McPherson County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+41%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,2052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,8512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Marion County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McPherson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McPherson 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 | −49.3% |
| 1896 | +1.2% |
| 1900 | −10.7% |
| 1904 | −53.9% |
| 1908 | −17.0% |
| 1912 | +25.5% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −42.0% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −61.3% |
| 1932 | +9.7% |
| 1936 | +13.7% |
| 1940 | −22.3% |
| 1944 | −26.9% |
| 1948 | −20.0% |
| 1952 | −52.6% |
| 1956 | −48.2% |
| 1960 | −47.8% |
| 1964 | +7.0% |
| 1968 | −35.7% |
| 1972 | −43.5% |
| 1976 | −16.9% |
| 1980 | −30.1% |
| 1984 | −45.4% |
| 1988 | −19.8% |
| 1992 | −16.2% |
| 1996 | −35.8% |
| 2000 | −42.0% |
| 2004 | −44.9% |
| 2008 | −35.3% |
| 2012 | −41.4% |
| 2016 | −41.8% |
| 2020 | −40.4% |
| 2024 | −40.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,021 | 9,816 | 14,167 | ||
| R | 4,134 | 9,964 | 14,438 | ||
| R | 3,226 | 8,549 | 12,742 | ||
| R | 3,449 | 8,545 | 12,297 | ||
| R | 4,218 | 8,937 | 13,385 | ||
| R | 3,589 | 9,595 | 13,367 | ||
| R | 3,272 | 8,501 | 12,461 | ||
| R | 3,536 | 8,142 | 12,883 | ||
| R | 3,645 | 5,745 | 12,991 | ||
| R | 4,354 | 6,563 | 11,164 | ||
| R | 3,185 | 8,630 | 12,004 | ||
| R | 3,340 | 6,843 | 11,631 | ||
| R | 2,483 | 3,519 | 6,140 | ||
| R | 2,858 | 7,457 | 10,569 | ||
| R | 2,893 | 6,420 | 9,880 | ||
| D | 5,173 | 4,483 | 9,826 | ||
| R | 2,774 | 7,920 | 10,759 | ||
| R | 2,603 | 7,521 | 10,198 | ||
| R | 2,371 | 8,053 | 10,798 | ||
| R | 3,879 | 5,952 | 10,344 | ||
| R | 3,321 | 5,840 | 9,372 | ||
| R | 4,240 | 6,732 | 11,176 | ||
| D | 6,256 | 4,744 | 11,046 | ||
| D | 5,003 | 4,098 | 9,377 | ||
| R | 1,457 | 6,230 | 7,789 | ||
| R | 1,530 | 5,128 | 7,771 | ||
| R | 1,926 | 4,870 | 7,007 | ||
| R | 3,737 | 3,806 | 7,994 | ||
| O | 1,639 | 455 | 4,647 | ||
| R | 1,905 | 2,708 | 4,719 | ||
| R | 773 | 2,991 | 4,113 | ||
| R | 2,121 | 2,640 | 4,834 | ||
| D | 2,324 | 2,269 | 4,637 | ||
| O | 0 | 2,335 | 4,738 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
30.5%
English
9.4%
Irish
6.5%
American
4.3%
Scottish
3.2%
French
1.7%
Polish
1.4%
African American
1.4%
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: 39.4 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
$78,851
McPherson County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
McPherson County$78,851
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
McPherson 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
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.2%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McPherson County, anchored by the small city of McPherson, sits in the central Kansas wheat belt and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the region's deeply rural, agricultural character.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-one points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-one points.
A population of 30,205, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,851 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marion County and Stanton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McPherson County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, McPherson County, Kansas voted Republican by 40.9 points (R+41), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,167 votes cast, 4,021 went Democratic and 9,816 went Republican.
What is McPherson County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places McPherson 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 4 times, Republican 28 times, and other 2 times.
When did McPherson County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McPherson County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in McPherson County, Kansas?
McPherson County, Kansas has a population of 30,205 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McPherson County, Kansas?
Median household income in McPherson County, Kansas is $78,851 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of McPherson County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McPherson County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.