Hutchinson, KS, Kansas: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 61,5532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,6452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Hutchinson, KS
TrumpR+34
Constituent county margins for Hutchinson, 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 | 65.9% | 17,847 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 31.6% | 8,554 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.5% | 666 |
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 | −48.9% |
| 1896 | −5.0% |
| 1900 | −13.5% |
| 1904 | −46.1% |
| 1908 | −9.2% |
| 1912 | +21.2% |
| 1916 | −1.3% |
| 1920 | −36.6% |
| 1924 | −42.0% |
| 1928 | −53.5% |
| 1932 | +2.0% |
| 1936 | +24.4% |
| 1940 | −8.2% |
| 1944 | −18.1% |
| 1948 | −5.7% |
| 1952 | −40.1% |
| 1956 | −33.6% |
| 1960 | −20.9% |
| 1964 | +25.5% |
| 1968 | −8.2% |
| 1972 | −30.6% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | −16.0% |
| 1984 | −28.1% |
| 1988 | −4.8% |
| 1992 | −7.5% |
| 1996 | −19.6% |
| 2000 | −24.2% |
| 2004 | −31.6% |
| 2008 | −23.4% |
| 2012 | −31.3% |
| 2016 | −35.4% |
| 2020 | −34.2% |
| 2024 | −34.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,554 | 17,847 | 27,067 | ||
| R | 8,886 | 18,443 | 27,941 | ||
| R | 6,837 | 15,513 | 24,536 | ||
| R | 8,085 | 15,718 | 24,422 | ||
| R | 9,916 | 16,112 | 26,512 | ||
| R | 9,114 | 17,748 | 27,324 | ||
| R | 9,025 | 15,179 | 25,430 | ||
| R | 9,108 | 14,275 | 26,300 | ||
| R | 9,257 | 11,377 | 28,372 | ||
| R | 11,545 | 12,753 | 24,954 | ||
| R | 9,229 | 16,568 | 26,159 | ||
| R | 9,615 | 13,804 | 26,121 | ||
| D | 14,620 | 11,212 | 26,512 | ||
| R | 8,183 | 15,714 | 24,628 | ||
| R | 9,872 | 11,804 | 23,474 | ||
| D | 14,936 | 8,829 | 23,973 | ||
| R | 9,557 | 14,655 | 24,339 | ||
| R | 7,461 | 15,057 | 22,620 | ||
| R | 6,555 | 15,762 | 22,983 | ||
| R | 9,957 | 11,187 | 21,567 | ||
| R | 7,604 | 11,004 | 18,743 | ||
| R | 10,543 | 12,448 | 23,208 | ||
| D | 14,203 | 8,607 | 22,898 | ||
| D | 9,351 | 8,972 | 18,970 | ||
| R | 3,843 | 12,872 | 16,868 | ||
| R | 3,675 | 10,339 | 15,851 | ||
| R | 4,385 | 9,649 | 14,375 | ||
| R | 6,683 | 6,870 | 14,919 | ||
| D | 3,360 | 1,668 | 7,975 | ||
| R | 3,381 | 4,092 | 7,762 | ||
| R | 1,423 | 4,245 | 6,123 | ||
| R | 2,859 | 3,769 | 6,728 | ||
| R | 3,051 | 3,373 | 6,491 | ||
| O | 0 | 3,097 | 6,332 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.7%
English
10.7%
Irish
9.1%
American
6.7%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.4%
French
1.4%
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: 40.9 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
$60,645
Hutchinson, KS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hutchinson, KS$60,645
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
12.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.3%
Working age (18–64)11.7%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
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 53.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hutchinson sits at the intersection of wheat agriculture and salt-mining heritage, giving Reno County a working-class rural economic profile that has tracked reliably Republican in federal races by 30-plus-point margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-five points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-four points in 1928. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
A population of 61,553, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,645 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hutchinson, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hutchinson, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 34.3 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,067 votes cast, 8,554 went Democratic and 17,847 went Republican.
What is Hutchinson, KS, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Hutchinson, 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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Hutchinson, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hutchinson, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas?
Hutchinson, KS, Kansas has a population of 61,553 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas is $60,645 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Hutchinson, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hutchinson, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.