Seward County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+39%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+39MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,4862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,8272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 67.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lubbock County, TX · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Seward CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Seward County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −42.1% |
| 1896 | −12.3% |
| 1900 | −22.3% |
| 1904 | −38.8% |
| 1908 | −1.6% |
| 1912 | +23.1% |
| 1916 | +21.7% |
| 1920 | −27.1% |
| 1924 | −22.3% |
| 1928 | −54.9% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +28.6% |
| 1940 | −1.0% |
| 1944 | −8.4% |
| 1948 | −6.1% |
| 1952 | −46.2% |
| 1956 | −42.4% |
| 1960 | −41.1% |
| 1964 | −7.1% |
| 1968 | −36.1% |
| 1972 | −57.5% |
| 1976 | −30.2% |
| 1980 | −47.2% |
| 1984 | −62.1% |
| 1988 | −42.0% |
| 1992 | −29.2% |
| 1996 | −44.9% |
| 2000 | −53.8% |
| 2004 | −57.9% |
| 2008 | −43.1% |
| 2012 | −41.1% |
| 2016 | −30.4% |
| 2020 | −29.1% |
| 2024 | −38.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,354 | 3,133 | 4,573 | ||
| R | 1,833 | 3,372 | 5,294 | ||
| R | 1,628 | 3,159 | 5,038 | ||
| R | 1,490 | 3,617 | 5,176 | ||
| R | 1,493 | 3,791 | 5,336 | ||
| R | 1,122 | 4,272 | 5,439 | ||
| R | 1,126 | 3,869 | 5,096 | ||
| R | 1,309 | 3,812 | 5,573 | ||
| R | 1,488 | 3,477 | 6,806 | ||
| R | 1,655 | 4,089 | 5,797 | ||
| R | 1,198 | 5,222 | 6,484 | ||
| R | 1,460 | 4,385 | 6,191 | ||
| R | 1,907 | 3,604 | 5,615 | ||
| R | 989 | 3,866 | 5,003 | ||
| R | 1,291 | 3,065 | 4,918 | ||
| R | 2,520 | 2,910 | 5,462 | ||
| R | 1,654 | 3,974 | 5,642 | ||
| R | 1,162 | 2,885 | 4,066 | ||
| R | 1,146 | 3,136 | 4,308 | ||
| R | 1,614 | 1,829 | 3,517 | ||
| R | 1,342 | 1,590 | 2,949 | ||
| R | 1,474 | 1,503 | 3,027 | ||
| D | 1,997 | 1,108 | 3,109 | ||
| D | 1,576 | 1,297 | 2,972 | ||
| R | 538 | 1,873 | 2,433 | ||
| R | 676 | 1,184 | 2,277 | ||
| R | 722 | 1,290 | 2,097 | ||
| D | 1,105 | 678 | 1,964 | ||
| O | 394 | 155 | 1,035 | ||
| R | 413 | 427 | 888 | ||
| R | 62 | 152 | 232 | ||
| R | 77 | 122 | 202 | ||
| R | 78 | 100 | 179 | ||
| O | 0 | 115 | 273 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
7.2%
American
4.7%
English
3.1%
Irish
2.6%
Scottish
0.5%
African American
2.6%
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: 31.0 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
$63,827
Seward County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Seward County$63,827
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Seward 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
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)7.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
38.6%
speak English only
Spanish56.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Seward County's meatpacking economy has drawn one of Kansas's larger Hispanic populations to Liberal, its county seat, yet presidential margins have held consistently above R+35 for the past decade, reflecting the complex interplay of industry, immigration, and rural voting patterns.
Seward County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-nine points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten points 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 34% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,827, and a population of 21,486. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lubbock County and Garfield County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Seward County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Seward County, Kansas voted Republican by 38.9 points (R+39), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,573 votes cast, 1,354 went Democratic and 3,133 went Republican.
What is Seward County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Seward 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 3 times, Republican 29 times, and other 2 times.
When did Seward County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Seward County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Seward County, Kansas?
Seward County, Kansas has a population of 21,486 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Seward County, Kansas?
Median household income in Seward County, Kansas is $63,827 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Seward County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Seward County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.