Ness County, Kansas

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 1,330 votes cast

Trump · R+79

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−78.6%	128	1,173	1,330
2020	R	−78.7%	149	1,339	1,513
2016	R	−73.3%	162	1,228	1,454
2012	R	−68.6%	218	1,209	1,444
2008	R	−60.2%	289	1,207	1,525
2004	R	−56.4%	382	1,407	1,818
2000	R	−55.3%	383	1,420	1,876
1996	R	−46.3%	428	1,336	1,960
1992	R	−18.1%	565	967	2,218
1988	R	−15.8%	887	1,230	2,174
1984	R	−52.5%	540	1,779	2,362
1980	R	−42.4%	616	1,657	2,455
1976	D	+4.1%	1,106	1,016	2,184
1972	R	−39.4%	652	1,539	2,251
1968	R	−25.2%	767	1,352	2,322
1964	D	+20.2%	1,562	1,034	2,615
1960	R	−27.2%	960	1,683	2,655
1956	R	−42.2%	758	1,876	2,650
1952	R	−54.1%	664	2,288	3,000
1948	R	−19.2%	1,130	1,689	2,907
1944	R	−32.6%	876	1,745	2,666
1940	R	−19.2%	1,230	1,826	3,112
1936	D	+21.1%	2,002	1,302	3,322
1932	D	+11.0%	1,772	1,409	3,304
1928	R	−44.3%	784	2,058	2,878
1924	R	−43.2%	541	1,629	2,520
1920	R	−45.0%	492	1,402	2,023
1916	D	+11.6%	1,213	927	2,464
1912	D	+17.7%	458	232	1,280
1908	R	−13.1%	461	635	1,324
1904	R	−42.7%	188	687	1,168
1900	D	+6.3%	583	511	1,138
1896	D	+19.0%	526	354	907
1892	R	−53.0%	0	590	1,114
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 45.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.8%

85+

2.1%

3.1%

75–84

4.5%

8.7%

65–74

4.8%

7.5%

55–64

8.4%

4.4%

45–54

4.8%

4.1%

35–44

3.7%

6.8%

25–34

4.6%

5.4%

18–24

5.5%

7.8%

5–17

8.8%

1.2%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,616

Ness County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Ness County$68,616

Kansas$74,275

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.2%

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

30.7%

Methodist

19.9%

Baptist

13.8%

Mainline Protestant

4.5%

Other Christian

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With fewer than 3,500 residents spread across 1,000 square miles of High Plains, Ness County delivers Republican presidential margins that rank among the widest in Kansas, reflecting a pattern common to the state's sparsely populated wheat-belt counties.

The Republican margin in Ness County reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ness County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,616, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,653 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 Gove County and Sheridan County.

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