Wabaunsee County, Kansas: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1952.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,0092024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,9082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+12 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ottawa County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wabaunsee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wabaunsee 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 | −52.5% |
| 1896 | −4.7% |
| 1900 | −17.2% |
| 1904 | −47.1% |
| 1908 | −22.4% |
| 1912 | +11.8% |
| 1916 | −20.9% |
| 1920 | −56.4% |
| 1924 | −50.7% |
| 1928 | −44.3% |
| 1932 | +3.3% |
| 1936 | −11.3% |
| 1940 | −48.0% |
| 1944 | −52.6% |
| 1948 | −35.0% |
| 1952 | −62.3% |
| 1956 | −53.4% |
| 1960 | −41.5% |
| 1964 | −17.5% |
| 1968 | −41.6% |
| 1972 | −56.2% |
| 1976 | −17.0% |
| 1980 | −42.3% |
| 1984 | −47.0% |
| 1988 | −19.2% |
| 1992 | −11.9% |
| 1996 | −27.1% |
| 2000 | −33.8% |
| 2004 | −42.5% |
| 2008 | −38.6% |
| 2012 | −41.0% |
| 2016 | −47.2% |
| 2020 | −48.2% |
| 2024 | −48.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 944 | 2,816 | 3,860 | ||
| R | 964 | 2,845 | 3,902 | ||
| R | 776 | 2,372 | 3,380 | ||
| R | 918 | 2,256 | 3,267 | ||
| R | 1,036 | 2,395 | 3,521 | ||
| R | 1,001 | 2,531 | 3,604 | ||
| R | 1,025 | 2,182 | 3,420 | ||
| R | 966 | 1,884 | 3,384 | ||
| R | 851 | 1,254 | 3,374 | ||
| R | 1,166 | 1,737 | 2,967 | ||
| R | 805 | 2,276 | 3,130 | ||
| R | 853 | 2,255 | 3,317 | ||
| R | 1,354 | 1,921 | 3,336 | ||
| R | 662 | 2,461 | 3,203 | ||
| R | 695 | 1,979 | 3,084 | ||
| R | 1,287 | 1,839 | 3,152 | ||
| R | 969 | 2,351 | 3,331 | ||
| R | 802 | 2,650 | 3,458 | ||
| R | 736 | 3,182 | 3,927 | ||
| R | 1,162 | 2,437 | 3,648 | ||
| R | 873 | 2,839 | 3,738 | ||
| R | 1,212 | 3,481 | 4,727 | ||
| R | 2,235 | 2,809 | 5,059 | ||
| D | 2,465 | 2,304 | 4,862 | ||
| R | 1,189 | 3,099 | 4,311 | ||
| R | 633 | 2,742 | 4,161 | ||
| R | 782 | 2,859 | 3,683 | ||
| R | 1,706 | 2,640 | 4,478 | ||
| D | 1,128 | 783 | 2,920 | ||
| R | 1,163 | 1,849 | 3,069 | ||
| R | 688 | 2,016 | 2,822 | ||
| R | 1,263 | 1,793 | 3,088 | ||
| R | 1,442 | 1,586 | 3,062 | ||
| R | 0 | 1,520 | 2,896 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
32.6%
Irish
15.6%
English
8.3%
American
7.0%
French
3.8%
Italian
1.7%
Polish
1.0%
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: 43.3 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
$76,908
Wabaunsee County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Wabaunsee County$76,908
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Wabaunsee County ranks in the top 25% 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
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.0%
Working age (18–64)8.9%
Seniors (65+)6.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wabaunsee sits at the eastern edge of the Kansas Flint Hills, where ranching-dominant land use and a population under 7,000 produce some of the most consistent Republican margins in the state.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-two points in 1952. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points.
A population of 7,009, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,908 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ottawa County and Washington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wabaunsee County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wabaunsee County, Kansas voted Republican by 48.5 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,860 votes cast, 944 went Democratic and 2,816 went Republican.
What is Wabaunsee County, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Wabaunsee 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 2 times, Republican 32 times, and other 0 times.
When did Wabaunsee County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wabaunsee County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Wabaunsee County, Kansas?
Wabaunsee County, Kansas has a population of 7,009 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wabaunsee County, Kansas?
Median household income in Wabaunsee County, Kansas is $76,908 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Wabaunsee County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wabaunsee County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.