† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
4 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
GroupWichita, KSKansasUnited States
German22.1%23.3%12.5%
English11.8%12.4%9.5%
Irish10.2%11.3%9.4%
American5.5%5.6%5.3%
Scottish2.0%1.9%1.3%
French1.8%1.8%1.6%
Italian1.5%2.0%4.8%
Swedish1.2%1.1%—
Mexican11.8%10.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†5.8%4.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Vietnamese1.5%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.4%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.3%——
Cambodian0.2%——
Muscogee (Creek)0.1%——
Maya0.1%——
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
Wichita, KS
Kansas
United States
Median age
36.7
37.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wichita, KS
Kansas
United States
Median household income
$70,720
$74,275
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
11.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.8%
35.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wichita, KS
Kansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.3%
12.2%
22.3%
Spanish
8.9%
8.1%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wichita, KS
Kansas
United States
Catholic
12.7%
14.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.7%
17.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.3%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
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.
Wichita, KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−47.6%
1896
+8.0%
1900
−4.6%
1904
−36.2%
1908
−9.4%
1912
+26.3%
1916
+8.1%
1920
−22.7%
1924
−32.5%
1928
−53.8%
1932
+11.7%
1936
+24.9%
1940
+0.0%
1944
−9.1%
1948
−3.4%
1952
−34.6%
1956
−23.9%
1960
−14.2%
1964
+11.3%
1968
−15.7%
1972
−36.1%
1976
−3.1%
1980
−15.3%
1984
−27.6%
1988
−13.2%
1992
−7.1%
1996
−21.4%
2000
−21.2%
2004
−28.1%
2008
−16.1%
2012
−22.5%
2016
−22.8%
2020
−17.2%
2024
−18.9%
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
39.7%Harris108,385
58.6%Trump159,945
1.7%
R+18.9
R+1.7
R+17.4
273,023
R
40.2%Biden114,389
57.4%Trump163,337
2.4%
R+17.2
D+5.6
R+21.7
284,445
R
34.1%Clinton83,344
56.9%Trump139,078
9.0%
R+22.8
R+0.3
R+24.9
244,293
R
37.6%Obama87,290
60.0%Romney139,511
2.4%
R+22.5
R+6.4
R+26.3
232,415
R
41.0%Obama101,167
57.1%McCain140,747
1.9%
R+16.1
D+12.1
R+23.3
246,539
R
35.2%Kerry80,882
63.4%Bush145,445
1.4%
R+28.1
R+7.0
R+25.7
229,557
R
37.2%Gore77,456
58.3%Bush121,548
4.5%
R+21.2
D+0.2
R+21.7
208,335
R
35.0%Clinton75,493
56.4%Dole121,710
8.7%
R+21.4
R+14.3
R+29.9
215,896
R
33.1%Clinton78,310
40.2%Bush95,089
26.7%
R+7.1
D+6.2
R+12.6
236,698
R
42.1%Dukakis83,228
55.4%Bush109,387
2.5%
R+13.2
D+14.4
R+5.5
197,554
R
35.5%Mondale69,941
63.1%Reagan124,299
1.4%
R+27.6
R+12.3
R+9.4
196,952
R
37.3%Carter69,914
52.7%Reagan98,610
10.0%
R+15.3
R+12.2
R+5.6
187,292
R
47.1%Carter83,917
50.2%Ford89,487
2.7%
R+3.1
D+32.9
R+5.2
178,272
R
30.1%McGovern50,129
66.2%Nixon110,222
3.8%
R+36.1
R+20.4
R+12.9
166,612
R
36.9%Humphrey56,906
52.6%Nixon81,050
10.5%
R+15.7
R+26.9
R+15.0
154,171
D
55.1%Johnson86,313
43.9%Goldwater68,695
1.0%
D+11.3
D+25.4
R+11.3
156,578
R
42.7%Kennedy73,998
56.8%Nixon98,577
0.5%
R+14.2
D+9.7
R+14.3
173,456
R
37.9%Stevenson59,062
61.8%Eisenhower96,274
0.3%
R+23.9
D+10.7
R+8.5
155,806
R
32.3%Stevenson46,578
66.8%Eisenhower96,450
0.9%
R+34.6
R+31.1
R+23.8
144,331
R
47.5%Truman53,076
50.9%Dewey56,908
1.6%
R+3.4
D+5.6
R+7.9
111,796
R
45.2%Roosevelt48,013
54.3%Dewey57,642
0.5%
R+9.1
R+9.1
R+16.6
106,198
D
49.6%Roosevelt51,909
49.6%Willkie51,903
0.9%
D+0.01
R+24.9
R+9.9
104,743
D
62.3%Roosevelt62,109
37.4%Landon37,260
0.3%
D+24.9
D+13.2
D+0.7
99,648
D
54.5%Roosevelt47,235
42.7%Hoover37,049
2.8%
D+11.7
D+65.5
R+6.0
86,714
R
22.6%Smith17,038
76.4%Hoover57,581
1.0%
R+53.8
R+21.3
R+36.3
75,383
R
24.7%Davis16,654
57.2%Coolidge38,562
18.1%
R+32.5
R+9.8
R+7.3
67,397
R
37.5%Cox21,021
60.2%Harding33,747
2.4%
R+22.7
R+30.8
D+3.5
56,096
D
50.6%Wilson26,289
42.5%Hughes22,071
6.9%
D+8.1
R+18.2
D+5.0
51,919
O
39.1%Wilson11,813
12.8%Taft3,874
48.1%
Roosevelt +8.9
D+35.7
D+6.7
30,197
R
42.9%Bryan12,586
52.3%Taft15,345
4.8%
R+9.4
D+26.8
D+0.2
29,354
R
26.3%Parker6,588
62.5%Roosevelt15,629
11.1%
R+36.2
R+31.6
R+16.5
25,003
R
46.7%Bryan12,536
51.3%McKinley13,760
2.0%
R+4.6
R+12.5
D+3.0
26,829
D
53.5%Bryan13,086
45.5%McKinley11,133
1.0%
D+8.0
D+55.6
D+14.1
24,467
O
0.0%Cleveland0
47.6%Harrison12,948
52.4%
Weaver +4.8
—
R+49.3
27,198
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
35.7%70,819
61.4%121,841
198,470
2020
R
40.9%115,536
54.4%153,788
282,803
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+19.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+18.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.9 points.
Domestic migration in Wichita, KS in Wichita, KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,623
2012
−2,129
2013
−2,731
2014
−2,129
2015
−1,782
2016
−2,132
2017
−3,222
2018
−3,058
2019
−291
2021
−924
2022
+118
2023
+1,020
2024
+1,045
2025
+1,325
Home to a concentrated aerospace and defense workforce, the Wichita metro has historically leaned Republican at the federal level while occasionally electing Democrats in local and statehouse races, reflecting its mix of blue-collar union workers and suburban professionals.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.9 points.
A population of 652,622, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,720 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Colorado Springs, CO and Oklahoma City, OK.
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In 2024, Wichita, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 18.9 points (R+18.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 273,023 votes cast, 108,385 went Democratic and 159,945 went Republican.
When did Wichita, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wichita, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wichita, KS, Kansas?
Wichita, KS, Kansas has a population of 652,622 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wichita, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Wichita, KS, Kansas is $70,720 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Wichita, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wichita, KS, Kansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
