Stanton County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+65 in 2004.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,0382024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,7002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 45.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grant County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Stanton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Stanton County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −47.3% |
| 1896 | +1.8% |
| 1900 | −16.1% |
| 1904 | −29.9% |
| 1908 | −24.7% |
| 1912 | +27.3% |
| 1916 | −2.5% |
| 1920 | −48.9% |
| 1924 | −36.4% |
| 1928 | −50.2% |
| 1932 | +18.2% |
| 1936 | +19.1% |
| 1940 | −11.1% |
| 1944 | −24.5% |
| 1948 | −14.9% |
| 1952 | −50.4% |
| 1956 | −41.3% |
| 1960 | −31.9% |
| 1964 | +4.2% |
| 1968 | −27.8% |
| 1972 | −47.0% |
| 1976 | −2.0% |
| 1980 | −44.5% |
| 1984 | −56.6% |
| 1988 | −29.7% |
| 1992 | −33.3% |
| 1996 | −49.8% |
| 2000 | −55.4% |
| 2004 | −65.3% |
| 2008 | −53.2% |
| 2012 | −60.9% |
| 2016 | −59.2% |
| 2020 | −60.1% |
| 2024 | −63.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 115 | 537 | 664 | ||
| R | 148 | 614 | 776 | ||
| R | 115 | 492 | 637 | ||
| R | 143 | 605 | 759 | ||
| R | 188 | 628 | 827 | ||
| R | 165 | 796 | 966 | ||
| R | 215 | 785 | 1,029 | ||
| R | 189 | 628 | 882 | ||
| R | 224 | 556 | 998 | ||
| R | 310 | 592 | 950 | ||
| R | 205 | 783 | 1,022 | ||
| R | 231 | 672 | 992 | ||
| R | 489 | 510 | 1,040 | ||
| R | 259 | 754 | 1,054 | ||
| R | 288 | 541 | 909 | ||
| D | 500 | 459 | 970 | ||
| R | 323 | 627 | 954 | ||
| R | 226 | 549 | 782 | ||
| R | 215 | 664 | 890 | ||
| R | 300 | 407 | 720 | ||
| R | 240 | 398 | 645 | ||
| R | 301 | 378 | 692 | ||
| D | 458 | 311 | 770 | ||
| D | 598 | 412 | 1,024 | ||
| R | 164 | 497 | 664 | ||
| R | 158 | 379 | 607 | ||
| R | 89 | 269 | 368 | ||
| R | 170 | 180 | 404 | ||
| D | 114 | 42 | 264 | ||
| R | 107 | 180 | 296 | ||
| R | 34 | 63 | 97 | ||
| R | 36 | 50 | 87 | ||
| D | 57 | 55 | 112 | ||
| O | 0 | 131 | 277 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.6%
English
10.8%
American
4.1%
Polish
1.4%
French
1.1%
Irish
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: 39.1 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
$71,700
Stanton County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Stanton County$71,700
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Stanton 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
1.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
Working age (18–64)1.8%
Seniors (65+)3.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
58.3%
speak English only
Spanish41.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Stanton County sits in the southwest corner of Kansas with roughly 2,400 residents and an agricultural economy centered on irrigated cropland. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+63.5 reflects the lopsided Republican alignment typical of the rural High Plains.
Stanton County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-seven points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved four 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 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,700, and a population of 2,038. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Marion County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Stanton County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Stanton County, Kansas voted Republican by 63.6 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 664 votes cast, 115 went Democratic and 537 went Republican.
What is Stanton County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Stanton 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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Stanton County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stanton County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Stanton County, Kansas?
Stanton County, Kansas has a population of 2,038 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stanton County, Kansas?
Median household income in Stanton County, Kansas is $71,700 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Stanton County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Stanton County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.