022
+33
2023
−55
2024
−631
2025
−729
Lawrence's electorate skews younger and more educated than the Kansas median, driven by the University of Kansas enrollment, which pushes Douglas County toward margins that diverge sharply from surrounding rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 58.4 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.0 points.
A population of 120,302, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,746 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Corvallis, OR and Ithaca, NY.
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In 2024, Lawrence, KS, Kansas voted Democratic by 38.0 points (D+38.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 58,041 votes cast, 39,582 went Democratic and 17,523 went Republican.
When did Lawrence, KS, Kansas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lawrence, KS, Kansas voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Lawrence, KS, Kansas?
Lawrence, KS, Kansas has a population of 120,302 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lawrence, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Lawrence, KS, Kansas is $69,746 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Lawrence, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lawrence, KS, Kansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
