Lane County, Kansas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+71%. Republican peak: R+72 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+71MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,4612024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,5262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hodgeman County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lane CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lane 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 | −43.4% |
| 1896 | −11.4% |
| 1900 | −15.8% |
| 1904 | −43.6% |
| 1908 | −12.4% |
| 1912 | +12.7% |
| 1916 | +26.1% |
| 1920 | −34.9% |
| 1924 | −35.1% |
| 1928 | −44.1% |
| 1932 | +12.4% |
| 1936 | +11.0% |
| 1940 | −22.7% |
| 1944 | −32.8% |
| 1948 | −18.0% |
| 1952 | −56.6% |
| 1956 | −44.5% |
| 1960 | −31.9% |
| 1964 | +13.6% |
| 1968 | −30.7% |
| 1972 | −50.4% |
| 1976 | −0.4% |
| 1980 | −44.1% |
| 1984 | −55.6% |
| 1988 | −25.4% |
| 1992 | −31.5% |
| 1996 | −48.5% |
| 2000 | −52.4% |
| 2004 | −63.3% |
| 2008 | −60.5% |
| 2012 | −61.1% |
| 2016 | −70.3% |
| 2020 | −72.3% |
| 2024 | −70.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 111 | 709 | 845 | ||
| R | 115 | 762 | 895 | ||
| R | 106 | 718 | 871 | ||
| R | 172 | 739 | 928 | ||
| R | 193 | 814 | 1,027 | ||
| R | 181 | 823 | 1,014 | ||
| R | 252 | 846 | 1,133 | ||
| R | 271 | 865 | 1,224 | ||
| R | 265 | 674 | 1,299 | ||
| R | 450 | 768 | 1,250 | ||
| R | 282 | 1,008 | 1,306 | ||
| R | 321 | 924 | 1,368 | ||
| R | 646 | 651 | 1,331 | ||
| R | 294 | 943 | 1,288 | ||
| R | 385 | 781 | 1,288 | ||
| D | 773 | 586 | 1,370 | ||
| R | 462 | 902 | 1,379 | ||
| R | 380 | 992 | 1,376 | ||
| R | 311 | 1,142 | 1,467 | ||
| R | 525 | 764 | 1,328 | ||
| R | 388 | 773 | 1,173 | ||
| R | 557 | 888 | 1,461 | ||
| D | 853 | 682 | 1,558 | ||
| D | 866 | 672 | 1,567 | ||
| R | 364 | 954 | 1,338 | ||
| R | 281 | 693 | 1,173 | ||
| R | 298 | 656 | 1,026 | ||
| D | 659 | 363 | 1,132 | ||
| D | 237 | 158 | 622 | ||
| R | 271 | 357 | 693 | ||
| R | 111 | 353 | 555 | ||
| R | 172 | 239 | 423 | ||
| R | 191 | 241 | 439 | ||
| O | 0 | 222 | 511 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.7%
English
17.9%
Irish
11.2%
French
3.5%
Scottish
3.4%
American
1.6%
Polish
0.8%
African American
1.0%
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: 50.3 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
$54,526
Lane County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Lane County$54,526
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Lane County ranks in the bottom 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
7.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.6%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)0.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.1%
speak English only
Spanish11.5%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 2,100 residents spread across 717 square miles of High Plains rangeland, Lane County delivers Republican presidential margins that consistently rank among the widest in the state, reflecting a rural agricultural electorate with little demographic counterweight.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-two points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-one points.
A median household income of $54,526, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,461 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hodgeman County and Gray County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lane County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lane County, Kansas voted Republican by 70.8 points (R+71), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 845 votes cast, 111 went Democratic and 709 went Republican.
What is Lane County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Lane 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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lane County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lane County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lane County, Kansas?
Lane County, Kansas has a population of 1,461 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lane County, Kansas?
Median household income in Lane County, Kansas is $54,526 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Lane County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lane County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.