Ottawa County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Republican peak: R+66 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,8192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,0182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wabaunsee County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ottawa CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ottawa 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 | −50.7% |
| 1896 | +8.3% |
| 1900 | −4.9% |
| 1904 | −47.5% |
| 1908 | −6.3% |
| 1912 | +26.4% |
| 1916 | +14.1% |
| 1920 | −28.9% |
| 1924 | −39.5% |
| 1928 | −46.6% |
| 1932 | +13.6% |
| 1936 | +11.0% |
| 1940 | −15.1% |
| 1944 | −27.3% |
| 1948 | −20.9% |
| 1952 | −56.3% |
| 1956 | −38.2% |
| 1960 | −34.1% |
| 1964 | +1.4% |
| 1968 | −34.7% |
| 1972 | −48.0% |
| 1976 | −7.7% |
| 1980 | −50.5% |
| 1984 | −53.2% |
| 1988 | −31.2% |
| 1992 | −18.4% |
| 1996 | −37.9% |
| 2000 | −48.2% |
| 2004 | −58.5% |
| 2008 | −52.5% |
| 2012 | −59.2% |
| 2016 | −63.6% |
| 2020 | −65.9% |
| 2024 | −66.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 471 | 2,422 | 2,943 | ||
| R | 506 | 2,610 | 3,191 | ||
| R | 424 | 2,283 | 2,924 | ||
| R | 558 | 2,295 | 2,933 | ||
| R | 704 | 2,323 | 3,086 | ||
| R | 595 | 2,333 | 2,971 | ||
| R | 631 | 1,977 | 2,791 | ||
| R | 752 | 1,846 | 2,890 | ||
| R | 764 | 1,284 | 2,820 | ||
| R | 953 | 1,836 | 2,834 | ||
| R | 699 | 2,345 | 3,096 | ||
| R | 630 | 2,118 | 2,947 | ||
| R | 1,393 | 1,629 | 3,082 | ||
| R | 705 | 2,065 | 2,831 | ||
| R | 777 | 1,740 | 2,777 | ||
| D | 1,535 | 1,491 | 3,052 | ||
| R | 1,072 | 2,190 | 3,278 | ||
| R | 1,037 | 2,329 | 3,385 | ||
| R | 801 | 2,916 | 3,755 | ||
| R | 1,424 | 2,203 | 3,734 | ||
| R | 1,378 | 2,428 | 3,847 | ||
| R | 2,065 | 2,810 | 4,925 | ||
| D | 2,785 | 2,230 | 5,033 | ||
| D | 2,505 | 1,884 | 4,559 | ||
| R | 1,131 | 3,158 | 4,354 | ||
| R | 854 | 2,475 | 4,108 | ||
| R | 1,358 | 2,512 | 3,991 | ||
| D | 2,711 | 2,013 | 4,964 | ||
| D | 1,264 | 517 | 2,829 | ||
| R | 1,265 | 1,444 | 2,857 | ||
| R | 477 | 1,682 | 2,538 | ||
| R | 1,367 | 1,509 | 2,924 | ||
| D | 1,486 | 1,256 | 2,773 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,541 | 3,041 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.4%
Irish
10.1%
English
9.9%
American
8.9%
Scottish
2.9%
French
2.7%
Italian
1.7%
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: 42.4 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
$74,018
Ottawa County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ottawa County$74,018
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Ottawa 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
10.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.7%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.1%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ottawa County's rural, sparsely populated plains have produced Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, making it among the most reliably one-sided counties in a state already tilted heavily toward GOP candidates at the federal level.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-six points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-six points.
A population of 5,819, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,018 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wabaunsee County and Dickinson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ottawa County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ottawa County, Kansas voted Republican by 66.3 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,943 votes cast, 471 went Democratic and 2,422 went Republican.
What is Ottawa County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Ottawa 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 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Ottawa County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ottawa County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Ottawa County, Kansas?
Ottawa County, Kansas has a population of 5,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ottawa County, Kansas?
Median household income in Ottawa County, Kansas is $74,018 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Ottawa County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ottawa County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 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.