Kingman County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+60%. Republican peak: R+60 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,1862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,8422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Decatur County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kingman CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kingman 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 | −55.1% |
| 1896 | +16.8% |
| 1900 | −4.1% |
| 1904 | −37.1% |
| 1908 | +1.2% |
| 1912 | +35.4% |
| 1916 | +14.9% |
| 1920 | −28.3% |
| 1924 | −30.1% |
| 1928 | −39.8% |
| 1932 | +22.3% |
| 1936 | +29.5% |
| 1940 | −9.6% |
| 1944 | −28.1% |
| 1948 | −13.4% |
| 1952 | −54.6% |
| 1956 | −38.5% |
| 1960 | −25.1% |
| 1964 | +7.4% |
| 1968 | −29.1% |
| 1972 | −41.2% |
| 1976 | +7.4% |
| 1980 | −36.0% |
| 1984 | −45.3% |
| 1988 | −20.9% |
| 1992 | −13.9% |
| 1996 | −40.2% |
| 2000 | −44.1% |
| 2004 | −50.4% |
| 2008 | −44.8% |
| 2012 | −51.5% |
| 2016 | −57.9% |
| 2020 | −60.2% |
| 2024 | −59.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 753 | 3,119 | 3,947 | ||
| R | 752 | 3,130 | 3,949 | ||
| R | 599 | 2,530 | 3,334 | ||
| R | 733 | 2,397 | 3,231 | ||
| R | 963 | 2,603 | 3,664 | ||
| R | 904 | 2,801 | 3,764 | ||
| R | 991 | 2,672 | 3,808 | ||
| R | 1,006 | 2,659 | 4,113 | ||
| R | 1,100 | 1,680 | 4,163 | ||
| R | 1,420 | 2,205 | 3,754 | ||
| R | 1,047 | 2,826 | 3,923 | ||
| R | 1,133 | 2,610 | 4,102 | ||
| D | 2,142 | 1,839 | 4,093 | ||
| R | 1,107 | 2,756 | 4,000 | ||
| R | 1,201 | 2,318 | 3,845 | ||
| D | 2,226 | 1,917 | 4,175 | ||
| R | 1,735 | 2,904 | 4,662 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 3,226 | 4,670 | ||
| R | 1,096 | 3,820 | 4,992 | ||
| R | 2,008 | 2,640 | 4,724 | ||
| R | 1,579 | 2,827 | 4,435 | ||
| R | 2,528 | 3,068 | 5,645 | ||
| D | 3,705 | 2,014 | 5,732 | ||
| D | 3,050 | 1,923 | 5,065 | ||
| R | 1,408 | 3,287 | 4,721 | ||
| R | 1,077 | 2,416 | 4,447 | ||
| R | 1,557 | 2,818 | 4,460 | ||
| D | 2,626 | 1,891 | 4,943 | ||
| D | 1,421 | 336 | 3,066 | ||
| D | 1,479 | 1,442 | 3,051 | ||
| R | 661 | 1,600 | 2,532 | ||
| R | 1,183 | 1,286 | 2,532 | ||
| D | 1,393 | 988 | 2,416 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,564 | 2,841 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.1%
English
11.6%
Irish
9.4%
American
5.0%
French
2.5%
Scottish
1.4%
Italian
1.1%
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: 42.1 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
$59,842
Kingman County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Kingman County$59,842
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Kingman 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
10.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.4%
Working age (18–64)8.9%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
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 39.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kingman County sits in south-central Kansas's hard-winter-wheat corridor, where a thinly spread agricultural population has delivered some of the state's widest presidential margins for decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty points in 2020. The 2024 margin was sixty points.
A population of 7,186, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,842 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Decatur County and Wabaunsee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kingman County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kingman County, Kansas voted Republican by 59.9 points (R+60), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,947 votes cast, 753 went Democratic and 3,119 went Republican.
What is Kingman County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Kingman County, Kansas in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kingman County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kingman County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Kingman County, Kansas?
Kingman County, Kansas has a population of 7,186 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kingman County, Kansas?
Median household income in Kingman County, Kansas is $59,842 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Kingman County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kingman County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.