Morton County, Kansas

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 1,029 votes cast

Trump · R+73

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−72.8%	130	879	1,029
2020	R	−73.8%	150	1,034	1,198
2016	R	−70.7%	147	995	1,200
2012	R	−69.1%	189	1,072	1,278
2008	R	−65.9%	229	1,153	1,402
2004	R	−64.1%	276	1,287	1,576
2000	R	−56.6%	321	1,203	1,557
1996	R	−44.1%	376	1,073	1,581
1992	R	−31.0%	398	915	1,670
1988	R	−30.3%	569	1,074	1,669
1984	R	−64.6%	322	1,533	1,874
1980	R	−44.7%	414	1,157	1,662
1976	R	−0.2%	735	738	1,509
1972	R	−50.0%	363	1,165	1,603
1968	R	−19.5%	475	770	1,509
1964	D	+21.1%	938	609	1,561
1960	R	−21.9%	586	918	1,513
1956	R	−30.1%	436	814	1,257
1952	R	−41.6%	362	893	1,277
1948	R	−6.7%	545	624	1,186
1944	R	−25.3%	367	617	987
1940	R	−12.1%	503	643	1,154
1936	D	+15.8%	876	636	1,521
1932	D	+26.3%	1,093	621	1,793
1928	R	−58.6%	259	1,010	1,282
1924	R	−31.5%	286	669	1,216
1920	R	−48.2%	266	783	1,073
1916	D	+5.4%	457	405	955
1912	D	+6.8%	144	120	353
1908	R	−4.6%	140	154	305
1904	R	−9.2%	44	53	98
1900	R	−20.0%	34	51	85
1896	R	−18.0%	36	52	89
1892	R	−41.3%	0	76	184
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

1.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 46.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.6%

3.3%

75–84

4.1%

4.9%

65–74

5.4%

9.1%

55–64

8.2%

7.1%

45–54

8.6%

6.5%

35–44

3.9%

3.8%

25–34

2.9%

2.8%

18–24

3.0%

8.4%

5–17

10.9%

2.9%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,447

Morton County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Morton County$66,447

Kansas$74,275

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.8%

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

Pentecostal & Holiness

12.2%

Methodist

9.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.3%

Baptist

6.5%

Other Christian

6.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morton County, tucked into Kansas's southwestern corner along the Oklahoma and Colorado borders, has delivered some of the state's widest presidential margins for decades, reflecting a sparse, agriculturally rooted electorate where fewer than 3,500 residents cast ballots.

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

Morton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,447, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,611 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 Hemphill County and Cimarron County.

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