Finney County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+35%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 38,0842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,0092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 53.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Seward County, KS · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Finney CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Finney 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 | −41.1% |
| 1896 | −15.9% |
| 1900 | −21.6% |
| 1904 | −42.8% |
| 1908 | −27.6% |
| 1912 | +18.4% |
| 1916 | +4.6% |
| 1920 | −41.8% |
| 1924 | −40.1% |
| 1928 | −54.3% |
| 1932 | +4.1% |
| 1936 | +18.0% |
| 1940 | −7.3% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −2.8% |
| 1952 | −45.4% |
| 1956 | −34.1% |
| 1960 | −19.7% |
| 1964 | +24.4% |
| 1968 | −12.2% |
| 1972 | −34.4% |
| 1976 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | −26.0% |
| 1984 | −47.2% |
| 1988 | −22.1% |
| 1992 | −24.4% |
| 1996 | −39.8% |
| 2000 | −43.8% |
| 2004 | −51.6% |
| 2008 | −35.3% |
| 2012 | −38.9% |
| 2016 | −30.7% |
| 2020 | −24.7% |
| 2024 | −34.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,425 | 7,166 | 10,816 | ||
| R | 4,325 | 7,236 | 11,800 | ||
| R | 3,195 | 6,350 | 10,285 | ||
| R | 2,682 | 6,219 | 9,084 | ||
| R | 3,275 | 6,926 | 10,354 | ||
| R | 2,351 | 7,479 | 9,933 | ||
| R | 2,431 | 6,442 | 9,150 | ||
| R | 2,420 | 6,188 | 9,457 | ||
| R | 2,612 | 5,278 | 10,933 | ||
| R | 3,408 | 5,381 | 8,947 | ||
| R | 2,458 | 6,938 | 9,494 | ||
| R | 2,689 | 4,831 | 8,246 | ||
| D | 3,813 | 3,711 | 7,667 | ||
| R | 2,062 | 4,335 | 6,602 | ||
| R | 2,521 | 3,295 | 6,323 | ||
| D | 3,639 | 2,201 | 5,883 | ||
| R | 2,490 | 3,720 | 6,240 | ||
| R | 1,752 | 3,576 | 5,348 | ||
| R | 1,597 | 4,290 | 5,932 | ||
| R | 2,367 | 2,508 | 5,015 | ||
| R | 1,667 | 2,366 | 4,065 | ||
| R | 2,027 | 2,349 | 4,400 | ||
| D | 2,682 | 1,863 | 4,558 | ||
| D | 2,300 | 2,116 | 4,500 | ||
| R | 709 | 2,433 | 3,174 | ||
| R | 614 | 1,753 | 2,843 | ||
| R | 619 | 1,573 | 2,281 | ||
| D | 1,370 | 1,238 | 2,896 | ||
| O | 573 | 283 | 1,575 | ||
| R | 551 | 1,000 | 1,627 | ||
| R | 215 | 598 | 895 | ||
| R | 336 | 525 | 877 | ||
| R | 366 | 505 | 873 | ||
| O | 0 | 407 | 991 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.4%
Irish
5.5%
English
4.0%
American
2.0%
French
0.7%
African American
3.7%
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: 31.9 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
$73,009
Finney County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Finney County$73,009
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Finney 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
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.8%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)16.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
53.5%
speak English only
Spanish39.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages2.8%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Finney County's Garden City anchors one of Kansas's most diverse rural communities, where large meatpacking plants have drawn a substantial Hispanic population that now represents a growing share of the electorate despite the county's wide Republican presidential margins.
Finney County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-four points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,009, and a population of 38,084. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seward County and Ford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Finney County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Finney County, Kansas voted Republican by 34.6 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,816 votes cast, 3,425 went Democratic and 7,166 went Republican.
What is Finney County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Finney County, Kansas in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 5 times, Republican 27 times, and other 2 times.
When did Finney County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Finney County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Finney County, Kansas?
Finney County, Kansas has a population of 38,084 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Finney County, Kansas?
Median household income in Finney County, Kansas is $73,009 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Finney County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Finney County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.