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1876–2024
Crawford County, Kansas
Crawford County·Kansas

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

A southeast Kansas county where mining heritage meets a shifting rural electorate

18762024·38 elections
Crawford County, Kansas · Ichabod · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
39,008
2024 ACS
Most similar
Montgomery County
IL · similarity 1.00
56 precincts · 16,417 votes cast
Trump · R+25
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−25.1%
5,95610,08416,417
2020R
−23.2%
6,17910,04516,645
2016R
−22.7%
5,1998,62415,074
2012R
−5.9%
6,8267,70815,040
2008D
+1.4%
7,9577,73516,075
2004R
−6.1%
7,6178,62616,527
2000R
−0.6%
7,0767,16015,034
1996D
+6.7%
7,5046,44715,880
1992D
+11.4%
7,3665,46816,591
1988D
+5.7%
7,7836,94014,850
1984R
−17.1%
6,7229,51816,381
1980R
−2.4%
7,6588,05816,855
1976D
+10.9%
9,0217,22516,504
1972R
−17.8%
6,6839,65216,637
1968R
−0.9%
7,1917,34416,213
1964D
+24.0%
10,2826,28616,644
1960R
−6.0%
8,3259,38317,777
1956R
−10.2%
7,7999,57817,437
1952R
−12.0%
8,34910,64619,074
1948D
+4.4%
9,0058,22917,815
1944R
−4.7%
8,2119,01717,311
1940D
+4.0%
11,00210,14321,275
1936D
+20.2%
12,9748,59621,636
1932D
+22.3%
10,9946,88418,401
1928R
−26.3%
6,35110,99217,642
1924R
−31.3%
3,4339,06318,005
1920R
−17.8%
5,3627,95714,553
1916D
+5.4%
8,0647,06718,539
1912D
+1.0%
2,7812,67610,637
1908R
−8.3%
4,2305,15211,068
1904R
−38.0%
2,0575,91010,129
1900D
+1.1%
4,8244,7229,704
1896D
+10.2%
4,7573,8688,712
1892R
−56.9%
04,1647,314
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
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
12.6%
Other Christian
10.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.9%
Baptist
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.1%
Methodist
3.8%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Crawford County's history as a coal and zinc mining hub shaped a working-class Democratic tradition that eroded steadily over recent decades, leaving it now among the more Republican-leaning corners of the state's southeast corner.

The Republican margin in Crawford County reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1892. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Crawford County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $52,844, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 39,008 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 Montgomery County and Iron County.