Doniphan County, Kansas: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+63%. Republican peak: R+63 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,5032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,0282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Webster County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Doniphan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Doniphan County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −35.3% |
| 1896 | −31.2% |
| 1900 | −32.6% |
| 1904 | −52.4% |
| 1908 | −34.3% |
| 1912 | −9.0% |
| 1916 | −18.7% |
| 1920 | −54.3% |
| 1924 | −52.2% |
| 1928 | −45.5% |
| 1932 | −4.0% |
| 1936 | −15.9% |
| 1940 | −35.7% |
| 1944 | −43.8% |
| 1948 | −28.2% |
| 1952 | −51.7% |
| 1956 | −44.5% |
| 1960 | −35.0% |
| 1964 | −2.5% |
| 1968 | −38.1% |
| 1972 | −59.5% |
| 1976 | −26.2% |
| 1980 | −40.9% |
| 1984 | −48.6% |
| 1988 | −24.2% |
| 1992 | −10.1% |
| 1996 | −29.9% |
| 2000 | −33.3% |
| 2004 | −39.6% |
| 2008 | −35.3% |
| 2012 | −44.4% |
| 2016 | −59.5% |
| 2020 | −61.7% |
| 2024 | −63.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 626 | 2,899 | 3,592 | ||
| R | 686 | 2,976 | 3,709 | ||
| R | 587 | 2,606 | 3,395 | ||
| R | 902 | 2,414 | 3,403 | ||
| R | 1,115 | 2,372 | 3,564 | ||
| R | 1,065 | 2,491 | 3,603 | ||
| R | 1,134 | 2,350 | 3,649 | ||
| R | 1,050 | 1,962 | 3,054 | ||
| R | 1,177 | 1,579 | 3,973 | ||
| R | 1,312 | 2,162 | 3,514 | ||
| R | 962 | 2,818 | 3,820 | ||
| R | 1,001 | 2,523 | 3,719 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 2,469 | 3,969 | ||
| R | 690 | 2,856 | 3,643 | ||
| R | 958 | 2,402 | 3,794 | ||
| R | 1,856 | 1,952 | 3,824 | ||
| R | 1,383 | 2,882 | 4,277 | ||
| R | 1,197 | 3,130 | 4,339 | ||
| R | 1,175 | 3,711 | 4,902 | ||
| R | 1,555 | 2,785 | 4,369 | ||
| R | 1,261 | 3,230 | 4,491 | ||
| R | 1,986 | 4,204 | 6,210 | ||
| R | 2,749 | 3,791 | 6,559 | ||
| R | 2,532 | 2,748 | 5,349 | ||
| R | 1,496 | 4,002 | 5,509 | ||
| R | 1,072 | 3,789 | 5,206 | ||
| R | 978 | 3,369 | 4,406 | ||
| R | 1,916 | 2,826 | 4,868 | ||
| R | 1,017 | 1,321 | 3,375 | ||
| R | 1,113 | 2,307 | 3,480 | ||
| R | 713 | 2,361 | 3,147 | ||
| R | 1,244 | 2,464 | 3,738 | ||
| R | 1,332 | 2,549 | 3,899 | ||
| O | 0 | 1,185 | 3,355 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.7%
Irish
11.0%
English
8.5%
American
7.1%
Italian
2.4%
French
2.2%
Scottish
1.6%
African American
2.6%
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: 41.1 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
$74,028
Doniphan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Doniphan County$74,028
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Doniphan 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
9.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.7%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.0%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Doniphan County sits at Kansas's northeastern tip along the Missouri River and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, making it one of the state's most reliably one-sided rural counties.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-three points.
A population of 7,503, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,028 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster County and Elk County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Doniphan County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Doniphan County, Kansas voted Republican by 63.3 points (R+63), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,592 votes cast, 626 went Democratic and 2,899 went Republican.
What is Doniphan County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Doniphan County, Kansas in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Doniphan County, Kansas?
Doniphan County, Kansas has a population of 7,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Doniphan County, Kansas?
Median household income in Doniphan County, Kansas is $74,028 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Doniphan County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Doniphan County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.