Sherman County, Kansas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Republican peak: R+69 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,8582024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,7502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Harper County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sherman CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sherman 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 | −56.5% |
| 1896 | +20.0% |
| 1900 | +4.7% |
| 1904 | −30.5% |
| 1908 | +6.9% |
| 1912 | +34.1% |
| 1916 | +32.5% |
| 1920 | −14.1% |
| 1924 | −24.3% |
| 1928 | −51.4% |
| 1932 | +28.9% |
| 1936 | +21.6% |
| 1940 | −5.7% |
| 1944 | −21.9% |
| 1948 | −3.3% |
| 1952 | −42.8% |
| 1956 | −30.7% |
| 1960 | −30.7% |
| 1964 | +2.0% |
| 1968 | −27.1% |
| 1972 | −45.3% |
| 1976 | −2.9% |
| 1980 | −45.7% |
| 1984 | −57.4% |
| 1988 | −27.6% |
| 1992 | −25.0% |
| 1996 | −44.6% |
| 2000 | −45.2% |
| 2004 | −52.7% |
| 2008 | −47.0% |
| 2012 | −53.3% |
| 2016 | −66.4% |
| 2020 | −68.7% |
| 2024 | −68.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 379 | 2,161 | 2,599 | ||
| R | 396 | 2,269 | 2,727 | ||
| R | 347 | 2,089 | 2,625 | ||
| R | 577 | 1,976 | 2,623 | ||
| R | 688 | 1,959 | 2,704 | ||
| R | 632 | 2,088 | 2,762 | ||
| R | 681 | 1,894 | 2,682 | ||
| R | 736 | 2,110 | 3,084 | ||
| R | 810 | 1,630 | 3,278 | ||
| R | 1,082 | 1,929 | 3,065 | ||
| R | 714 | 2,702 | 3,463 | ||
| R | 779 | 2,315 | 3,362 | ||
| R | 1,573 | 1,671 | 3,332 | ||
| R | 785 | 2,225 | 3,182 | ||
| R | 954 | 1,803 | 3,134 | ||
| D | 1,522 | 1,463 | 3,010 | ||
| R | 1,074 | 2,030 | 3,119 | ||
| R | 962 | 1,825 | 2,809 | ||
| R | 941 | 2,403 | 3,413 | ||
| R | 1,289 | 1,380 | 2,760 | ||
| R | 1,021 | 1,608 | 2,677 | ||
| R | 1,399 | 1,569 | 3,008 | ||
| D | 1,814 | 1,159 | 3,029 | ||
| D | 2,110 | 1,112 | 3,454 | ||
| R | 630 | 2,028 | 2,718 | ||
| R | 528 | 1,122 | 2,445 | ||
| R | 789 | 1,066 | 1,962 | ||
| D | 1,196 | 582 | 1,888 | ||
| D | 465 | 129 | 984 | ||
| D | 508 | 439 | 1,006 | ||
| R | 231 | 465 | 768 | ||
| D | 418 | 380 | 817 | ||
| D | 437 | 291 | 731 | ||
| R | 0 | 748 | 1,323 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.3%
Irish
8.7%
English
7.2%
Scottish
5.7%
American
5.1%
Italian
0.6%
French
0.5%
African American
1.4%
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: 38.5 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
$61,750
Sherman County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sherman County$61,750
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Sherman 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
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.8%
Working age (18–64)9.8%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.6%
speak English only
Spanish9.8%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sherman County, anchored by the small city of Goodland, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in every recent cycle, reflecting the deep-red alignment common to sparsely populated western Kansas wheat country.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-nine points in 2020. The 2024 margin was sixty-nine points.
A median household income of $61,750, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,858 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harper County and Clark County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sherman County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sherman County, Kansas voted Republican by 68.6 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,599 votes cast, 379 went Democratic and 2,161 went Republican.
What is Sherman County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Sherman County, Kansas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 Sherman County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sherman County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sherman County, Kansas?
Sherman County, Kansas has a population of 5,858 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sherman County, Kansas?
Median household income in Sherman County, Kansas is $61,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Sherman County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sherman County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.