Reno County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 61,5532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,6452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rice County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Reno CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Reno County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
—
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 | −48.9% |
| 1896 | −5.0% |
| 1900 | −13.5% |
| 1904 | −46.1% |
| 1908 | −9.2% |
| 1912 | +21.2% |
| 1916 | −1.3% |
| 1920 | −36.6% |
| 1924 | −42.0% |
| 1928 | −53.5% |
| 1932 | +2.0% |
| 1936 | +24.4% |
| 1940 | −8.2% |
| 1944 | −18.1% |
| 1948 | −5.7% |
| 1952 | −40.1% |
| 1956 | −33.6% |
| 1960 | −20.9% |
| 1964 | +25.5% |
| 1968 | −8.2% |
| 1972 | −30.6% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | −16.0% |
| 1984 | −28.1% |
| 1988 | −4.8% |
| 1992 | −7.5% |
| 1996 | −19.6% |
| 2000 | −24.2% |
| 2004 | −31.6% |
| 2008 | −23.4% |
| 2012 | −31.3% |
| 2016 | −35.4% |
| 2020 | −34.2% |
| 2024 | −34.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,554 | 17,847 | 27,067 | ||
| R | 8,886 | 18,443 | 27,941 | ||
| R | 6,837 | 15,513 | 24,536 | ||
| R | 8,085 | 15,718 | 24,422 | ||
| R | 9,916 | 16,112 | 26,512 | ||
| R | 9,114 | 17,748 | 27,324 | ||
| R | 9,025 | 15,179 | 25,430 | ||
| R | 9,108 | 14,275 | 26,300 | ||
| R | 9,257 | 11,377 | 28,372 | ||
| R | 11,545 | 12,753 | 24,954 | ||
| R | 9,229 | 16,568 | 26,159 | ||
| R | 9,615 | 13,804 | 26,121 | ||
| D | 14,620 | 11,212 | 26,512 | ||
| R | 8,183 | 15,714 | 24,628 | ||
| R | 9,872 | 11,804 | 23,474 | ||
| D | 14,936 | 8,829 | 23,973 | ||
| R | 9,557 | 14,655 | 24,339 | ||
| R | 7,461 | 15,057 | 22,620 | ||
| R | 6,555 | 15,762 | 22,983 | ||
| R | 9,957 | 11,187 | 21,567 | ||
| R | 7,604 | 11,004 | 18,743 | ||
| R | 10,543 | 12,448 | 23,208 | ||
| D | 14,203 | 8,607 | 22,898 | ||
| D | 9,351 | 8,972 | 18,970 | ||
| R | 3,843 | 12,872 | 16,868 | ||
| R | 3,675 | 10,339 | 15,851 | ||
| R | 4,385 | 9,649 | 14,375 | ||
| R | 6,683 | 6,870 | 14,919 | ||
| D | 3,360 | 1,668 | 7,975 | ||
| R | 3,381 | 4,092 | 7,762 | ||
| R | 1,423 | 4,245 | 6,123 | ||
| R | 2,859 | 3,769 | 6,728 | ||
| R | 3,051 | 3,373 | 6,491 | ||
| O | 0 | 3,097 | 6,332 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.7%
English
10.7%
Irish
9.1%
American
6.7%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.4%
French
1.4%
African American
2.2%
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: 40.9 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
$60,645
Reno County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Reno County$60,645
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Reno 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
12.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.3%
Working age (18–64)11.7%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
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 53.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Reno County anchors south-central Kansas with an economy tied to agriculture and the meatpacking industry in Hutchinson. Its presidential margins have exceeded R+30 in each of the last three cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for the region's rural conservative lean.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-four points in 1928. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
A population of 61,553, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,645 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rice County and Stafford County.
Most similar counties
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Reno County, Kansas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/20155/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
More stable rural right counties
Frequently asked questions
How did Reno County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Reno County, Kansas voted Republican by 34.3 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,067 votes cast, 8,554 went Democratic and 17,847 went Republican.
What is Reno County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Reno 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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Reno County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Reno County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Reno County, Kansas?
Reno County, Kansas has a population of 61,553 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reno County, Kansas?
Median household income in Reno County, Kansas is $60,645 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Reno County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Reno County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 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.