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1876–2024
Wichita, KS·Kansas

Wichita, KS has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+18.8 in 2024.

Kansas's largest metro, where aerospace manufacturing shapes the electorate

2008 — 2024·5 elections
KS
2024 presidential election
Wichita, KS
TrumpR+18.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Wichita, KS, KSA map of the constituent counties of Wichita, KS, KS, 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.Butler County, KS · R+41.2Harvey County, KS · R+21.0Sedgwick County, KS · R+13.7Sumner County, KS · R+49.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican58.3%159,945
Kamala HarrisDemocratic39.5%108,385
OtherAll other candidates2.3%6,206
D+60
R+60
4 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: −18.8% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−18.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−47.6%
1896+8.0%
1900−4.6%
1904−36.2%
1908−9.4%
1912+26.3%
1916+8.1%
1920−22.7%
1924−32.5%
1928−53.8%
1932+11.7%
1936+24.9%
1940+0.0%
1944−9.1%
1948−3.4%
1952−34.6%
1956−23.9%
1960−14.2%
1964+11.3%
1968−15.7%
1972−36.1%
1976−3.1%
1980−15.3%
1984−27.6%
1988−13.2%
1992−7.1%
1996−21.4%
2000−21.2%
2004−28.1%
2008−16.1%
2012−22.5%
2016−22.8%
2020−17.2%
2024−18.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
39.5%Harris108,385
58.3%Trump159,945
2.3%
−18.8%
274,536
R
40.2%Biden114,389
57.4%Trump163,337
2.4%incl. Jorgensen
−17.2%
284,445
R
34.1%Clinton83,344
56.9%Trump139,078
9.0%incl. Johnson
−22.8%
244,293
R
37.6%Obama87,290
60.0%Romney139,511
2.4%
−22.5%
232,415
R
41.0%Obama101,167
57.1%McCain140,747
1.9%
−16.1%
246,539
R
35.2%Kerry80,882
63.4%Bush145,445
1.4%
−28.1%
229,557
R
37.2%Gore77,456
58.3%Bush121,548
4.5%incl. Nader
−21.2%
208,335
R
35.0%Clinton75,493
56.4%Dole121,710
8.7%incl. Perot
−21.4%
215,896
R
33.1%Clinton78,310
40.2%Bush95,089
26.7%incl. Perot
−7.1%
236,698
R
42.1%Dukakis83,228
55.4%Bush109,387
2.5%
−13.2%
197,554
R
35.5%Mondale69,941
63.1%Reagan124,299
1.4%
−27.6%
196,952
R
37.3%Carter69,914
52.7%Reagan98,610
10.0%incl. Anderson
−15.3%
187,292
R
47.1%Carter83,917
50.2%Ford89,487
2.7%
−3.1%
178,272
R
30.1%McGovern50,129
66.2%Nixon110,222
3.8%
−36.1%
166,612
R
36.9%Humphrey56,906
52.6%Nixon81,050
10.5%incl. Wallace
−15.7%
154,171
D
55.1%Johnson86,313
43.9%Goldwater68,695
1.0%
+11.3%
156,578
R
42.7%Kennedy73,998
56.8%Nixon98,577
0.5%
−14.2%
173,456
R
37.9%Stevenson59,062
61.8%Eisenhower96,274
0.3%
−23.9%
155,806
R
32.3%Stevenson46,578
66.8%Eisenhower96,450
0.9%
−34.6%
144,331
R
47.5%Truman53,076
50.9%Dewey56,908
1.6%incl. Thurmond
−3.4%
111,796
R
45.2%Roosevelt48,013
54.3%Dewey57,642
0.5%
−9.1%
106,198
D
49.6%Roosevelt51,909
49.6%Willkie51,903
0.9%
+0.0%
104,743
D
62.3%Roosevelt62,109
37.4%Landon37,260
0.3%
+24.9%
99,648
D
54.5%Roosevelt47,235
42.7%Hoover37,049
2.8%
+11.7%
86,714
R
22.6%Smith17,038
76.4%Hoover57,581
1.0%
−53.8%
75,383
R
24.7%Davis16,654
57.2%Coolidge38,562
18.1%incl. La Follette
−32.5%
67,397
R
37.5%Cox21,021
60.2%Harding33,747
2.4%
−22.7%
56,096
D
50.6%Wilson26,289
42.5%Hughes22,071
6.9%
+8.1%
51,919
O
39.1%Wilson11,813
12.8%Taft3,874
48.1%incl. Roosevelt
+26.3%
30,197
R
42.9%Bryan12,586
52.3%Taft15,345
4.8%
−9.4%
29,354
R
26.3%Parker6,588
62.5%Roosevelt15,629
11.1%
−36.2%
25,003
R
46.7%Bryan12,536
51.3%McKinley13,760
2.0%
−4.6%
26,829
D
53.5%Bryan13,086
45.5%McKinley11,133
1.0%
+8.0%
24,467
O
0.0%Cleveland0
47.6%Harrison12,948
52.4%incl. Weaver
−47.6%
27,198
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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.
IndicatorWichita, KSMetro areaKansasStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White72.5%76.0%61.0%
Black6.6%5.3%12.2%
Asian3.7%2.9%6.0%
Two or more races11.6%10.6%12.6%
Other race5.5%5.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino14.8%13.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$70,720$74,275$84,427
Poverty rate12.9%11.3%12.5%
Median age36.737.539.1
Age 18–249.3%10.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.2%16.9%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)31.8%35.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home13.3%12.2%22.3%
Spanish8.9%8.1%13.6%
Vietnamese1.2%0.4%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 22.1%German 23.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 11.8%English 12.4%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryMexican 11.8%Irish 11.3%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic12.7%14.1%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant18.7%17.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed55.3%54.0%51.5%
Mainline Protestant7.3%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
22.1%
English
11.8%
Irish
10.2%
American
5.5%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.8%
Italian
1.5%
Swedish
1.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
11.8%
Puerto Rican
0.7%
Salvadoran
0.4%
Guatemalan
0.2%
Cuban
0.2%
Spaniard
0.2%
Spanish
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.
African
0.3%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Vietnamese
1.5%
Asian Indian
0.4%
Chinese
0.3%
Filipino
0.3%
Laotian
0.3%
Cambodian
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: 36.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.3%
2.1%
75–84
2.4%
4.7%
65–74
5.1%
5.9%
55–64
6.1%
5.6%
45–54
5.5%
6.5%
35–44
6.4%
6.9%
25–34
6.7%
4.8%
18–24
4.5%
9.5%
5–17
9.1%
3.1%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$70,720
Wichita, KS$70,720
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
12.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.0%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.7%
speak English only
Spanish8.9%
Vietnamese1.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Arabic0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Korean0.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
18.7%
Catholic
12.7%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
Black Protestant
2.7%
Latter-day Saints
1.5%
Other Christian
0.8%
Buddhist
0.6%
Orthodox Christian
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Hindu
0.1%
Muslim
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted55.3%
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.

Home to a concentrated aerospace and defense workforce, the Wichita metro has historically leaned Republican at the federal level while occasionally electing Democrats in local and statehouse races, reflecting its mix of blue-collar union workers and suburban professionals.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.8 points.

A population of 652,622, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,720 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Wichita, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wichita, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 18.8 points (R+18.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 274,536 votes cast, 108,385 went Democratic and 159,945 went Republican.
When did Wichita, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wichita, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wichita, KS, Kansas?
Wichita, KS, Kansas has a population of 652,622 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wichita, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Wichita, KS, Kansas is $70,720 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Wichita, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wichita, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.