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1876–2024
Rooks County, Kansas
Rooks County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Rooks County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+71
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,813
2024 ACS
Most similar
Smith County
KS · similarity 1.00
14 precincts · 2,507 votes cast
Trump · R+71
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−71.0%
3462,1262,507
2020R
−73.6%
3392,3252,699
2016R
−72.6%
2752,0312,419
2012R
−68.2%
3612,0382,460
2008R
−61.8%
4682,0682,588
2004R
−58.6%
5342,1212,710
2000R
−51.1%
5972,0162,775
1996R
−43.6%
6501,8642,787
1992R
−15.5%
7711,2493,090
1988R
−30.8%
1,0121,9383,007
1984R
−56.9%
6992,6043,349
1980R
−48.6%
7252,2753,187
1976R
−8.0%
1,4121,6643,137
1972R
−45.3%
9042,4573,425
1968R
−34.7%
1,0122,2523,574
1964R
−1.6%
1,9231,9853,924
1960R
−26.7%
1,6392,8404,490
1956R
−42.2%
1,2383,0594,316
1952R
−49.7%
1,1053,3314,482
1948R
−14.5%
1,6362,1973,882
1944R
−33.7%
1,1662,3613,549
1940R
−22.0%
1,6502,5904,273
1936D
+1.9%
2,2352,1504,385
1932D
+5.2%
2,2292,0054,322
1928R
−42.1%
1,0442,5833,652
1924R
−40.9%
9302,4423,699
1920R
−42.4%
8432,1433,064
1916D
+18.3%
2,3941,6214,234
1912D
+14.2%
8655452,258
1908R
−11.5%
1,0031,2802,409
1904R
−39.3%
4951,2661,964
1900R
−0.1%
9259271,881
1896D
+8.5%
9718171,812
1892R
−50.1%
08471,692
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
1.5%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
31.5%
Methodist
14.7%
Other Christian
12.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.5%
Baptist
7.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 24.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rooks County, anchored by the small city of Stockton, returned an R+71.2 margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deep Republican alignment common across Kansas's sparsely populated High Plains counties.

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

Rooks County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,500, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,813 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 Smith County and Lincoln County.