Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+40%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 34,4112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,8782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Arkansas City-Winfield, KS
TrumpR+40
Constituent county margins for Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, KSOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 69.1% | 9,360 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 28.9% | 3,919 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.0% | 275 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
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 | −49.3% |
| 1896 | +8.5% |
| 1900 | −3.3% |
| 1904 | −38.8% |
| 1908 | +6.9% |
| 1912 | +20.2% |
| 1916 | +5.5% |
| 1920 | −21.1% |
| 1924 | −36.8% |
| 1928 | −62.9% |
| 1932 | +6.0% |
| 1936 | +12.6% |
| 1940 | −8.7% |
| 1944 | −12.4% |
| 1948 | −6.8% |
| 1952 | −36.9% |
| 1956 | −28.3% |
| 1960 | −24.6% |
| 1964 | +3.4% |
| 1968 | −20.6% |
| 1972 | −46.0% |
| 1976 | −2.8% |
| 1980 | −21.4% |
| 1984 | −31.3% |
| 1988 | −11.1% |
| 1992 | −0.1% |
| 1996 | −14.7% |
| 2000 | −17.9% |
| 2004 | −31.8% |
| 2008 | −25.2% |
| 2012 | −29.6% |
| 2016 | −37.4% |
| 2020 | −37.8% |
| 2024 | −40.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,919 | 9,360 | 13,554 | ||
| R | 4,273 | 9,656 | 14,231 | ||
| R | 3,551 | 8,270 | 12,621 | ||
| R | 4,319 | 8,081 | 12,710 | ||
| R | 5,012 | 8,492 | 13,787 | ||
| R | 4,818 | 9,407 | 14,447 | ||
| R | 5,535 | 8,080 | 14,210 | ||
| R | 5,588 | 7,872 | 15,499 | ||
| R | 5,405 | 5,422 | 15,784 | ||
| R | 6,186 | 7,778 | 14,286 | ||
| R | 5,193 | 10,008 | 15,399 | ||
| R | 5,474 | 8,749 | 15,312 | ||
| R | 7,095 | 7,513 | 14,931 | ||
| R | 3,592 | 10,332 | 14,653 | ||
| R | 5,014 | 8,070 | 14,861 | ||
| D | 7,591 | 7,092 | 14,797 | ||
| R | 6,205 | 10,276 | 16,580 | ||
| R | 3,753 | 6,734 | 10,533 | ||
| R | 5,242 | 11,454 | 16,812 | ||
| R | 7,042 | 8,102 | 15,541 | ||
| R | 6,577 | 8,453 | 15,120 | ||
| R | 8,115 | 9,684 | 17,935 | ||
| D | 10,805 | 8,378 | 19,255 | ||
| D | 8,681 | 7,657 | 17,126 | ||
| R | 2,818 | 12,701 | 15,721 | ||
| R | 3,161 | 8,529 | 14,577 | ||
| R | 4,733 | 7,352 | 12,414 | ||
| D | 5,962 | 5,297 | 12,075 | ||
| O | 2,539 | 1,113 | 7,066 | ||
| D | 2,995 | 2,578 | 6,078 | ||
| R | 1,456 | 3,961 | 6,459 | ||
| R | 3,436 | 3,679 | 7,289 | ||
| D | 3,410 | 2,871 | 6,360 | ||
| O | 0 | 3,896 | 7,909 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.4%
Irish
11.9%
American
11.7%
English
11.4%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.5%
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: 39.2 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
$57,878
Arkansas City-Winfield, KS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Arkansas City-Winfield, KS$57,878
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.3%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)5.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty points in 1912 and a Republican high of sixty-three points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A population of 34,411, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,878 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 40.1 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,554 votes cast, 3,919 went Democratic and 9,360 went Republican.
What is Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. 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 metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 26 times, and other 2 times.
When did Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas?
Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas has a population of 34,411 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas is $57,878 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Arkansas City-Winfield, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.