Sedgwick County, Colorado: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+57 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,3042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,3862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stevens County, WA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sedgwick CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sedgwick County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −44.9% |
| 1896 | +24.2% |
| 1900 | −21.1% |
| 1904 | −43.5% |
| 1908 | −31.4% |
| 1912 | +0.9% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −35.6% |
| 1924 | −27.2% |
| 1928 | −36.1% |
| 1932 | +17.9% |
| 1936 | +15.8% |
| 1940 | −20.2% |
| 1944 | −36.7% |
| 1948 | −10.0% |
| 1952 | −37.9% |
| 1956 | −27.3% |
| 1960 | −23.0% |
| 1964 | +2.6% |
| 1968 | −27.9% |
| 1972 | −38.7% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −41.7% |
| 1984 | −45.3% |
| 1988 | −20.1% |
| 1992 | −4.4% |
| 1996 | −14.4% |
| 2000 | −37.8% |
| 2004 | −43.9% |
| 2008 | −28.8% |
| 2012 | −34.5% |
| 2016 | −54.8% |
| 2020 | −56.7% |
| 2024 | −56.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 283 | 1,048 | 1,358 | ||
| R | 301 | 1,121 | 1,446 | ||
| R | 267 | 1,015 | 1,364 | ||
| R | 419 | 881 | 1,338 | ||
| R | 468 | 857 | 1,351 | ||
| R | 374 | 971 | 1,360 | ||
| R | 384 | 877 | 1,303 | ||
| R | 519 | 715 | 1,357 | ||
| R | 397 | 447 | 1,146 | ||
| R | 611 | 921 | 1,545 | ||
| R | 429 | 1,146 | 1,583 | ||
| R | 438 | 1,151 | 1,708 | ||
| R | 773 | 902 | 1,700 | ||
| R | 485 | 1,129 | 1,664 | ||
| R | 546 | 1,007 | 1,653 | ||
| D | 942 | 895 | 1,839 | ||
| R | 769 | 1,230 | 2,003 | ||
| R | 760 | 1,334 | 2,099 | ||
| R | 686 | 1,528 | 2,223 | ||
| R | 834 | 1,020 | 1,867 | ||
| R | 568 | 1,228 | 1,799 | ||
| R | 959 | 1,448 | 2,419 | ||
| D | 1,358 | 977 | 2,408 | ||
| D | 1,288 | 884 | 2,261 | ||
| R | 580 | 1,247 | 1,847 | ||
| R | 372 | 779 | 1,499 | ||
| R | 372 | 819 | 1,254 | ||
| R | 519 | 529 | 1,129 | ||
| O | 338 | 328 | 1,105 | ||
| R | 278 | 544 | 846 | ||
| R | 131 | 347 | 497 | ||
| R | 163 | 256 | 440 | ||
| D | 216 | 130 | 355 | ||
| O | 0 | 131 | 292 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.3%
English
13.6%
Irish
10.4%
French
3.0%
American
2.9%
Scottish
2.5%
Italian
1.7%
African American
0.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$52,386
Sedgwick County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Sedgwick County$52,386
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Sedgwick County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.4%
Working age (18–64)12.3%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.6%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sedgwick County sits in Colorado's northeastern corner, where wheat farming and cattle ranching define the economy. Its small, rural electorate has delivered some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state across recent cycles.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-seven points in 2020. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points.
A median household income of $52,386, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,304 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stevens County and Bowman County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sedgwick County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sedgwick County, Colorado voted Republican by 56.3 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,358 votes cast, 283 went Democratic and 1,048 went Republican.
What is Sedgwick County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Sedgwick County, Colorado in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 28 times, and other 2 times.
When did Sedgwick County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sedgwick County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sedgwick County, Colorado?
Sedgwick County, Colorado has a population of 2,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sedgwick County, Colorado?
Median household income in Sedgwick County, Colorado is $52,386 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Sedgwick County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sedgwick County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.