A small Great Plains metro where agriculture and state government intersect
Ottawa anchors Franklin County in eastern Kansas, where rural commodity-farming interests overlap with a modest manufacturing base, producing a reliably Republican-leaning electorate that occasionally narrows at the county level.
| Group | Ottawa, KS | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 91.6% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(9) | 3.6% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.7% | 4.0% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 1.2% | 12.2% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 0.6% | 0.9% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.3% | 6.0% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -36.6pp (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% | 49.0% | — | — | |
| 8.9% | 25.9% | — | — | |
| 5.8% | 16.9% | — | — | |
| 2.3% | 6.6% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.5% | 4.3% | — | — |
| 0.5% | 1.6% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 65.5% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Ottawa, KS metro area? 102,813 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+43.9 | R+16.3 | 27.6pp |