Pawnee County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+52%. Republican peak: R+52 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,1442024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,5172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rice County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pawnee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pawnee 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 | −51.6% |
| 1896 | +11.8% |
| 1900 | +3.0% |
| 1904 | −29.4% |
| 1908 | −1.9% |
| 1912 | +30.4% |
| 1916 | +16.3% |
| 1920 | −29.8% |
| 1924 | −33.7% |
| 1928 | −50.8% |
| 1932 | +12.6% |
| 1936 | +23.2% |
| 1940 | −2.5% |
| 1944 | −8.7% |
| 1948 | −6.5% |
| 1952 | −43.3% |
| 1956 | −27.9% |
| 1960 | −17.0% |
| 1964 | +27.2% |
| 1968 | −16.5% |
| 1972 | −35.0% |
| 1976 | +7.1% |
| 1980 | −26.7% |
| 1984 | −39.6% |
| 1988 | −10.4% |
| 1992 | −6.7% |
| 1996 | −31.5% |
| 2000 | −30.0% |
| 2004 | −46.8% |
| 2008 | −37.1% |
| 2012 | −42.9% |
| 2016 | −49.8% |
| 2020 | −51.2% |
| 2024 | −51.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 612 | 1,971 | 2,629 | ||
| R | 643 | 2,045 | 2,739 | ||
| R | 579 | 1,904 | 2,661 | ||
| R | 718 | 1,836 | 2,608 | ||
| R | 882 | 1,946 | 2,867 | ||
| R | 773 | 2,172 | 2,988 | ||
| R | 968 | 1,850 | 2,940 | ||
| R | 932 | 1,927 | 3,154 | ||
| R | 1,118 | 1,357 | 3,585 | ||
| R | 1,474 | 1,825 | 3,373 | ||
| R | 1,092 | 2,570 | 3,730 | ||
| R | 1,184 | 2,170 | 3,691 | ||
| D | 1,959 | 1,692 | 3,751 | ||
| R | 1,110 | 2,370 | 3,600 | ||
| R | 1,416 | 2,037 | 3,759 | ||
| D | 2,577 | 1,468 | 4,074 | ||
| R | 1,853 | 2,618 | 4,489 | ||
| R | 1,567 | 2,788 | 4,375 | ||
| R | 1,340 | 3,431 | 4,824 | ||
| R | 1,945 | 2,221 | 4,235 | ||
| R | 1,727 | 2,057 | 3,806 | ||
| R | 2,216 | 2,329 | 4,587 | ||
| D | 2,814 | 1,753 | 4,576 | ||
| D | 2,451 | 1,889 | 4,443 | ||
| R | 918 | 2,829 | 3,763 | ||
| R | 1,111 | 2,407 | 3,849 | ||
| R | 1,138 | 2,128 | 3,326 | ||
| D | 2,131 | 1,499 | 3,871 | ||
| D | 1,050 | 366 | 2,252 | ||
| R | 961 | 1,000 | 2,065 | ||
| R | 494 | 957 | 1,574 | ||
| D | 727 | 684 | 1,425 | ||
| D | 635 | 499 | 1,153 | ||
| R | 0 | 722 | 1,400 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
24.9%
English
9.7%
Irish
9.0%
American
6.4%
French
1.7%
Polish
1.6%
African American
5.9%
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: 46.1 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
$63,517
Pawnee County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pawnee County$63,517
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Pawnee 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
11.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.4%
Working age (18–64)13.3%
Seniors (65+)4.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.6%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pawnee County's sparse high-plains ranching economy anchors a voting pattern that has shifted little in decades, delivering lopsided Republican margins well above the state average in every recent presidential cycle.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-two points.
A population of 6,144, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,517 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rice County and Stafford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pawnee County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pawnee County, Kansas voted Republican by 51.7 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,629 votes cast, 612 went Democratic and 1,971 went Republican.
What is Pawnee County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Pawnee 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 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Pawnee County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pawnee County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Pawnee County, Kansas?
Pawnee County, Kansas has a population of 6,144 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pawnee County, Kansas?
Median household income in Pawnee County, Kansas is $63,517 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Pawnee County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pawnee County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.