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1876–2024
Gray County, Kansas
Gray County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Gray County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+69
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,701
2024 ACS
Most similar
Thomas County
KS · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 2,150 votes cast
Trump · R+69
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−68.8%
3191,7992,150
2020R
−68.6%
3411,9112,288
2016R
−69.5%
2631,6982,066
2012R
−65.3%
3241,6031,958
2008R
−57.0%
4361,6432,119
2004R
−62.7%
4081,8162,245
2000R
−53.2%
4821,6312,160
1996R
−51.7%
4041,4572,037
1992R
−27.4%
4431,0392,173
1988R
−25.2%
6961,1801,917
1984R
−50.1%
5141,5802,126
1980R
−35.3%
5831,3102,057
1976D
+13.8%
1,1118371,989
1972R
−40.5%
5111,2351,786
1968R
−19.7%
6129521,723
1964D
+27.5%
1,1366431,793
1960R
−21.4%
7441,1501,899
1956R
−34.0%
6271,2781,914
1952R
−47.5%
5371,5152,061
1948R
−8.6%
8691,0351,928
1944R
−15.2%
7751,0571,854
1940R
−4.6%
9621,0562,036
1936D
+31.2%
1,4597642,225
1932D
+18.9%
1,3489102,317
1928R
−35.9%
6061,2941,918
1924R
−30.7%
4639591,616
1920R
−29.4%
5079621,547
1916D
+13.4%
8896601,707
1912D
+18.7%
243112702
1908R
−4.3%
338372795
1904R
−38.9%
113285442
1900R
−12.8%
145188337
1896R
−7.0%
133153286
1892R
−45.4%
0229504
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%
Italian
0.7%
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
Mainline Protestant
20.7%
Methodist
15.2%
Other Christian
9.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.7%
Baptist
5.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gray County's sparse, agriculture-driven population on the High Plains has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points for over a decade, making it a reliable anchor of southwest Kansas's deeply conservative voting bloc.

The Republican margin in Gray County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Gray County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,122, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,701 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 Thomas County and Hodgeman County.