Hamilton County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,4712024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,2502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 44.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hodgeman County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hamilton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hamilton County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | −41.5% |
| 1896 | +7.6% |
| 1900 | +3.1% |
| 1904 | −24.3% |
| 1908 | −19.3% |
| 1912 | +20.5% |
| 1916 | +0.9% |
| 1920 | −21.5% |
| 1924 | −26.0% |
| 1928 | −38.8% |
| 1932 | +20.8% |
| 1936 | +10.2% |
| 1940 | −16.6% |
| 1944 | −25.4% |
| 1948 | −1.8% |
| 1952 | −46.4% |
| 1956 | −21.9% |
| 1960 | −19.9% |
| 1964 | +2.9% |
| 1968 | −25.5% |
| 1972 | −39.1% |
| 1976 | +13.8% |
| 1980 | −35.4% |
| 1984 | −42.8% |
| 1988 | −21.3% |
| 1992 | −23.9% |
| 1996 | −37.6% |
| 2000 | −53.4% |
| 2004 | −58.3% |
| 2008 | −55.7% |
| 2012 | −60.4% |
| 2016 | −66.7% |
| 2020 | −64.8% |
| 2024 | −66.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 131 | 671 | 815 | ||
| R | 141 | 698 | 859 | ||
| R | 121 | 705 | 876 | ||
| R | 163 | 693 | 877 | ||
| R | 233 | 844 | 1,096 | ||
| R | 229 | 888 | 1,130 | ||
| R | 264 | 901 | 1,192 | ||
| R | 342 | 811 | 1,249 | ||
| R | 386 | 716 | 1,378 | ||
| R | 517 | 801 | 1,335 | ||
| R | 408 | 1,037 | 1,468 | ||
| R | 402 | 889 | 1,375 | ||
| D | 746 | 560 | 1,343 | ||
| R | 394 | 941 | 1,399 | ||
| R | 410 | 751 | 1,335 | ||
| D | 726 | 685 | 1,421 | ||
| R | 591 | 885 | 1,481 | ||
| R | 552 | 865 | 1,426 | ||
| R | 437 | 1,209 | 1,663 | ||
| R | 722 | 749 | 1,479 | ||
| R | 471 | 795 | 1,275 | ||
| R | 569 | 798 | 1,377 | ||
| D | 885 | 720 | 1,616 | ||
| D | 1,021 | 651 | 1,775 | ||
| R | 363 | 839 | 1,226 | ||
| R | 307 | 610 | 1,167 | ||
| R | 371 | 591 | 1,025 | ||
| D | 522 | 511 | 1,160 | ||
| D | 263 | 134 | 629 | ||
| R | 275 | 415 | 724 | ||
| R | 126 | 215 | 367 | ||
| D | 194 | 182 | 393 | ||
| D | 216 | 185 | 406 | ||
| O | 0 | 186 | 448 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.5%
English
7.5%
Irish
3.0%
French
1.6%
Polish
1.4%
Scottish
1.1%
American
0.7%
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: 32.1 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
$70,250
Hamilton County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hamilton County$70,250
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Hamilton 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
7.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 181.7%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)28.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
58.5%
speak English only
Spanish41.2%
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 49.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hamilton County sits at the Colorado border in the sparsely settled western Kansas shortgrass prairie, where a small, agriculture-dependent population has produced some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state over the last decade.
Hamilton County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-one points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved one point 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 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $70,250, and a population of 2,471. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hodgeman County and Cheyenne County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hamilton County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hamilton County, Kansas voted Republican by 66.3 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 815 votes cast, 131 went Democratic and 671 went Republican.
What is Hamilton County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Hamilton 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 Hamilton County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hamilton County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Hamilton County, Kansas?
Hamilton County, Kansas has a population of 2,471 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hamilton County, Kansas?
Median household income in Hamilton County, Kansas is $70,250 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Hamilton County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hamilton 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.