combined metro areaWichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+28.3
2008R+16.5
2012R+22.8
2016R+23.5
2020R+18.2
2024R+19.9
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 58.3% of 491,325 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
112,304
169,305
4,919
286,528
491,325
58.3%
2020
118,662
172,993
7,021
298,676
478,774
62.4%
2016
86,895
147,348
22,671
256,914
469,416
54.7%
2012
91,609
147,592
5,924
245,125
457,883
53.5%
2008
106,179
149,239
4,908
260,326
440,757
59.1%
2004
85,700
154,852
3,452
244,004
423,631†
57.6%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
5 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KSKansasUnited States
German21.8%23.3%12.5%
English11.8%12.4%9.5%
Irish10.2%11.3%9.4%
American5.8%5.6%5.3%
Scottish2.0%1.9%1.3%
French1.8%1.8%1.6%
Italian1.5%2.0%4.8%
Swedish1.2%1.1%—
Mexican11.6%10.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.3%0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†5.6%4.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Vietnamese1.4%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.4%0.6%1.4%
Laotian0.3%——
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Cambodian0.2%——
Muscogee (Creek)0.1%——
Maya0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
Kansas
United States
Median age
36.8
37.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
10.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
Kansas
United States
Median household income
$70,076
$74,275
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.0%
11.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.4%
35.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
Kansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.9%
12.2%
22.3%
Spanish
8.6%
8.1%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
Kansas
United States
Catholic
12.3%
14.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.6%
17.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.6%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.6%
10.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−48.0%
1896
+8.1%
1900
−4.3%
1904
−36.7%
1908
−6.6%
1912
+25.1%
1916
+7.6%
1920
−22.4%
1924
−33.3%
1928
−55.3%
1932
+10.8%
1936
+22.9%
1940
−1.3%
1944
−9.5%
1948
−3.8%
1952
−34.8%
1956
−24.2%
1960
−15.1%
1964
+10.6%
1968
−16.1%
1972
−36.9%
1976
−3.1%
1980
−15.8%
1984
−27.9%
1988
−13.1%
1992
−6.7%
1996
−21.0%
2000
−21.0%
2004
−28.3%
2008
−16.5%
2012
−22.8%
2016
−23.5%
2020
−18.2%
2024
−19.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.2%Harris112,304
59.1%Trump169,305
1.7%
R+19.9
R+1.7
R+18.4
286,528
R
39.7%Biden118,662
57.9%Trump172,993
2.4%
R+18.2
D+5.3
R+22.6
298,676
R
33.8%Clinton86,895
57.4%Trump147,348
8.8%
R+23.5
R+0.7
R+25.6
256,914
R
37.4%Obama91,609
60.2%Romney147,592
2.4%
R+22.8
R+6.3
R+26.7
245,125
R
40.8%Obama106,179
57.3%McCain149,239
1.9%
R+16.5
D+11.8
R+23.8
260,326
R
35.1%Kerry85,700
63.5%Bush154,852
1.4%
R+28.3
R+7.4
R+25.9
244,004
R
37.3%Gore82,991
58.2%Bush129,628
4.5%
R+21.0
±0.0
R+21.5
222,545
R
35.0%Clinton81,081
56.0%Dole129,582
9.0%
R+21.0
R+14.3
R+29.5
231,395
R
33.2%Clinton83,715
39.8%Bush100,511
27.0%
R+6.7
D+6.4
R+12.2
252,482
R
42.2%Dukakis89,414
55.3%Bush117,165
2.5%
R+13.1
D+14.8
R+5.4
211,840
R
35.4%Mondale75,134
63.2%Reagan134,307
1.4%
R+27.9
R+12.1
R+9.6
212,351
R
37.2%Carter75,388
53.0%Reagan107,359
9.8%
R+15.8
R+12.7
R+6.0
202,604
R
47.1%Carter91,012
50.2%Ford97,000
2.7%
R+3.1
D+33.8
R+5.2
193,203
R
29.6%McGovern53,721
66.5%Nixon120,554
3.9%
R+36.9
R+20.8
R+13.7
181,265
R
36.6%Humphrey61,920
52.7%Nixon89,120
10.6%
R+16.1
R+26.7
R+15.4
169,032
D
54.8%Johnson93,904
44.2%Goldwater75,787
1.0%
D+10.6
D+25.6
R+12.0
171,375
R
42.2%Kennedy80,203
57.3%Nixon108,853
0.5%
R+15.1
D+9.1
R+15.2
190,036
R
37.8%Stevenson62,815
61.9%Eisenhower103,008
0.3%
R+24.2
D+10.6
R+8.8
166,339
R
32.2%Stevenson51,820
67.0%Eisenhower107,904
0.9%
R+34.8
R+31.0
R+24.0
161,143
R
47.2%Truman60,118
51.1%Dewey65,010
1.7%
R+3.8
D+5.6
R+8.3
127,337
R
45.0%Roosevelt54,590
54.5%Dewey66,095
0.5%
R+9.5
R+8.2
R+17.0
121,318
R
48.9%Roosevelt60,024
50.2%Willkie61,587
0.9%
R+1.3
R+24.2
R+11.2
122,678
D
61.3%Roosevelt72,914
38.4%Landon45,638
0.3%
D+22.9
D+12.1
R+1.3
118,903
D
53.8%Roosevelt55,916
43.1%Hoover44,706
3.1%
D+10.8
D+66.1
R+7.0
103,840
R
21.8%Smith19,856
77.1%Hoover70,282
1.1%
R+55.3
R+22.1
R+37.9
91,104
R
24.2%Davis19,815
57.4%Coolidge47,091
18.4%
R+33.3
R+10.9
R+8.1
81,974
R
37.6%Cox25,754
60.0%Harding41,099
2.4%
R+22.4
R+30.0
D+3.8
68,510
D
50.4%Wilson32,251
42.8%Hughes27,368
6.8%
D+7.6
R+17.5
D+4.5
63,994
O
38.5%Wilson14,352
13.4%Taft4,987
48.1%
Roosevelt +9.6
D+31.7
D+5.6
37,263
R
44.0%Bryan15,581
50.6%Taft17,923
5.4%
R+6.6
D+30.1
D+2.9
35,432
R
25.6%Parker8,044
62.3%Roosevelt19,590
12.2%
R+36.7
R+32.4
R+17.0
31,462
R
46.8%Bryan15,972
51.1%McKinley17,439
2.1%
R+4.3
R+12.4
D+3.2
34,118
D
53.5%Bryan16,496
45.4%McKinley14,004
1.1%
D+8.1
D+56.0
D+14.2
30,827
O
0.0%Cleveland0
48.0%Harrison16,834
52.0%
Weaver +4.1
—
R+49.6
35,107
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
35.2%73,686
61.8%129,203
209,081
2020
R
40.4%120,104
54.8%162,674
297,078
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+20.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+19.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.5 points.
Domestic migration in Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS in Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,756
2012
−2,158
2013
−2,883
2014
−2,543
2015
−1,994
2016
−2,240
2017
−3,563
2018
−3,201
2019
−531
2021
−719
2022
+4
2023
+815
2024
+997
2025
+1,446
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 55.3 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.9 points.
A population of 687,033, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,076 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrisonburg-Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA and Idaho Falls-Rexburg-Blackfoot, ID.
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How did Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 19.9 points (R+19.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 286,528 votes cast, 112,304 went Democratic and 169,305 went Republican.
When did Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas?
Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas has a population of 687,033 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas is $70,076 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
