Ford County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2004.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 34,0742024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,7812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 59.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- McPherson County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ford CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ford 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 | −46.6% |
| 1896 | +7.3% |
| 1900 | −3.3% |
| 1904 | −35.1% |
| 1908 | −9.8% |
| 1912 | +21.6% |
| 1916 | +12.2% |
| 1920 | −26.7% |
| 1924 | −31.9% |
| 1928 | −44.2% |
| 1932 | +13.8% |
| 1936 | +22.4% |
| 1940 | −4.8% |
| 1944 | −15.5% |
| 1948 | +3.5% |
| 1952 | −39.2% |
| 1956 | −34.3% |
| 1960 | −15.6% |
| 1964 | +19.9% |
| 1968 | −16.5% |
| 1972 | −36.9% |
| 1976 | +2.6% |
| 1980 | −25.8% |
| 1984 | −40.4% |
| 1988 | −19.3% |
| 1992 | −16.5% |
| 1996 | −32.9% |
| 2000 | −39.1% |
| 2004 | −48.2% |
| 2008 | −30.9% |
| 2012 | −35.9% |
| 2016 | −38.1% |
| 2020 | −32.0% |
| 2024 | −38.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,461 | 5,616 | 8,247 | ||
| R | 2,947 | 5,803 | 8,915 | ||
| R | 2,149 | 5,114 | 7,774 | ||
| R | 2,600 | 5,602 | 8,362 | ||
| R | 2,991 | 5,730 | 8,864 | ||
| R | 2,286 | 6,632 | 9,016 | ||
| R | 2,566 | 6,050 | 8,917 | ||
| R | 2,628 | 5,681 | 9,267 | ||
| R | 2,635 | 4,342 | 10,356 | ||
| R | 3,817 | 5,685 | 9,697 | ||
| R | 2,914 | 6,935 | 9,947 | ||
| R | 3,194 | 5,686 | 9,661 | ||
| D | 4,934 | 4,679 | 9,827 | ||
| R | 2,804 | 6,232 | 9,285 | ||
| R | 3,191 | 4,645 | 8,797 | ||
| D | 5,221 | 3,481 | 8,761 | ||
| R | 3,792 | 5,200 | 9,017 | ||
| R | 2,710 | 5,561 | 8,320 | ||
| R | 2,748 | 6,359 | 9,221 | ||
| D | 4,396 | 4,089 | 8,662 | ||
| R | 2,994 | 4,110 | 7,181 | ||
| R | 3,954 | 4,356 | 8,382 | ||
| D | 5,335 | 3,378 | 8,730 | ||
| D | 4,442 | 3,335 | 8,015 | ||
| R | 1,870 | 4,893 | 6,835 | ||
| R | 1,551 | 3,449 | 5,948 | ||
| R | 1,879 | 3,305 | 5,339 | ||
| D | 3,044 | 2,337 | 5,801 | ||
| D | 1,125 | 529 | 2,758 | ||
| R | 1,089 | 1,333 | 2,502 | ||
| R | 526 | 1,148 | 1,772 | ||
| R | 610 | 653 | 1,294 | ||
| D | 643 | 555 | 1,213 | ||
| O | 0 | 565 | 1,213 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.4%
Irish
5.5%
English
5.3%
American
3.5%
Italian
0.6%
French
0.6%
Polish
0.5%
African American
2.8%
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: 32.3 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
$70,781
Ford County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ford County$70,781
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Ford 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
14.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.5%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)22.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
52.2%
speak English only
Spanish43.9%
Other languages2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ford County anchors Kansas's cattle-processing industry around Dodge City, drawing a large Latino workforce that has gradually shifted the county's demographic makeup even as Republican presidential margins remain among the widest in the state.
Ford County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-two points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved six 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 47% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $70,781, and a population of 34,074. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McPherson County and Harvey County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ford County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ford County, Kansas voted Republican by 38.3 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,247 votes cast, 2,461 went Democratic and 5,616 went Republican.
What is Ford County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Ford 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Ford County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ford County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Ford County, Kansas?
Ford County, Kansas has a population of 34,074 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ford County, Kansas?
Median household income in Ford County, Kansas is $70,781 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Ford County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ford County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.