Ness County, Kansas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+79%. Republican peak: R+79 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+79MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,6532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,6162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gove County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ness CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ness County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −53.0% |
| 1896 | +19.0% |
| 1900 | +6.3% |
| 1904 | −42.7% |
| 1908 | −13.1% |
| 1912 | +17.7% |
| 1916 | +11.6% |
| 1920 | −45.0% |
| 1924 | −43.2% |
| 1928 | −44.3% |
| 1932 | +11.0% |
| 1936 | +21.1% |
| 1940 | −19.2% |
| 1944 | −32.6% |
| 1948 | −19.2% |
| 1952 | −54.1% |
| 1956 | −42.2% |
| 1960 | −27.2% |
| 1964 | +20.2% |
| 1968 | −25.2% |
| 1972 | −39.4% |
| 1976 | +4.1% |
| 1980 | −42.4% |
| 1984 | −52.5% |
| 1988 | −15.8% |
| 1992 | −18.1% |
| 1996 | −46.3% |
| 2000 | −55.3% |
| 2004 | −56.4% |
| 2008 | −60.2% |
| 2012 | −68.6% |
| 2016 | −73.3% |
| 2020 | −78.7% |
| 2024 | −78.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 128 | 1,173 | 1,330 | ||
| R | 149 | 1,339 | 1,513 | ||
| R | 162 | 1,228 | 1,454 | ||
| R | 218 | 1,209 | 1,444 | ||
| R | 289 | 1,207 | 1,525 | ||
| R | 382 | 1,407 | 1,818 | ||
| R | 383 | 1,420 | 1,876 | ||
| R | 428 | 1,336 | 1,960 | ||
| R | 565 | 967 | 2,218 | ||
| R | 887 | 1,230 | 2,174 | ||
| R | 540 | 1,779 | 2,362 | ||
| R | 616 | 1,657 | 2,455 | ||
| D | 1,106 | 1,016 | 2,184 | ||
| R | 652 | 1,539 | 2,251 | ||
| R | 767 | 1,352 | 2,322 | ||
| D | 1,562 | 1,034 | 2,615 | ||
| R | 960 | 1,683 | 2,655 | ||
| R | 758 | 1,876 | 2,650 | ||
| R | 664 | 2,288 | 3,000 | ||
| R | 1,130 | 1,689 | 2,907 | ||
| R | 876 | 1,745 | 2,666 | ||
| R | 1,230 | 1,826 | 3,112 | ||
| D | 2,002 | 1,302 | 3,322 | ||
| D | 1,772 | 1,409 | 3,304 | ||
| R | 784 | 2,058 | 2,878 | ||
| R | 541 | 1,629 | 2,520 | ||
| R | 492 | 1,402 | 2,023 | ||
| D | 1,213 | 927 | 2,464 | ||
| O | 458 | 232 | 1,280 | ||
| R | 461 | 635 | 1,324 | ||
| R | 188 | 687 | 1,168 | ||
| D | 583 | 511 | 1,138 | ||
| D | 526 | 354 | 907 | ||
| R | 0 | 590 | 1,114 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
41.9%
English
10.1%
Irish
9.3%
American
3.5%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.0%
Italian
0.7%
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: 45.1 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
$68,616
Ness County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ness County$68,616
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Ness 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
11.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.9%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.8%
speak English only
Spanish12.1%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Other languages0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than 3,500 residents spread across 1,000 square miles of High Plains, Ness County delivers Republican presidential margins that rank among the widest in Kansas, reflecting a pattern common to the state's sparsely populated wheat-belt counties.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-nine points in 2020. The 2024 margin was seventy-nine points.
A median household income of $68,616, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,653 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gove County and Sheridan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ness County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ness County, Kansas voted Republican by 78.6 points (R+79), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,330 votes cast, 128 went Democratic and 1,173 went Republican.
What is Ness County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Ness 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 7 times, Republican 26 times, and other 1 times.
When did Ness County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ness County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Ness County, Kansas?
Ness County, Kansas has a population of 2,653 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ness County, Kansas?
Median household income in Ness County, Kansas is $68,616 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Ness County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ness County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.