Meade County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,9032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,8522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Scott County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Meade CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Meade 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 | −45.0% |
| 1896 | −2.0% |
| 1900 | −6.5% |
| 1904 | −37.6% |
| 1908 | −17.5% |
| 1912 | +16.0% |
| 1916 | +0.2% |
| 1920 | −43.2% |
| 1924 | −42.4% |
| 1928 | −46.7% |
| 1932 | −0.7% |
| 1936 | +6.7% |
| 1940 | −24.5% |
| 1944 | −38.0% |
| 1948 | −24.5% |
| 1952 | −55.7% |
| 1956 | −49.5% |
| 1960 | −41.4% |
| 1964 | −4.5% |
| 1968 | −41.2% |
| 1972 | −51.7% |
| 1976 | −5.9% |
| 1980 | −50.3% |
| 1984 | −56.2% |
| 1988 | −32.4% |
| 1992 | −32.6% |
| 1996 | −49.4% |
| 2000 | −58.6% |
| 2004 | −65.6% |
| 2008 | −61.3% |
| 2012 | −68.5% |
| 2016 | −69.6% |
| 2020 | −69.0% |
| 2024 | −69.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 239 | 1,396 | 1,656 | ||
| R | 263 | 1,523 | 1,825 | ||
| R | 210 | 1,415 | 1,732 | ||
| R | 258 | 1,428 | 1,709 | ||
| R | 357 | 1,540 | 1,931 | ||
| R | 356 | 1,748 | 2,121 | ||
| R | 400 | 1,604 | 2,053 | ||
| R | 426 | 1,443 | 2,059 | ||
| R | 430 | 1,135 | 2,164 | ||
| R | 664 | 1,322 | 2,028 | ||
| R | 491 | 1,804 | 2,338 | ||
| R | 482 | 1,618 | 2,258 | ||
| R | 983 | 1,109 | 2,152 | ||
| R | 526 | 1,712 | 2,296 | ||
| R | 572 | 1,511 | 2,281 | ||
| R | 1,179 | 1,290 | 2,492 | ||
| R | 754 | 1,826 | 2,591 | ||
| R | 575 | 1,720 | 2,315 | ||
| R | 568 | 2,061 | 2,680 | ||
| R | 834 | 1,406 | 2,336 | ||
| R | 631 | 1,424 | 2,087 | ||
| R | 970 | 1,618 | 2,647 | ||
| D | 1,394 | 1,218 | 2,615 | ||
| R | 1,231 | 1,248 | 2,521 | ||
| R | 618 | 1,709 | 2,336 | ||
| R | 472 | 1,290 | 1,927 | ||
| R | 483 | 1,236 | 1,742 | ||
| D | 977 | 973 | 2,164 | ||
| O | 383 | 204 | 1,117 | ||
| R | 386 | 560 | 996 | ||
| R | 166 | 383 | 577 | ||
| R | 209 | 238 | 447 | ||
| R | 195 | 203 | 402 | ||
| O | 0 | 214 | 476 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.2%
Irish
9.7%
English
8.9%
American
2.4%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.6%
Polish
0.6%
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: 38.8 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
$71,852
Meade County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Meade County$71,852
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Meade 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
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.4%
Working age (18–64)9.7%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.8%
speak English only
Spanish18.4%
Other Indo-European3.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 12.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Meade County sits in the shortgrass prairie of southwestern Kansas, where a ranching and agricultural economy anchors a small, stable population that has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in every cycle this decade.
Meade County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixteen points in 1912. 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 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,852, and a population of 3,903. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scott County and Logan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Meade County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Meade County, Kansas voted Republican by 69.9 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,656 votes cast, 239 went Democratic and 1,396 went Republican.
What is Meade County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Meade 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 2 times, Republican 30 times, and other 2 times.
When did Meade County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meade County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Meade County, Kansas?
Meade County, Kansas has a population of 3,903 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meade County, Kansas?
Median household income in Meade County, Kansas is $71,852 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Meade County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Meade County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.