A small Kansas metro where oil-refining heritage meets agricultural plains
Straddling the Oklahoma border in south-central Kansas, the Arkansas City–Winfield metro has long trended heavily Republican in federal races, with its economy historically tied to refining, wheat farming, and light manufacturing.
| Group | Local | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 82.9% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(13) | 8.0% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(5) | 2.8% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.8% | 4.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(4) | 1.9% | 0.9% |
▶Asian(5) | 1.5% | 6.0% |
▶Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander(1) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -33.6pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.9% | 42.7% | — | — | |
| 13.4% | 34.0% | — | — | |
| 5.4% | 13.6% | — | — | |
| 2.3% | 5.9% | — | — | |
| 1.5% | 3.8% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.1% | 2.9% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 60.5% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS metro area? 140,734 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+42.4 | R+14.7 | 27.6pp |