Sheridan County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+81%. Republican peak: R+81 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+81MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,4262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,7502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gove County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sheridan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sheridan 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 | −58.5% |
| 1896 | +14.6% |
| 1900 | +5.6% |
| 1904 | −30.0% |
| 1908 | −0.6% |
| 1912 | +29.3% |
| 1916 | +21.2% |
| 1920 | −41.8% |
| 1924 | −34.8% |
| 1928 | −21.7% |
| 1932 | +33.1% |
| 1936 | +17.4% |
| 1940 | −24.5% |
| 1944 | −34.1% |
| 1948 | −6.3% |
| 1952 | −47.9% |
| 1956 | −35.2% |
| 1960 | −4.6% |
| 1964 | +11.9% |
| 1968 | −25.6% |
| 1972 | −33.0% |
| 1976 | −2.6% |
| 1980 | −47.9% |
| 1984 | −49.6% |
| 1988 | −19.3% |
| 1992 | −24.0% |
| 1996 | −55.6% |
| 2000 | −57.2% |
| 2004 | −64.4% |
| 2008 | −62.1% |
| 2012 | −73.5% |
| 2016 | −77.9% |
| 2020 | −78.5% |
| 2024 | −80.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 122 | 1,207 | 1,347 | ||
| R | 147 | 1,282 | 1,445 | ||
| R | 127 | 1,197 | 1,374 | ||
| R | 168 | 1,154 | 1,342 | ||
| R | 254 | 1,108 | 1,376 | ||
| R | 239 | 1,144 | 1,406 | ||
| R | 281 | 1,132 | 1,489 | ||
| R | 264 | 1,053 | 1,420 | ||
| R | 347 | 739 | 1,636 | ||
| R | 600 | 901 | 1,556 | ||
| R | 419 | 1,274 | 1,725 | ||
| R | 391 | 1,202 | 1,693 | ||
| R | 793 | 838 | 1,705 | ||
| R | 552 | 1,134 | 1,761 | ||
| R | 563 | 1,002 | 1,717 | ||
| D | 1,028 | 808 | 1,847 | ||
| R | 954 | 1,047 | 2,016 | ||
| R | 633 | 1,324 | 1,964 | ||
| R | 555 | 1,581 | 2,140 | ||
| R | 966 | 1,097 | 2,082 | ||
| R | 658 | 1,342 | 2,007 | ||
| R | 903 | 1,492 | 2,404 | ||
| D | 1,442 | 1,007 | 2,501 | ||
| D | 1,773 | 878 | 2,707 | ||
| R | 930 | 1,450 | 2,396 | ||
| R | 542 | 1,320 | 2,233 | ||
| R | 477 | 1,194 | 1,717 | ||
| D | 1,189 | 760 | 2,027 | ||
| D | 509 | 195 | 1,072 | ||
| R | 631 | 639 | 1,307 | ||
| R | 293 | 607 | 1,048 | ||
| D | 499 | 445 | 961 | ||
| D | 384 | 282 | 697 | ||
| R | 0 | 463 | 791 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
35.0%
Irish
9.6%
American
8.0%
English
5.9%
Italian
2.0%
Polish
0.9%
French
0.6%
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: 42.7 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
$73,750
Sheridan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sheridan County$73,750
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Sheridan 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
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.2%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)6.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Spanish4.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 2,800 residents spread across the High Plains, Sheridan County recorded an R+80.3 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided rural counties in the state.
The Republican margin here reached eighty-one points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty-one points.
A population of 2,426, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,750 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gove County and Decatur County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sheridan County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sheridan County, Kansas voted Republican by 80.5 points (R+81), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,347 votes cast, 122 went Democratic and 1,207 went Republican.
What is Sheridan County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Sheridan 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sheridan County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sheridan County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sheridan County, Kansas?
Sheridan County, Kansas has a population of 2,426 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheridan County, Kansas?
Median household income in Sheridan County, Kansas is $73,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Sheridan County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sheridan County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.