Salina, KS Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Salina, KS

TrumpR+35.4

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	66.6%	17,491
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	31.2%	8,205
OtherAll other candidates	2.2%	571

D+60

R+60

2 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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−46.2%
1896	+12.6%
1900	−2.5%
1904	−49.2%
1908	−4.6%
1912	+32.5%
1916	+11.1%
1920	−30.9%
1924	−42.4%
1928	−44.1%
1932	+14.3%
1936	+12.4%
1940	−11.3%
1944	−21.3%
1948	−10.2%
1952	−51.8%
1956	−38.7%
1960	−27.1%
1964	+16.7%
1968	−20.4%
1972	−40.4%
1976	−12.8%
1980	−32.6%
1984	−41.4%
1988	−19.0%
1992	−4.5%
1996	−23.0%
2000	−25.8%
2004	−35.8%
2008	−29.4%
2012	−34.9%
2016	−37.5%
2020	−34.7%
2024	−35.4%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	31.2%Harris8,205	66.6%Trump17,491	2.2%	−35.4%	26,267
2020	R	31.5%Biden8,720	66.1%Trump18,332	2.4%incl. Jorgensen	−34.7%	27,722
2016	R	27.0%Clinton6,741	64.5%Trump16,111	8.5%incl. Johnson	−37.5%	24,988
2012	R	31.1%Obama7,598	66.0%Romney16,135	2.8%	−34.9%	24,429
2008	R	34.4%Obama8,890	63.7%McCain16,488	1.9%	−29.4%	25,874
2004	R	31.2%Kerry8,119	67.1%Bush17,444	1.7%	−35.8%	26,012
2000	R	33.4%Gore8,118	59.2%Bush14,389	7.4%incl. Nader	−25.8%	24,318
1996	R	33.3%Clinton8,480	56.3%Dole14,321	10.3%incl. Perot	−23.0%	25,431
1992	R	32.7%Clinton8,654	37.2%Bush9,849	30.0%incl. Perot	−4.5%	26,443
1988	R	39.9%Dukakis8,951	58.8%Bush13,207	1.3%	−19.0%	22,452
1984	R	28.8%Mondale7,225	70.2%Reagan17,589	1.0%	−41.4%	25,057
1980	R	29.1%Carter7,012	61.7%Reagan14,876	9.2%incl. Anderson	−32.6%	24,116
1976	R	42.6%Carter9,869	55.4%Ford12,847	2.0%	−12.8%	23,189
1972	R	28.9%McGovern6,111	69.3%Nixon14,657	1.8%	−40.4%	21,150
1968	R	36.0%Humphrey7,063	56.5%Nixon11,064	7.5%incl. Wallace	−20.4%	19,599
1964	D	58.0%Johnson11,260	41.3%Goldwater8,024	0.6%	+16.7%	19,409
1960	R	36.3%Kennedy7,567	63.4%Nixon13,213	0.3%	−27.1%	20,846
1956	R	30.5%Stevenson5,945	69.2%Eisenhower13,501	0.3%	−38.7%	19,502
1952	R	23.8%Stevenson4,804	75.6%Eisenhower15,242	0.6%	−51.8%	20,164
1948	R	44.1%Truman8,222	54.3%Dewey10,131	1.6%incl. Thurmond	−10.2%	18,654
1944	R	39.1%Roosevelt6,475	60.3%Dewey9,999	0.6%	−21.3%	16,570
1940	R	44.0%Roosevelt8,579	55.3%Willkie10,785	0.7%	−11.3%	19,506
1936	D	56.0%Roosevelt10,657	43.6%Landon8,291	0.4%	+12.4%	19,016
1932	D	55.5%Roosevelt9,623	41.2%Hoover7,149	3.2%	+14.3%	17,331
1928	R	27.5%Smith4,239	71.6%Hoover11,030	0.9%	−44.1%	15,410
1924	R	19.3%Davis2,820	61.7%Coolidge9,009	19.1%incl. La Follette	−42.4%	14,613
1920	R	33.0%Cox4,166	63.9%Harding8,066	3.0%	−30.9%	12,613
1916	D	53.4%Wilson7,571	42.3%Hughes5,997	4.3%	+11.1%	14,176
1912	D	46.3%Wilson3,527	13.8%Taft1,051	39.9%incl. Roosevelt	+32.5%	7,620
1908	R	45.7%Bryan3,399	50.3%Taft3,741	4.0%	−4.6%	7,437
1904	R	19.6%Parker1,275	68.8%Roosevelt4,479	11.7%	−49.2%	6,514
1900	R	47.9%Bryan3,566	50.4%McKinley3,754	1.7%	−2.5%	7,444
1896	D	55.9%Bryan3,820	43.3%McKinley2,962	0.8%	+12.6%	6,834
1892	O	0.0%Cleveland0	46.2%Harrison3,261	53.8%incl. Weaver	−46.2%	7,064
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

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.
Indicator	Salina, KSMetro area	KansasState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	83.2%	76.0%	61.0%
Black	3.4%	5.3%	12.2%
Asian	1.5%	2.9%	6.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	10.6%	12.6%
Other race	3.0%	5.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	13.6%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$66,263	$74,275	$84,427
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.3%	12.5%
Median age	40.1	37.5	39.1
Age 18–24	8.8%	10.2%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	19.1%	16.9%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	29.0%	35.6%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	7.0%	12.2%	22.3%
Spanish	4.5%	8.1%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 26.8%	German 23.3%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 12.1%	English 12.4%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 10.4%	Irish 11.3%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	11.2%	14.1%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	14.3%	17.0%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	57.1%	54.0%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	13.3%	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

26.8%

Irish

12.1%

English

10.4%

American

7.2%

Swedish

3.5%

French

3.2%

Scottish

1.8%

Czech

1.5%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

9.1%

Spaniard

0.6%

Puerto Rican

0.6%

Ecuadorian

0.4%

Spanish

0.2%

Guatemalan

0.2%

Colombian

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Kenyan

0.5%

Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Maya

0.2%

Aztec

0.2%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Korean

0.5%

Vietnamese

0.4%

Chinese

0.2%

Filipino

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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

2.1%

2.9%

75–84

2.9%

5.1%

65–74

5.5%

7.0%

55–64

7.0%

5.8%

45–54

5.2%

6.2%

35–44

6.2%

5.8%

25–34

6.2%

5.0%

18–24

3.8%

8.7%

5–17

8.2%

3.0%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,263

Salina, KS$66,263

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

11.8%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.2%

Working age (18–64)12.1%

Seniors (65+)12.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

93.0%

speak English only

Spanish4.5%

Other languages0.6%

Korean0.5%

Vietnamese0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%

German or other West Germanic0.2%

Other Indo-European0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

14.3%

Mainline Protestant

13.3%

Catholic

11.2%

Black Protestant

2.1%

Latter-day Saints

0.9%

Other Christian

0.6%

Hindu

0.2%

Other faiths

0.2%

Orthodox Christian

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted57.1%

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.

Salina anchors the north-central Kansas plains as a trade and medical services hub for surrounding rural counties. Presidential margins here have run double digits Republican for two decades, with slow population growth tracking broader trends in non-metro Kansas.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.8 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.4 points.

A population of 59,487, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,263 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Salina, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Salina, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 35.4 points (R+35.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,267 votes cast, 8,205 went Democratic and 17,491 went Republican.

When did Salina, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Salina, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Salina, KS, Kansas?

Salina, KS, Kansas has a population of 59,487 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Salina, KS, Kansas?

Median household income in Salina, KS, Kansas is $66,263 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.

What is the political history of Salina, KS, Kansas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Salina, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.

Salina, KS has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+35.4 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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