Cowley County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+40%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 34,4112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,8782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sumner County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cowley CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cowley 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 | −49.3% |
| 1896 | +8.5% |
| 1900 | −3.3% |
| 1904 | −38.8% |
| 1908 | +6.9% |
| 1912 | +20.2% |
| 1916 | +5.5% |
| 1920 | −21.1% |
| 1924 | −36.8% |
| 1928 | −62.9% |
| 1932 | +6.0% |
| 1936 | +12.6% |
| 1940 | −8.7% |
| 1944 | −12.4% |
| 1948 | −6.8% |
| 1952 | −36.9% |
| 1956 | −28.3% |
| 1960 | −24.6% |
| 1964 | +3.4% |
| 1968 | −20.6% |
| 1972 | −46.0% |
| 1976 | −2.8% |
| 1980 | −21.4% |
| 1984 | −31.3% |
| 1988 | −11.1% |
| 1992 | −0.1% |
| 1996 | −14.7% |
| 2000 | −17.9% |
| 2004 | −31.8% |
| 2008 | −25.2% |
| 2012 | −29.6% |
| 2016 | −37.4% |
| 2020 | −37.8% |
| 2024 | −40.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,919 | 9,360 | 13,554 | ||
| R | 4,273 | 9,656 | 14,231 | ||
| R | 3,551 | 8,270 | 12,621 | ||
| R | 4,319 | 8,081 | 12,710 | ||
| R | 5,012 | 8,492 | 13,787 | ||
| R | 4,818 | 9,407 | 14,447 | ||
| R | 5,535 | 8,080 | 14,210 | ||
| R | 5,588 | 7,872 | 15,499 | ||
| R | 5,405 | 5,422 | 15,784 | ||
| R | 6,186 | 7,778 | 14,286 | ||
| R | 5,193 | 10,008 | 15,399 | ||
| R | 5,474 | 8,749 | 15,312 | ||
| R | 7,095 | 7,513 | 14,931 | ||
| R | 3,592 | 10,332 | 14,653 | ||
| R | 5,014 | 8,070 | 14,861 | ||
| D | 7,591 | 7,092 | 14,797 | ||
| R | 6,205 | 10,276 | 16,580 | ||
| R | 3,753 | 6,734 | 10,533 | ||
| R | 5,242 | 11,454 | 16,812 | ||
| R | 7,042 | 8,102 | 15,541 | ||
| R | 6,577 | 8,453 | 15,120 | ||
| R | 8,115 | 9,684 | 17,935 | ||
| D | 10,805 | 8,378 | 19,255 | ||
| D | 8,681 | 7,657 | 17,126 | ||
| R | 2,818 | 12,701 | 15,721 | ||
| R | 3,161 | 8,529 | 14,577 | ||
| R | 4,733 | 7,352 | 12,414 | ||
| D | 5,962 | 5,297 | 12,075 | ||
| O | 2,539 | 1,113 | 7,066 | ||
| D | 2,995 | 2,578 | 6,078 | ||
| R | 1,456 | 3,961 | 6,459 | ||
| R | 3,436 | 3,679 | 7,289 | ||
| D | 3,410 | 2,871 | 6,360 | ||
| O | 0 | 3,896 | 7,909 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.4%
Irish
11.9%
American
11.7%
English
11.4%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.5%
African American
2.0%
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: 39.2 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
$57,878
Cowley County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cowley County$57,878
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Cowley 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
14.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.3%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)5.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cowley County anchors the Arkansas River corridor near the Oklahoma border, where a rural, agriculture-rooted electorate has delivered consistent and widening Republican supermajorities across successive presidential cycles.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-three points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A population of 34,411, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,878 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sumner County and Jefferson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cowley County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cowley County, Kansas voted Republican by 40.1 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,554 votes cast, 3,919 went Democratic and 9,360 went Republican.
What is Cowley County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Cowley County, Kansas in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 6 times, Republican 26 times, and other 2 times.
When did Cowley County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cowley County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Cowley County, Kansas?
Cowley County, Kansas has a population of 34,411 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cowley County, Kansas?
Median household income in Cowley County, Kansas is $57,878 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Cowley County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cowley County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.