Kearny County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+68%. Republican peak: R+68 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,8642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,1352024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 35.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Scott County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kearny CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kearny 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 | −39.2% |
| 1896 | +0.9% |
| 1900 | −8.9% |
| 1904 | −42.3% |
| 1908 | −17.1% |
| 1912 | +18.5% |
| 1916 | −4.0% |
| 1920 | −36.3% |
| 1924 | −39.5% |
| 1928 | −56.5% |
| 1932 | +17.8% |
| 1936 | +9.9% |
| 1940 | −16.3% |
| 1944 | −25.2% |
| 1948 | −10.9% |
| 1952 | −46.8% |
| 1956 | −34.2% |
| 1960 | −24.4% |
| 1964 | +13.2% |
| 1968 | −24.0% |
| 1972 | −44.6% |
| 1976 | −1.2% |
| 1980 | −39.4% |
| 1984 | −57.7% |
| 1988 | −33.8% |
| 1992 | −32.7% |
| 1996 | −47.5% |
| 2000 | −53.2% |
| 2004 | −62.2% |
| 2008 | −57.4% |
| 2012 | −59.8% |
| 2016 | −68.5% |
| 2020 | −61.6% |
| 2024 | −68.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 192 | 1,082 | 1,301 | ||
| R | 267 | 1,164 | 1,455 | ||
| R | 174 | 1,075 | 1,316 | ||
| R | 268 | 1,097 | 1,386 | ||
| R | 309 | 1,159 | 1,482 | ||
| R | 272 | 1,177 | 1,455 | ||
| R | 320 | 1,084 | 1,435 | ||
| R | 335 | 1,041 | 1,486 | ||
| R | 384 | 943 | 1,709 | ||
| R | 524 | 1,073 | 1,625 | ||
| R | 321 | 1,214 | 1,548 | ||
| R | 375 | 924 | 1,392 | ||
| R | 658 | 674 | 1,377 | ||
| R | 325 | 876 | 1,236 | ||
| R | 423 | 721 | 1,243 | ||
| D | 737 | 563 | 1,315 | ||
| R | 513 | 846 | 1,362 | ||
| R | 418 | 854 | 1,275 | ||
| R | 362 | 1,012 | 1,390 | ||
| R | 541 | 676 | 1,242 | ||
| R | 365 | 612 | 980 | ||
| R | 519 | 721 | 1,243 | ||
| D | 716 | 586 | 1,313 | ||
| D | 771 | 529 | 1,359 | ||
| R | 229 | 854 | 1,106 | ||
| R | 199 | 635 | 1,103 | ||
| R | 266 | 617 | 968 | ||
| R | 490 | 538 | 1,188 | ||
| O | 236 | 113 | 664 | ||
| R | 304 | 435 | 768 | ||
| R | 94 | 234 | 331 | ||
| R | 137 | 164 | 305 | ||
| D | 175 | 172 | 348 | ||
| O | 0 | 141 | 360 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.9%
English
9.9%
Irish
3.8%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
Polish
1.1%
American
1.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 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
$89,135
Kearny County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Kearny County$89,135
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Kearny County ranks in the top 10% 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
4.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.3%
Working age (18–64)4.6%
Seniors (65+)4.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
67.6%
speak English only
Spanish28.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other Indo-European0.9%
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 44.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kearny County's sparse, agriculture-driven population along the Arkansas River corridor has produced Republican presidential margins above 60 points in multiple consecutive cycles, making it a reliable benchmark for measuring rural Kansas's partisan floor.
Kearny County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of nineteen points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven 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 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $89,135, and a population of 3,864. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scott County and Meade County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kearny County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kearny County, Kansas voted Republican by 68.4 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,301 votes cast, 192 went Democratic and 1,082 went Republican.
What is Kearny County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Kearny 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 4 times, Republican 28 times, and other 2 times.
When did Kearny County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kearny County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Kearny County, Kansas?
Kearny County, Kansas has a population of 3,864 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kearny County, Kansas?
Median household income in Kearny County, Kansas is $89,135 — above the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Kearny County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kearny County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.