Greeley County, Kansas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+73%. Republican peak: R+78 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+73MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,3042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,5652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+10 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hodgeman County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greeley CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greeley County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −32.1% |
| 1896 | −22.6% |
| 1900 | −52.6% |
| 1904 | −77.6% |
| 1908 | −36.7% |
| 1912 | −23.2% |
| 1916 | −8.7% |
| 1920 | −45.8% |
| 1924 | −50.7% |
| 1928 | −56.7% |
| 1932 | +9.6% |
| 1936 | −1.0% |
| 1940 | −29.7% |
| 1944 | −27.2% |
| 1948 | −8.9% |
| 1952 | −59.3% |
| 1956 | −54.7% |
| 1960 | −41.9% |
| 1964 | +9.4% |
| 1968 | −30.6% |
| 1972 | −45.8% |
| 1976 | +10.0% |
| 1980 | −38.5% |
| 1984 | −49.5% |
| 1988 | −22.2% |
| 1992 | −35.9% |
| 1996 | −51.5% |
| 2000 | −60.4% |
| 2004 | −60.7% |
| 2008 | −59.1% |
| 2012 | −64.2% |
| 2016 | −69.4% |
| 2020 | −73.5% |
| 2024 | −73.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 75 | 510 | 593 | ||
| R | 78 | 549 | 641 | ||
| R | 83 | 534 | 650 | ||
| R | 113 | 543 | 670 | ||
| R | 151 | 591 | 745 | ||
| R | 138 | 584 | 735 | ||
| R | 143 | 628 | 803 | ||
| R | 161 | 567 | 788 | ||
| R | 191 | 504 | 873 | ||
| R | 317 | 506 | 853 | ||
| R | 227 | 699 | 954 | ||
| R | 235 | 600 | 947 | ||
| D | 479 | 389 | 896 | ||
| R | 212 | 639 | 933 | ||
| R | 227 | 465 | 777 | ||
| D | 469 | 388 | 866 | ||
| R | 262 | 645 | 914 | ||
| R | 174 | 599 | 777 | ||
| R | 181 | 725 | 917 | ||
| R | 326 | 391 | 733 | ||
| R | 215 | 378 | 600 | ||
| R | 268 | 497 | 770 | ||
| R | 388 | 396 | 785 | ||
| D | 440 | 359 | 842 | ||
| R | 121 | 439 | 561 | ||
| R | 75 | 357 | 556 | ||
| R | 93 | 273 | 393 | ||
| R | 168 | 210 | 482 | ||
| O | 33 | 95 | 267 | ||
| R | 89 | 206 | 319 | ||
| R | 14 | 149 | 174 | ||
| R | 36 | 118 | 156 | ||
| R | 76 | 121 | 199 | ||
| O | 0 | 114 | 355 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
40.8%
English
11.2%
Irish
8.8%
American
5.1%
French
1.5%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
0.8%
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: 37.1 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
$80,565
Greeley County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Greeley County$80,565
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Greeley County ranks in the top 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
7.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.9%
Working age (18–64)4.6%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.0%
speak English only
Spanish13.2%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Greeley County sits in the shortgrass prairie of far-western Kansas, where a sparse ranching economy and fewer than 1,600 residents produce some of the most lopsided presidential margins in the state.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-eight points in 1904. The 2024 margin was seventy-three points.
A median household income of $80,565, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,304 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hodgeman County and Lane County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greeley County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greeley County, Kansas voted Republican by 73.4 points (R+73), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 593 votes cast, 75 went Democratic and 510 went Republican.
What is Greeley County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Greeley County, Kansas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 3 times, Republican 29 times, and other 2 times.
When did Greeley County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greeley County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Greeley County, Kansas?
Greeley County, Kansas has a population of 1,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greeley County, Kansas?
Median household income in Greeley County, Kansas is $80,565 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Greeley County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greeley County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.