Sedgwick County, Kansas
Sedgwick County (county code : SG ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas . In 2020 , 523,824 lived there.[ 1] county seat is Wichita ,[ 2]
Demographics
Historical population
Census
Pop. %±
1870 1,095 — 1880 18,753 1,612.6% 1890 43,626 132.6% 1900 44,037 0.9% 1910 73,095 66.0% 1920 92,234 26.2% 1930 136,330 47.8% 1940 143,311 5.1% 1950 222,290 55.1% 1960 343,231 54.4% 1970 350,694 2.2% 1980 366,531 4.5% 1990 403,662 10.1% 2000 452,869 12.2% 2010 498,365 10.0% 2020 523,824 5.1% U.S. Decennial Census[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 1]
Age pyramid Sedgwick County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Presidential elections
Presidential election results
Presidential election results [ 7]
Year
Republican
Democratic
Third Parties
2020 54.4% 122,416
42.6% 95,870
2.9% 6,576
2016 54.4% 104,353
36.3% 69,627
9.3% 17,818
2012 58.2% 106,506
39.4% 71,977
2.4% 4,412
2008 55.2% 106,849
42.5% 82,337
2.4% 4,544
2004 62.1% 110,381
36.5% 64,839
1.4% 2,459
2000 57.4% 93,724
38.3% 62,561
4.4% 7,132
1996 56.1% 93,397
35.8% 59,643
8.1% 13,559
1992 40.5% 75,577
33.6% 62,670
25.9% 48,228
1988 55.3% 86,124
42.1% 65,618
2.6% 4,003
1984 62.5% 95,874
36.1% 55,263
1.4% 2,178
1980 51.8% 75,317
37.9% 55,105
10.3% 15,009
1976 50.7% 69,828
46.5% 63,989
2.8% 3,812
1972 65.7% 83,949
30.7% 39,220
3.6% 4,532
1968 51.8% 60,853
37.5% 44,041
10.7% 12,575
1964 43.8% 52,592
55.2% 66,372
1.0% 1,217
1960 55.2% 73,501
44.3% 58,887
0.5% 696
1956 61.1% 72,292
38.6% 45,732
0.3% 336
1952 66.5% 70,983
32.7% 34,926
0.8% 879
1948 49.6% 39,165
48.9% 38,621
1.6% 1,243
1944 52.8% 38,896
46.7% 34,442
0.5% 360
1940 48.1% 32,160
51.1% 34,219
0.8% 547
1936 35.3% 21,654
64.4% 39,503
0.3% 197
1932 41.5% 21,815
55.8% 29,344
2.7% 1,435
1928 74.4% 32,132
24.7% 10,649
0.9% 405
1924 57.2% 21,144
23.6% 8,712
19.2% 7,087
1920 59.2% 16,642
39.1% 10,998
1.8% 494
1916 41.8% 10,899
51.3% 13,391
6.9% 1,792
1912 9.8% 1,419
39.6% 5,752
50.6% 7,350 [ a]
1908 50.3% 6,756
45.0% 6,049
4.8% 640
1904 60.8% 6,697
26.0% 2,869
13.2% 1,455
1900 50.0% 5,363
48.0% 5,144
2.0% 212
1896 42.7% 4,122
56.3% 5,434
1.1% 102
1892 46.7% 4,770
53.3% 5,448
1888 55.5% 6,071
36.8% 4,025
7.7% 841
Sedgwick County is somewhat conservative for an urban county. It chose the Democratic candidate in a presidential election only once since 1944. Wichita has more Democrats, but the areas around it are Republican.
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