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1876–2024
Brown County, Kansas
Brown County·Kansas

Brown County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Kansas's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Brown County, Kansas · Spacini · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,343
2024 ACS
Most similar
Coffey County
KS · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 4,274 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.8%
1,0653,1064,274
2020R
−48.3%
1,1043,2624,471
2016R
−50.2%
8632,9064,073
2012R
−43.9%
1,0762,8293,993
2008R
−38.1%
1,3172,9854,376
2004R
−41.3%
1,2683,0924,418
2000R
−31.4%
1,5122,9854,691
1996R
−24.4%
1,5292,6884,751
1992R
−13.7%
1,4762,2035,294
1988R
−27.8%
1,7193,0594,812
1984R
−49.2%
1,3033,8945,264
1980R
−41.9%
1,3703,5985,322
1976R
−31.7%
1,7453,4075,245
1972R
−59.9%
1,0384,3145,466
1968R
−47.0%
1,1993,7485,420
1964R
−14.7%
2,3863,2135,636
1960R
−45.0%
1,7734,7076,515
1956R
−54.2%
1,5195,1386,677
1952R
−61.3%
1,4406,0317,491
1948R
−37.0%
2,0604,5186,646
1944R
−46.2%
1,8174,9476,779
1940R
−38.9%
2,6336,0088,684
1936R
−24.9%
3,4955,8149,320
1932R
−16.2%
3,6045,0058,669
1928R
−53.8%
2,0056,6928,717
1924R
−46.2%
1,8665,6478,191
1920R
−45.6%
1,9375,2497,262
1916R
−9.6%
3,5034,2828,100
1912D
+5.4%
1,7741,5124,840
1908R
−14.9%
2,0442,7784,933
1904R
−41.6%
1,2443,1584,602
1900R
−15.3%
2,2983,1375,494
1896R
−4.7%
2,6182,8795,574
1892R
−45.7%
02,2524,924
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
10.2%
Methodist
8.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.5%
Baptist
6.7%
Other Christian
4.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Brown County's rural, agricultural economy and sparse population anchor a consistent Republican tilt — its 2024 presidential margin of nearly 48 points reflects a pattern that has held across multiple election cycles.

The Republican margin in Brown County reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Brown County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,233, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,343 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coffey County and Phillips County.