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1876–2024
Finney County, Kansas
Finney County·Kansas

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

Meatpacking hub where Latino growth is reshaping a rural Kansas county

18762024·38 elections
Finney County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+35
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
38,084
2024 ACS
Most similar
Seward County
KS · similarity 0.99
42 precincts · 10,816 votes cast
Trump · R+35
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−34.6%
3,4257,16610,816
2020R
−24.7%
4,3257,23611,800
2016R
−30.7%
3,1956,35010,285
2012R
−38.9%
2,6826,2199,084
2008R
−35.3%
3,2756,92610,354
2004R
−51.6%
2,3517,4799,933
2000R
−43.8%
2,4316,4429,150
1996R
−39.8%
2,4206,1889,457
1992R
−24.4%
2,6125,27810,933
1988R
−22.1%
3,4085,3818,947
1984R
−47.2%
2,4586,9389,494
1980R
−26.0%
2,6894,8318,246
1976D
+1.3%
3,8133,7117,667
1972R
−34.4%
2,0624,3356,602
1968R
−12.2%
2,5213,2956,323
1964D
+24.4%
3,6392,2015,883
1960R
−19.7%
2,4903,7206,240
1956R
−34.1%
1,7523,5765,348
1952R
−45.4%
1,5974,2905,932
1948R
−2.8%
2,3672,5085,015
1944R
−17.2%
1,6672,3664,065
1940R
−7.3%
2,0272,3494,400
1936D
+18.0%
2,6821,8634,558
1932D
+4.1%
2,3002,1164,500
1928R
−54.3%
7092,4333,174
1924R
−40.1%
6141,7532,843
1920R
−41.8%
6191,5732,281
1916D
+4.6%
1,3701,2382,896
1912D
+18.4%
5732831,575
1908R
−27.6%
5511,0001,627
1904R
−42.8%
215598895
1900R
−21.6%
336525877
1896R
−15.9%
366505873
1892R
−41.1%
0407991
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
3.7%
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
34.1%
Other Christian
10.5%
Methodist
5.8%
Mainline Protestant
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.2%
Baptist
2.6%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Finney County's Garden City anchors one of Kansas's most diverse rural communities, where large meatpacking plants have drawn a substantial Hispanic population that now represents a growing share of the electorate despite the county's wide Republican presidential margins.

The Republican margin in Finney County reached its widest at fifty-four points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Finney County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,009, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 38,084 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 Seward County and Ford County.