combined metro areaKansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+3.6
2008D+5.4
2012R+2.7
2016R+2.9
2020D+3.2
2024D+1.0
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 65.4% of 1,877,933 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
610,489
597,919
20,339
1,228,747
1,877,933
65.4%
2020
631,115
591,193
27,369
1,249,677
1,816,993
68.8%
2016
493,759
525,303
84,377
1,103,439
1,743,167
63.3%
2012
510,570
539,362
23,742
1,073,674
1,681,240
63.9%
2008
591,943
530,613
15,632
1,138,188
1,669,797
68.2%
2004
501,473
538,944
9,089
1,049,506
1,658,354†
63.3%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
22 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KSUnited States
German19.9%12.5%
English13.0%9.5%
Irish12.0%9.4%
American5.0%5.3%
Italian3.0%4.8%
Scottish2.0%1.3%
French1.8%1.6%
Polish1.2%2.2%
African American†9.4%9.9%
African0.5%0.5%
Mexican7.1%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.3%
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Spanish0.2%—
Asian Indian0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
United States
Median age
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
United States
Median household income
$83,153
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
United States
Catholic
10.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.0%
1896
+9.5%
1900
+3.6%
1904
−13.1%
1908
+3.9%
1912
+30.1%
1916
+11.0%
1920
−7.2%
1924
−14.1%
1928
−20.6%
1932
+26.2%
1936
+27.7%
1940
+6.1%
1944
+0.9%
1948
+15.5%
1952
−7.9%
1956
−6.0%
1960
−3.5%
1964
+25.1%
1968
−2.9%
1972
−28.3%
1976
+1.0%
1980
−5.0%
1984
−16.0%
1988
+1.5%
1992
+9.9%
1996
+4.2%
2000
+0.0%
2004
−3.6%
2008
+5.4%
2012
−2.7%
2016
−2.9%
2020
+3.2%
2024
+1.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
49.7%Harris610,489
48.7%Trump597,919
1.7%
D+1.0
R+2.2
D+2.5
1,228,747
D
50.5%Biden631,115
47.3%Trump591,193
2.2%
D+3.2
D+6.1
R+1.3
1,249,677
R
44.7%Clinton493,759
47.6%Trump525,303
7.6%
R+2.9
R+0.2
R+4.9
1,103,439
R
47.6%Obama510,570
50.2%Romney539,362
2.2%
R+2.7
R+8.1
R+6.5
1,073,674
D
52.0%Obama591,943
46.6%McCain530,613
1.4%
D+5.4
D+9.0
R+1.9
1,138,188
R
47.8%Kerry501,473
51.4%Bush538,944
0.9%
R+3.6
R+3.6
R+1.1
1,049,506
D
48.3%Gore431,576
48.2%Bush431,346
3.5%
D+0.03
R+4.1
R+0.5
894,449
D
47.2%Clinton382,860
43.0%Dole349,014
9.8%
D+4.2
R+5.7
R+4.3
810,968
D
42.1%Clinton375,448
32.2%Bush287,531
25.7%
D+9.9
D+8.3
D+4.3
892,166
D
50.4%Dukakis379,612
48.9%Bush368,278
0.6%
D+1.5
D+17.5
D+9.2
752,619
R
41.8%Mondale316,141
57.9%Reagan437,212
0.3%
R+16.0
R+11.0
D+2.2
755,733
R
44.0%Carter313,109
49.0%Reagan348,774
7.0%
R+5.0
R+6.0
D+4.7
711,787
D
49.5%Carter332,052
48.5%Ford325,157
2.0%
D+1.0
D+29.3
R+1.0
670,457
R
35.3%McGovern222,917
63.6%Nixon401,394
1.0%
R+28.3
R+25.4
R+5.1
630,737
R
42.5%Humphrey260,618
45.4%Nixon278,635
12.2%
R+2.9
R+28.0
R+2.2
613,874
D
62.4%Johnson367,240
37.3%Goldwater219,539
0.3%
D+25.1
D+28.6
D+2.5
588,812
R
48.2%Kennedy307,808
51.7%Nixon330,455
0.1%
R+3.5
D+2.5
R+3.7
639,182
R
47.0%Stevenson278,391
53.0%Eisenhower314,030
0.1%
R+6.0
D+1.9
D+9.4
592,802
R
46.0%Stevenson279,592
53.8%Eisenhower327,464
0.2%
R+7.9
R+23.4
D+2.9
608,265
D
57.4%Truman290,064
41.9%Dewey211,791
0.6%
D+15.5
D+14.6
D+11.0
505,091
D
50.3%Roosevelt238,391
49.4%Dewey234,199
0.2%
D+0.9
R+5.2
R+6.6
473,668
D
52.9%Roosevelt286,604
46.8%Willkie253,506
0.2%
D+6.1
R+21.6
R+3.8
541,460
D
63.7%Roosevelt380,725
35.9%Landon214,853
0.4%
D+27.7
D+1.5
D+3.5
597,825
D
62.7%Roosevelt332,621
36.5%Hoover193,542
0.7%
D+26.2
D+46.9
D+8.4
530,083
R
39.5%Smith188,234
60.2%Hoover286,500
0.3%
R+20.6
R+6.6
R+3.2
476,142
R
39.5%Davis162,518
53.6%Coolidge220,441
6.9%
R+14.1
R+6.8
D+11.1
411,178
R
45.8%Cox172,479
53.0%Harding199,771
1.2%
R+7.2
R+18.2
D+18.9
376,705
D
54.1%Wilson136,756
43.1%Hughes108,974
2.8%
D+11.0
R+19.1
D+7.8
252,726
D
48.8%Wilson93,179
18.7%Taft35,623
32.6%
D+30.1
D+26.3
D+10.6
191,004
D
50.8%Bryan98,032
46.9%Taft90,536
2.3%
D+3.9
D+17.0
D+13.4
193,029
R
41.3%Parker70,881
54.4%Roosevelt93,325
4.3%
R+13.1
R+16.7
D+6.6
171,586
D
50.7%Bryan91,386
47.1%McKinley84,901
2.1%
D+3.6
R+5.9
D+11.1
180,097
D
54.3%Bryan95,285
44.7%McKinley78,559
1.0%
D+9.5
D+16.6
D+15.6
175,592
R
35.2%Cleveland51,234
42.2%Harrison61,463
22.6%
R+7.0
—
R+8.7
145,603
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+5.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+1.0
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 6.2-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2025 (partial)
763,282
248,373
287,953
215,302
11,654
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4,720 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +24,675 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,873
2012
−1,616
2013
+842
2014
−85
2015
−328
2016
+6,214
2017
+7,765
2018
+4,015
2019
+1,531
2021
+953
2022
−2,549
2023
+1,904
2024
+4,182
2025
+4,720
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 28.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.0 points.
A population of 2,555,502, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,153 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO and Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA.
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How did Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri voted Democratic by 1.0 points (D+1.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,228,747 votes cast, 610,489 went Democratic and 597,919 went Republican.
When did Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri?
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri has a population of 2,555,502 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri?
Median household income in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri is $83,153 — above the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
