Barton County, Kansas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+59 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 25,0972024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,8512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ellsworth County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Barton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Barton 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 | −56.7% |
| 1896 | +14.0% |
| 1900 | +6.2% |
| 1904 | −21.1% |
| 1908 | +7.1% |
| 1912 | +33.8% |
| 1916 | +6.2% |
| 1920 | −39.7% |
| 1924 | −34.4% |
| 1928 | −28.2% |
| 1932 | +17.1% |
| 1936 | +25.7% |
| 1940 | −9.3% |
| 1944 | −19.1% |
| 1948 | −7.6% |
| 1952 | −41.5% |
| 1956 | −32.7% |
| 1960 | −11.4% |
| 1964 | +20.6% |
| 1968 | −18.3% |
| 1972 | −40.6% |
| 1976 | −13.8% |
| 1980 | −39.6% |
| 1984 | −52.6% |
| 1988 | −20.8% |
| 1992 | −9.3% |
| 1996 | −39.1% |
| 2000 | −37.1% |
| 2004 | −49.5% |
| 2008 | −43.3% |
| 2012 | −53.9% |
| 2016 | −58.5% |
| 2020 | −56.3% |
| 2024 | −56.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,207 | 8,205 | 10,617 | ||
| R | 2,340 | 8,608 | 11,130 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 7,888 | 10,339 | ||
| R | 2,297 | 7,874 | 10,341 | ||
| R | 3,027 | 7,802 | 11,023 | ||
| R | 2,874 | 8,666 | 11,706 | ||
| R | 3,238 | 7,302 | 10,955 | ||
| R | 3,121 | 7,855 | 12,099 | ||
| R | 3,846 | 5,113 | 13,582 | ||
| R | 5,024 | 7,741 | 13,075 | ||
| R | 3,111 | 10,232 | 13,538 | ||
| R | 3,663 | 9,147 | 13,852 | ||
| R | 5,497 | 7,311 | 13,142 | ||
| R | 3,481 | 8,479 | 12,312 | ||
| R | 4,464 | 6,700 | 12,208 | ||
| D | 7,340 | 4,826 | 12,221 | ||
| R | 6,036 | 7,599 | 13,665 | ||
| R | 4,378 | 8,644 | 13,063 | ||
| R | 3,847 | 9,380 | 13,319 | ||
| R | 5,307 | 6,191 | 11,600 | ||
| R | 3,761 | 5,547 | 9,345 | ||
| R | 4,982 | 6,011 | 11,043 | ||
| D | 5,978 | 3,534 | 9,517 | ||
| D | 4,776 | 3,365 | 8,238 | ||
| R | 2,777 | 4,966 | 7,767 | ||
| R | 1,605 | 4,109 | 7,274 | ||
| R | 1,688 | 3,993 | 5,806 | ||
| D | 3,292 | 2,891 | 6,502 | ||
| D | 2,069 | 692 | 4,069 | ||
| D | 2,004 | 1,729 | 3,857 | ||
| R | 1,235 | 1,939 | 3,332 | ||
| D | 1,772 | 1,564 | 3,366 | ||
| D | 1,616 | 1,215 | 2,855 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,816 | 3,204 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.2%
English
10.3%
Irish
8.5%
American
4.3%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.5%
Italian
0.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 38.8 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
$58,851
Barton County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Barton County$58,851
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Barton County ranks near the middle 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
15.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.6%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.1%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Barton County, anchored by Great Bend on the Arkansas River, delivered a 56.8-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting the deep conservative lean common across Kansas's agricultural heartland.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-nine points in 2016. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points.
A median household income of $58,851, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 25,097 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ellsworth County and Decatur County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Barton County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Barton County, Kansas voted Republican by 56.5 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,617 votes cast, 2,207 went Democratic and 8,205 went Republican.
What is Barton County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Barton County, Kansas 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 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Barton County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Barton County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Barton County, Kansas?
Barton County, Kansas has a population of 25,097 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Barton County, Kansas?
Median household income in Barton County, Kansas is $58,851 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Barton County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Barton County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.