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Kansas City, MO-KS·Missouri

Kansas City, MO-KS delivered D+2.6 in 2024.

From D+34 to R+28 to D+3: Kansas City's presidential arc

2008 — 2024·5 elections
MO
2024 presidential election
Kansas City, MO-KS
HarrisD+2.6
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2024 presidential margin by county for Kansas City, MO-KS, MOA map of the constituent counties of Kansas City, MO-KS, MO, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Leavenworth County, KS · R+22.6Linn County, KS · R+64.1Miami County, KS · R+39.4Bates County, MO · R+61.5Caldwell County, MO · R+61.3Cass County, MO · R+32.1Clay County, MO · R+5.6Clinton County, MO · R+47.8Jackson County, MO · D+19.2Lafayette County, MO · R+48.9Ray County, MO · R+48.5Johnson County, KS · D+8.4Wyandotte County, KS · D+23.7Platte County, MO · R+3.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic50.2%541,652
Donald TrumpRepublican47.6%513,512
OtherAll other candidates2.3%24,343
D+60
R+60
14 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: +2.6% in 2024.flipped D · 2020+2.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−1.6%
1896+13.6%
1900+7.0%
1904−11.0%
1908+6.9%
1912+34.0%
1916+13.8%
1920−4.1%
1924−11.8%
1928−17.3%
1932+29.3%
1936+32.6%
1940+9.4%
1944+3.4%
1948+18.5%
1952−4.4%
1956−3.0%
1960−0.9%
1964+25.8%
1968−1.3%
1972−27.8%
1976+1.8%
1980−3.9%
1984−14.9%
1988+2.0%
1992+9.9%
1996+4.5%
2000+0.9%
2004−3.3%
2008+5.6%
2012−2.3%
2016−1.6%
2020+4.7%
2024+2.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
50.2%Harris541,652
47.6%Trump513,512
2.3%
+2.6%
1,079,507
D
51.3%Biden559,895
46.6%Trump508,524
2.2%incl. Jorgensen
+4.7%
1,092,045
R
45.4%Clinton436,284
47.0%Trump451,531
7.5%incl. Johnson
−1.6%
960,210
R
47.8%Obama447,036
50.1%Romney468,710
2.1%
−2.3%
935,325
D
52.1%Obama515,075
46.6%McCain459,981
1.3%
+5.6%
987,703
R
47.9%Kerry434,368
51.3%Bush464,493
0.8%
−3.3%
906,060
D
48.9%Gore377,333
48.0%Bush370,249
3.1%incl. Nader
+0.9%
771,543
D
47.6%Clinton330,662
43.1%Dole299,307
9.4%incl. Perot
+4.5%
695,202
D
42.2%Clinton322,484
32.3%Bush246,506
25.6%incl. Perot
+9.9%
764,287
D
50.7%Dukakis326,727
48.7%Bush313,829
0.6%
+2.0%
644,270
R
42.4%Mondale273,607
57.3%Reagan370,010
0.3%
−14.9%
645,410
R
44.7%Carter270,299
48.6%Reagan293,784
6.7%incl. Anderson
−3.9%
604,702
D
50.0%Carter282,944
48.2%Ford272,793
1.9%
+1.8%
566,388
R
35.6%McGovern188,657
63.4%Nixon335,716
1.0%
−27.8%
529,746
R
43.0%Humphrey224,020
44.3%Nixon230,736
12.7%incl. Wallace
−1.3%
520,676
D
62.7%Johnson310,387
36.9%Goldwater182,768
0.4%
+25.8%
494,929
R
49.5%Kennedy265,648
50.4%Nixon270,667
0.1%
−0.9%
537,106
R
48.5%Stevenson240,007
51.5%Eisenhower254,649
0.1%
−3.0%
494,944
R
47.7%Stevenson240,812
52.1%Eisenhower263,069
0.2%
−4.4%
504,849
D
59.0%Truman243,882
40.4%Dewey167,288
0.6%incl. Thurmond
+18.5%
413,618
D
51.6%Roosevelt198,314
48.2%Dewey185,185
0.2%
+3.4%
384,380
D
54.6%Roosevelt237,305
45.2%Willkie196,434
0.2%
+9.4%
434,686
D
66.1%Roosevelt321,194
33.5%Landon162,851
0.4%
+32.6%
485,878
D
64.3%Roosevelt276,586
35.0%Hoover150,520
0.7%
+29.3%
429,903
R
41.2%Smith158,292
58.5%Hoover224,546
0.3%
−17.3%
383,913
R
40.7%Davis129,700
52.4%Coolidge167,324
6.9%incl. La Follette
−11.8%
319,017
R
47.4%Cox137,397
51.4%Harding149,243
1.2%
−4.1%
290,122
D
55.6%Wilson104,070
41.8%Hughes78,210
2.7%
+13.8%
187,301
D
49.5%Wilson70,116
15.6%Taft22,054
34.9%incl. Roosevelt
+34.0%
141,519
D
52.2%Bryan73,428
45.3%Taft63,785
2.5%
+6.9%
140,708
R
42.1%Parker51,704
53.1%Roosevelt65,227
4.7%
−11.0%
122,757
D
52.3%Bryan66,123
45.4%McKinley57,317
2.3%
+7.0%
126,386
D
56.3%Bryan69,331
42.7%McKinley52,578
1.1%
+13.6%
123,215
R
38.2%Cleveland38,299
39.8%Harrison39,951
22.0%incl. Weaver
−1.6%
100,267
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Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorKansas City, MO-KSMetro areaUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White71.5%61.0%
Black11.8%12.2%
Asian3.0%6.0%
Two or more races9.3%12.6%
Other race4.4%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino10.9%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$85,452$84,427
Poverty rate10.0%12.5%
Median age3839.1
Age 18–248.1%9.2%
Age 65 and older15.9%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)39.7%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home11.1%22.3%
Spanish6.6%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 19.2%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 13.0%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 11.9%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic11.3%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant19.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed54.6%51.5%
Mainline Protestant7.1%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
19.2%
English
13.0%
Irish
11.9%
American
4.9%
Italian
3.0%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.7%
Polish
1.3%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.5%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
7.6%
Puerto Rican
0.6%
Guatemalan
0.4%
Honduran
0.4%
Salvadoran
0.4%
Cuban
0.2%
Spanish
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
0.8%
Chinese
0.4%
Vietnamese
0.4%
Filipino
0.3%
Korean
0.2%
Burmese
0.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.0%
75–84
2.6%
4.5%
65–74
5.1%
6.0%
55–64
6.3%
6.1%
45–54
6.0%
6.9%
35–44
6.9%
7.0%
25–34
7.0%
4.1%
18–24
4.0%
9.0%
5–17
8.6%
3.1%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$85,452
Kansas City, MO-KS$85,452
Missouri$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
10.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.6%
Working age (18–64)9.1%
Seniors (65+)10.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.9%
speak English only
Spanish6.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.8%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Vietnamese0.3%
Arabic0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Korean0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
19.0%
Catholic
11.3%
Mainline Protestant
7.1%
Black Protestant
3.5%
Latter-day Saints
1.7%
Muslim
1.0%
Other Christian
0.7%
Hindu
0.4%
Jewish
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted54.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

The Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan area has a presidential record spanning the 1892 through 2024 elections. Across that period its margin moved from D+34 in 1912, the strongest Democratic result in the record, to R+28 in 1972, the strongest Republican result. In 2024 the area's margin was D+3. The distance between the 1912 peak and the 1972 peak marks the full breadth of the shift documented in the record. Kansas City, MO-KS is composed of 14 constituent counties, with Ray County, Jackson County, and Bates County among the largest. The area had a population of 2,218,142 in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate. Its median age was 38.0 in the same estimate. The presidential margins reported here are aggregated across all constituent counties and describe the area total rather than any single community. The arc runs from a D+34 high in 1912 to an R+28 high in 1972, the two extremes in the 1892 through 2024 record. The most recent figure, D+3 in 2024, places the area near the center of that range. Measured across the full presidential record, the area moved from its strongest Democratic margin to its strongest Republican margin and then to a narrow Democratic result in the latest contest.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 27.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.6 points.

A population of 2,218,142, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,452 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri voted Democratic by 2.6 points (D+2.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,079,507 votes cast, 541,652 went Democratic and 513,512 went Republican.
What is Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" 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 19 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri?
Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri has a population of 2,218,142 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri?
Median household income in Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri is $85,452 — above the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.