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1876–2024
Osage County, Kansas
Osage County·Kansas

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

A rural Flint Hills county where presidential margins exceed 45 points

18762024·38 elections
Osage County, Kansas · Ichabod · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,744
2024 ACS
Most similar
Jackson County
KS · similarity 1.00
24 precincts · 7,736 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.7%
1,9095,5977,736
2020R
−44.4%
2,1365,7058,035
2016R
−43.0%
1,7534,8267,153
2012R
−31.3%
2,2684,4276,906
2008R
−30.3%
2,5344,8207,544
2004R
−30.3%
2,5374,8007,463
2000R
−18.8%
2,5303,7706,613
1996R
−13.8%
2,5023,4877,146
1992R
−3.6%
2,2972,5617,421
1988R
−10.2%
2,8403,4966,435
1984R
−34.4%
2,0724,2886,443
1980R
−27.3%
2,0883,8176,324
1976R
−3.3%
2,7552,9455,828
1972R
−44.5%
1,5224,0735,728
1968R
−26.6%
1,6643,1575,622
1964D
+1.0%
2,7372,6815,460
1960R
−28.5%
2,1503,8806,061
1956R
−35.1%
1,9794,1366,147
1952R
−38.3%
2,0364,5896,666
1948R
−13.0%
2,6593,4746,254
1944R
−29.7%
2,2124,1076,377
1940R
−21.9%
3,1864,9918,247
1936R
−0.1%
4,2244,2328,486
1932D
+6.0%
4,1993,7078,165
1928R
−47.7%
2,0585,9008,056
1924R
−37.1%
2,0504,9577,843
1920R
−29.2%
2,4144,5077,177
1916D
+6.0%
4,2763,7708,436
1912D
+23.2%
1,9698504,824
1908R
−7.2%
2,2882,6715,310
1904R
−38.2%
1,5163,6705,645
1900R
−3.7%
2,9013,1286,114
1896D
+9.0%
3,4812,9036,455
1892R
−53.3%
03,1705,949
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.
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
Other Christian
16.3%
Methodist
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
4.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Baptist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Osage County sits at the eastern edge of the Flint Hills, where a predominantly rural, agriculture-rooted population has produced Republican presidential margins above 45 points in each of the last several cycles.

The Republican margin in Osage County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1892. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Osage County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,467, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,744 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 Jackson County and Woodson County.