Stevens County, Kansas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+75%. Republican peak: R+75 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+75MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,1622024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,1782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 39.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Beaver County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Stevens CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Stevens 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 | −68.5% |
| 1896 | +35.6% |
| 1900 | +14.7% |
| 1904 | −43.2% |
| 1908 | −8.0% |
| 1912 | +19.8% |
| 1916 | +21.8% |
| 1920 | −42.0% |
| 1924 | −44.5% |
| 1928 | −57.7% |
| 1932 | +34.8% |
| 1936 | +18.6% |
| 1940 | −11.4% |
| 1944 | −29.4% |
| 1948 | −10.3% |
| 1952 | −55.1% |
| 1956 | −38.4% |
| 1960 | −37.9% |
| 1964 | +0.7% |
| 1968 | −31.7% |
| 1972 | −52.6% |
| 1976 | −16.4% |
| 1980 | −49.1% |
| 1984 | −65.0% |
| 1988 | −44.6% |
| 1992 | −41.1% |
| 1996 | −52.3% |
| 2000 | −64.9% |
| 2004 | −71.8% |
| 2008 | −72.0% |
| 2012 | −73.6% |
| 2016 | −72.9% |
| 2020 | −75.0% |
| 2024 | −75.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 210 | 1,595 | 1,835 | ||
| R | 237 | 1,760 | 2,031 | ||
| R | 220 | 1,599 | 1,891 | ||
| R | 252 | 1,749 | 2,034 | ||
| R | 283 | 1,815 | 2,127 | ||
| R | 310 | 1,936 | 2,265 | ||
| R | 345 | 1,714 | 2,111 | ||
| R | 405 | 1,548 | 2,184 | ||
| R | 390 | 1,408 | 2,477 | ||
| R | 612 | 1,642 | 2,307 | ||
| R | 386 | 1,863 | 2,271 | ||
| R | 478 | 1,502 | 2,085 | ||
| R | 901 | 1,262 | 2,205 | ||
| R | 408 | 1,392 | 1,869 | ||
| R | 528 | 1,157 | 1,982 | ||
| D | 1,006 | 992 | 2,020 | ||
| R | 630 | 1,405 | 2,044 | ||
| R | 565 | 1,273 | 1,845 | ||
| R | 423 | 1,480 | 1,918 | ||
| R | 666 | 822 | 1,521 | ||
| R | 414 | 760 | 1,176 | ||
| R | 674 | 851 | 1,546 | ||
| D | 1,023 | 701 | 1,730 | ||
| D | 1,225 | 578 | 1,860 | ||
| R | 300 | 1,133 | 1,443 | ||
| R | 302 | 913 | 1,372 | ||
| R | 346 | 876 | 1,261 | ||
| D | 646 | 391 | 1,168 | ||
| O | 237 | 117 | 605 | ||
| R | 215 | 258 | 535 | ||
| R | 40 | 122 | 190 | ||
| D | 89 | 66 | 156 | ||
| D | 101 | 48 | 149 | ||
| R | 0 | 185 | 270 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.8%
American
9.7%
English
6.2%
Irish
5.4%
Italian
1.7%
French
1.4%
Scottish
0.9%
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
$64,178
Stevens County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Stevens County$64,178
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Stevens 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
14.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.8%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)21.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.7%
speak English only
Spanish24.5%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Stevens County, anchored by the small city of Hugoton, sits in the southwest Kansas plains and recorded an R+75.5 presidential margin in 2024, among the widest in the state for a jurisdiction of its size.
Stevens County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-six points in 1896. The 2024 margin was seventy-five points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,178, and a population of 5,162. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Beaver County and Kiowa County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Stevens County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Stevens County, Kansas voted Republican by 75.5 points (R+75), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,835 votes cast, 210 went Democratic and 1,595 went Republican.
What is Stevens County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Stevens 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 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did Stevens County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stevens County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Stevens County, Kansas?
Stevens County, Kansas has a population of 5,162 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stevens County, Kansas?
Median household income in Stevens County, Kansas is $64,178 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Stevens County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Stevens County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.