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Lawrence, KS·Kansas

Lawrence, KS has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+37.6 in 2024.

University town anchoring a competitive Douglas County corridor

2008 — 2024·5 elections
KS
2024 presidential election
Lawrence, KS
HarrisD+37.6
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2024 presidential margin by county for Lawrence, KS, KSA map of the single county of Lawrence, KS, KS, 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.Douglas County, KS · D+37.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic67.4%39,582
Donald TrumpRepublican29.8%17,523
OtherAll other candidates2.7%1,602
D+60
R+60
A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full 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: +37.6% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+37.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−57.3%
1896−16.2%
1900−19.0%
1904−53.7%
1908−23.5%
1912+14.5%
1916−12.4%
1920−47.6%
1924−57.3%
1928−58.4%
1932−20.1%
1936−25.1%
1940−41.6%
1944−35.6%
1948−31.2%
1952−49.1%
1956−43.9%
1960−33.1%
1964+9.2%
1968−18.4%
1972−13.3%
1976−8.5%
1980−16.5%
1984−18.9%
1988−1.2%
1992+15.4%
1996+5.3%
2000+3.0%
2004+16.1%
2008+30.8%
2012+24.5%
2016+32.3%
2020+39.5%
2024+37.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
67.4%Harris39,582
29.8%Trump17,523
2.7%
+37.6%
58,707
D
68.6%Biden40,785
29.1%Trump17,286
2.4%incl. Jorgensen
+39.5%
59,495
D
61.1%Clinton31,195
28.8%Trump14,688
10.1%incl. Johnson
+32.3%
51,031
D
60.4%Obama29,267
35.9%Romney17,401
3.7%
+24.5%
48,464
D
64.4%Obama34,398
33.6%McCain17,929
2.0%
+30.8%
53,398
D
57.1%Kerry28,634
41.0%Bush20,544
1.9%
+16.1%
50,111
D
45.8%Gore18,249
42.8%Bush17,062
11.4%incl. Nader
+3.0%
39,838
D
47.9%Clinton18,116
42.6%Dole16,116
9.4%incl. Perot
+5.3%
37,800
D
46.0%Clinton19,439
30.6%Bush12,949
23.4%incl. Perot
+15.4%
42,265
R
48.7%Dukakis15,752
49.9%Bush16,149
1.4%
−1.2%
32,361
R
40.0%Mondale12,880
58.9%Reagan18,975
1.2%
−18.9%
32,233
R
32.5%Carter9,360
49.0%Reagan14,106
18.5%incl. Anderson
−16.5%
28,784
R
42.8%Carter11,922
51.3%Ford14,277
5.9%
−8.5%
27,842
R
42.3%McGovern11,646
55.6%Nixon15,316
2.1%
−13.3%
27,527
R
35.4%Humphrey6,936
53.8%Nixon10,533
10.8%incl. Wallace
−18.4%
19,583
D
54.3%Johnson9,416
45.1%Goldwater7,825
0.6%
+9.2%
17,353
R
33.3%Kennedy5,690
66.4%Nixon11,337
0.2%
−33.1%
17,065
R
27.9%Stevenson4,283
71.8%Eisenhower11,029
0.3%
−43.9%
15,351
R
25.2%Stevenson3,765
74.3%Eisenhower11,095
0.4%
−49.1%
14,924
R
33.1%Truman4,778
64.3%Dewey9,287
2.7%incl. Thurmond
−31.2%
14,454
R
31.9%Roosevelt3,886
67.5%Dewey8,224
0.6%
−35.6%
12,189
R
28.6%Roosevelt3,727
70.3%Willkie9,146
1.1%
−41.6%
13,014
R
37.1%Roosevelt4,961
62.2%Landon8,324
0.7%
−25.1%
13,381
R
38.6%Roosevelt4,833
58.7%Hoover7,346
2.7%
−20.1%
12,521
R
20.3%Smith2,297
78.7%Hoover8,887
1.0%
−58.4%
11,292
R
18.0%Davis1,922
75.3%Coolidge8,052
6.8%incl. La Follette
−57.3%
10,700
R
25.7%Cox2,197
73.2%Harding6,266
1.1%
−47.6%
8,557
R
41.5%Wilson3,834
53.9%Hughes4,975
4.6%
−12.4%
9,235
O
36.3%Wilson1,888
21.8%Taft1,133
41.9%incl. Roosevelt
+14.5%
5,203
R
37.2%Bryan2,010
60.6%Taft3,279
2.2%
−23.5%
5,408
R
20.6%Parker989
74.3%Roosevelt3,574
5.2%
−53.7%
4,812
R
39.6%Bryan2,333
58.6%McKinley3,453
1.9%
−19.0%
5,897
R
41.2%Bryan2,573
57.4%McKinley3,582
1.4%
−16.2%
6,240
R
0.0%Cleveland0
57.3%Harrison3,114
42.7%incl. Weaver
−57.3%
5,434
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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.
IndicatorLawrence, KSMetro areaKansasStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White78.1%76.0%61.0%
Black4.4%5.3%12.2%
Asian4.3%2.9%6.0%
Two or more races10.4%10.6%12.6%
Other race2.8%5.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino7.2%13.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$69,746$74,275$84,427
Poverty rate14.7%11.3%12.5%
Median age31.637.539.1
Age 18–2422.8%10.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older13.9%16.9%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)53.2%35.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home8.8%12.2%22.3%
Spanish2.8%8.1%13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.3%0.3%1.1%
Other Indo-European1.0%0.6%2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 28.2%German 23.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 15.3%English 12.4%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 14.3%Irish 11.3%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic9.2%14.1%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant8.4%17.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed70.8%54.0%51.5%
Mainline Protestant7.5%10.0%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
28.2%
English
15.3%
Irish
14.3%
American
3.6%
Italian
3.1%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.6%
Swedish
2.1%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
4.8%
Puerto Rican
0.7%
Spaniard
0.4%
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
0.4%
Senegalese
0.3%
Nigerian
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
1.4%
Vietnamese
0.7%
Asian Indian
0.6%
Korean
0.4%
Filipino
0.2%
Pakistani
0.2%
Laotian
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
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: 31.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.8%
1.8%
75–84
2.3%
4.1%
65–74
4.5%
4.7%
55–64
5.0%
4.7%
45–54
4.8%
6.6%
35–44
6.1%
7.2%
25–34
6.7%
11.3%
18–24
11.5%
6.6%
5–17
6.6%
2.2%
<5
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,746
Lawrence, KS$69,746
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
14.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.4%
Working age (18–64)17.0%
Seniors (65+)4.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.8%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.3%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.8%
Vietnamese0.6%
Arabic0.6%
Other languages0.6%
German or other West Germanic0.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Korean0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
9.2%
Evangelical Protestant
8.4%
Mainline Protestant
7.5%
Latter-day Saints
1.8%
Black Protestant
1.5%
Other faiths
0.3%
Other Christian
0.3%
Muslim
0.1%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted70.8%
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.

Lawrence's electorate skews younger and more educated than the Kansas median, driven by the University of Kansas enrollment, which pushes Douglas County toward margins that diverge sharply from surrounding rural counties.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 58.4 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.

A population of 120,302, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,746 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lawrence, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lawrence, KS, Kansas voted Democratic by 37.6 points (D+37.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 58,707 votes cast, 39,582 went Democratic and 17,523 went Republican.
When did Lawrence, KS, Kansas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lawrence, KS, Kansas voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Lawrence, KS, Kansas?
Lawrence, KS, Kansas has a population of 120,302 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lawrence, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Lawrence, KS, Kansas is $69,746 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Lawrence, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lawrence, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.