Edwards County, Kansas: Texan Right county. In 2024, voted R+65%. Republican peak: R+65 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+65MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Texan RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,7792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,6922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rice County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Edwards CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Edwards 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 | −53.9% |
| 1896 | +19.4% |
| 1900 | −2.0% |
| 1904 | −38.5% |
| 1908 | −4.5% |
| 1912 | +28.4% |
| 1916 | +9.6% |
| 1920 | −43.3% |
| 1924 | −48.0% |
| 1928 | −47.4% |
| 1932 | +8.5% |
| 1936 | +17.5% |
| 1940 | −21.3% |
| 1944 | −30.9% |
| 1948 | −19.4% |
| 1952 | −53.9% |
| 1956 | −40.2% |
| 1960 | −23.3% |
| 1964 | +20.8% |
| 1968 | −18.2% |
| 1972 | −32.7% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | −36.0% |
| 1984 | −37.3% |
| 1988 | −10.9% |
| 1992 | −10.5% |
| 1996 | −30.2% |
| 2000 | −39.3% |
| 2004 | −46.7% |
| 2008 | −48.8% |
| 2012 | −54.9% |
| 2016 | −62.5% |
| 2020 | −60.8% |
| 2024 | −65.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 210 | 1,027 | 1,250 | ||
| R | 271 | 1,141 | 1,431 | ||
| R | 212 | 1,037 | 1,319 | ||
| R | 298 | 1,059 | 1,385 | ||
| R | 333 | 995 | 1,357 | ||
| R | 386 | 1,084 | 1,496 | ||
| R | 447 | 1,062 | 1,563 | ||
| R | 539 | 1,088 | 1,815 | ||
| R | 567 | 769 | 1,925 | ||
| R | 792 | 993 | 1,843 | ||
| R | 606 | 1,352 | 2,002 | ||
| R | 616 | 1,409 | 2,204 | ||
| D | 1,304 | 1,001 | 2,357 | ||
| R | 757 | 1,534 | 2,377 | ||
| R | 832 | 1,243 | 2,264 | ||
| D | 1,427 | 932 | 2,377 | ||
| R | 986 | 1,588 | 2,584 | ||
| R | 771 | 1,816 | 2,597 | ||
| R | 647 | 2,192 | 2,869 | ||
| R | 1,083 | 1,627 | 2,798 | ||
| R | 876 | 1,669 | 2,564 | ||
| R | 1,219 | 1,886 | 3,136 | ||
| D | 1,986 | 1,394 | 3,383 | ||
| D | 1,693 | 1,420 | 3,198 | ||
| R | 768 | 2,171 | 2,959 | ||
| R | 548 | 1,929 | 2,880 | ||
| R | 681 | 1,782 | 2,540 | ||
| D | 1,431 | 1,158 | 2,838 | ||
| D | 764 | 276 | 1,720 | ||
| R | 704 | 773 | 1,539 | ||
| R | 328 | 816 | 1,269 | ||
| R | 502 | 523 | 1,044 | ||
| D | 479 | 322 | 808 | ||
| R | 0 | 472 | 876 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
26.1%
English
7.5%
Irish
7.2%
American
5.5%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.0%
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: 44.2 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
$52,692
Edwards County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Edwards County$52,692
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Edwards 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
18.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.2%
Working age (18–64)16.2%
Seniors (65+)5.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.6%
speak English only
Spanish18.6%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Edwards County, anchored by the small city of Kinsley, sits in the Arkansas River lowlands of south-central Kansas. Its sparse, agriculture-dependent population has shifted toward increasingly uniform presidential results over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-five points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-five points.
A population of 2,779, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,692 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rice County and Nemaha County. A non-English-speaking share of 19% reflects a meaningful Latino presence that votes, here, with the Republican grain.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Edwards County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Edwards County, Kansas voted Republican by 65.4 points (R+65), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,250 votes cast, 210 went Democratic and 1,027 went Republican.
What is Edwards County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Edwards County, Kansas in the "Texan Right" typology — East Texas and the Piney Woods — solidly Republican, with a meaningful Latino presence. 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Edwards County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Edwards County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Edwards County, Kansas?
Edwards County, Kansas has a population of 2,779 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Edwards County, Kansas?
Median household income in Edwards County, Kansas is $52,692 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Edwards County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Edwards County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Texan Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.