Ford County, Kansas

2024 results by precinct

37 precincts · 8,247 votes cast

Trump · R+38

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−38.3%	2,461	5,616	8,247
2020	R	−32.0%	2,947	5,803	8,915
2016	R	−38.1%	2,149	5,114	7,774
2012	R	−35.9%	2,600	5,602	8,362
2008	R	−30.9%	2,991	5,730	8,864
2004	R	−48.2%	2,286	6,632	9,016
2000	R	−39.1%	2,566	6,050	8,917
1996	R	−32.9%	2,628	5,681	9,267
1992	R	−16.5%	2,635	4,342	10,356
1988	R	−19.3%	3,817	5,685	9,697
1984	R	−40.4%	2,914	6,935	9,947
1980	R	−25.8%	3,194	5,686	9,661
1976	D	+2.6%	4,934	4,679	9,827
1972	R	−36.9%	2,804	6,232	9,285
1968	R	−16.5%	3,191	4,645	8,797
1964	D	+19.9%	5,221	3,481	8,761
1960	R	−15.6%	3,792	5,200	9,017
1956	R	−34.3%	2,710	5,561	8,320
1952	R	−39.2%	2,748	6,359	9,221
1948	D	+3.5%	4,396	4,089	8,662
1944	R	−15.5%	2,994	4,110	7,181
1940	R	−4.8%	3,954	4,356	8,382
1936	D	+22.4%	5,335	3,378	8,730
1932	D	+13.8%	4,442	3,335	8,015
1928	R	−44.2%	1,870	4,893	6,835
1924	R	−31.9%	1,551	3,449	5,948
1920	R	−26.7%	1,879	3,305	5,339
1916	D	+12.2%	3,044	2,337	5,801
1912	D	+21.6%	1,125	529	2,758
1908	R	−9.8%	1,089	1,333	2,502
1904	R	−35.1%	526	1,148	1,772
1900	R	−3.3%	610	653	1,294
1896	D	+7.3%	643	555	1,213
1892	R	−46.6%	0	565	1,213
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%

English

0.6%

Polish

0.5%

African American

2.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 32.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.7%

1.3%

75–84

2.2%

3.8%

65–74

3.4%

5.7%

55–64

5.4%

5.6%

45–54

5.4%

6.7%

35–44

5.5%

7.4%

25–34

6.0%

6.2%

18–24

4.4%

11.2%

5–17

10.4%

4.2%

4.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,781

Ford County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Ford County$70,781

Kansas$74,275

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

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

32.0%

Other Christian

12.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.9%

Methodist

3.5%

Baptist

2.8%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ford County anchors Kansas's cattle-processing industry around Dodge City, drawing a large Latino workforce that has gradually shifted the county's demographic makeup even as Republican presidential margins remain among the widest in the state.

The Republican margin in Ford County reached its widest at forty-eight points in 2004. The margin in 2024 was thirty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ford County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,781, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 34,074 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 McPherson County and Harvey County.

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