McPherson County, Kansas

2024 results by precinct

33 precincts · 14,167 votes cast

Trump · R+41

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−40.9%	4,021	9,816	14,167
2020	R	−40.4%	4,134	9,964	14,438
2016	R	−41.8%	3,226	8,549	12,742
2012	R	−41.4%	3,449	8,545	12,297
2008	R	−35.3%	4,218	8,937	13,385
2004	R	−44.9%	3,589	9,595	13,367
2000	R	−42.0%	3,272	8,501	12,461
1996	R	−35.8%	3,536	8,142	12,883
1992	R	−16.2%	3,645	5,745	12,991
1988	R	−19.8%	4,354	6,563	11,164
1984	R	−45.4%	3,185	8,630	12,004
1980	R	−30.1%	3,340	6,843	11,631
1976	R	−16.9%	2,483	3,519	6,140
1972	R	−43.5%	2,858	7,457	10,569
1968	R	−35.7%	2,893	6,420	9,880
1964	D	+7.0%	5,173	4,483	9,826
1960	R	−47.8%	2,774	7,920	10,759
1956	R	−48.2%	2,603	7,521	10,198
1952	R	−52.6%	2,371	8,053	10,798
1948	R	−20.0%	3,879	5,952	10,344
1944	R	−26.9%	3,321	5,840	9,372
1940	R	−22.3%	4,240	6,732	11,176
1936	D	+13.7%	6,256	4,744	11,046
1932	D	+9.7%	5,003	4,098	9,377
1928	R	−61.3%	1,457	6,230	7,789
1924	R	−46.3%	1,530	5,128	7,771
1920	R	−42.0%	1,926	4,870	7,007
1916	R	−0.9%	3,737	3,806	7,994
1912	D	+25.5%	1,639	455	4,647
1908	R	−17.0%	1,905	2,708	4,719
1904	R	−53.9%	773	2,991	4,113
1900	R	−10.7%	2,121	2,640	4,834
1896	D	+1.2%	2,324	2,269	4,637
1892	R	−49.3%	0	2,335	4,738
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%.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

2.1%

75–84

3.4%

5.3%

65–74

5.6%

6.3%

55–64

6.1%

5.1%

45–54

5.5%

6.0%

35–44

6.6%

5.7%

25–34

5.3%

6.4%

18–24

5.4%

8.3%

5–17

8.3%

2.4%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$78,851

McPherson County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

McPherson County$78,851

Kansas$74,275

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.5%

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

Mainline Protestant

24.2%

Other Christian

10.0%

Methodist

9.2%

Baptist

4.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

McPherson County, anchored by the small city of McPherson, sits in the central Kansas wheat belt and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the region's deeply rural, agricultural character.

The Republican margin in McPherson County reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was forty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

McPherson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,851, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 30,205 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 Marion County and Stanton County.

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