Hamilton County, Kansas

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 815 votes cast

Trump · R+66

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−66.3%	131	671	815
2020	R	−64.8%	141	698	859
2016	R	−66.7%	121	705	876
2012	R	−60.4%	163	693	877
2008	R	−55.7%	233	844	1,096
2004	R	−58.3%	229	888	1,130
2000	R	−53.4%	264	901	1,192
1996	R	−37.6%	342	811	1,249
1992	R	−23.9%	386	716	1,378
1988	R	−21.3%	517	801	1,335
1984	R	−42.8%	408	1,037	1,468
1980	R	−35.4%	402	889	1,375
1976	D	+13.8%	746	560	1,343
1972	R	−39.1%	394	941	1,399
1968	R	−25.5%	410	751	1,335
1964	D	+2.9%	726	685	1,421
1960	R	−19.9%	591	885	1,481
1956	R	−21.9%	552	865	1,426
1952	R	−46.4%	437	1,209	1,663
1948	R	−1.8%	722	749	1,479
1944	R	−25.4%	471	795	1,275
1940	R	−16.6%	569	798	1,377
1936	D	+10.2%	885	720	1,616
1932	D	+20.8%	1,021	651	1,775
1928	R	−38.8%	363	839	1,226
1924	R	−26.0%	307	610	1,167
1920	R	−21.5%	371	591	1,025
1916	D	+0.9%	522	511	1,160
1912	D	+20.5%	263	134	629
1908	R	−19.3%	275	415	724
1904	R	−24.3%	126	215	367
1900	D	+3.1%	194	182	393
1896	D	+7.6%	216	185	406
1892	R	−41.5%	0	186	448
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: 32.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.1%

85+

1.6%

1.0%

75–84

2.6%

2.5%

65–74

3.9%

4.5%

55–64

7.0%

3.4%

45–54

5.5%

10.1%

35–44

5.1%

5.9%

25–34

3.5%

4.8%

18–24

4.7%

12.3%

5–17

14.4%

3.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,250

Hamilton County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hamilton County$70,250

Kansas$74,275

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.0%

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

Methodist

15.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

9.5%

Baptist

7.1%

Other Christian

5.5%

Mainline Protestant

3.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hamilton County sits at the Colorado border in the sparsely settled western Kansas shortgrass prairie, where a small, agriculture-dependent population has produced some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state over the last decade.

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

Hamilton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,250, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,471 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 Hodgeman County and Cheyenne County.

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