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Topeka, KS Metro Area


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2024 population: 232,648   ( 485 from 2020)
Land area: 3232.7 square miles
Population density: 72.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:176,403 75.82% 1.7%
Black:14,0626.04% 2.4%
Indian:2,7891.20% 0.1%
Asian:3,2601.40% 4.8%
2+ races:8,0293.45% 6.0%
Hispanic:28,10512.08% 8.8%
Total non-White:56,24524.18% 4.7%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:10,652 11.4
Deaths:12,13613.0
Net Migration: -66-0.1
Net Immigration: 1,0011.1
Change in White population:-3,015 -1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:2,530 1.1



Historical Presidential Election Results for Topeka, KS Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 61% Donald Trump (R) 58,734 54.0% Kamala Harris (D) 47,269 43.4% 2,822 [+] 2.6% 108,825 4 0.07%
2020 65% Donald Trump* (R) 59,844 52.3% Joe Biden (D) 51,190 44.7% 3,391 [+] 3.0% 114,425 5 0.07%
2016 57% Donald Trump (R) 52,284 51.6% Hillary Clinton (D) 40,485 39.9% 8,578 [+] 8.5% 101,347 6 0.07%
2012 57% Mitt Romney (R) 52,819 52.7% Barack Obama* (D) 45,039 44.9% 2,397 [+] 2.4% 100,255 5 0.08%
2008 64% John McCain (R) 57,722 52.1% Barack Obama (D) 50,655 45.7% 2,441 [+] 2.2% 110,818 6 0.08%
2004 63% George W. Bush* (R) 60,657 56.5% John Kerry (D) 45,119 42.0% 1,549 [+] 1.4% 107,325 6 0.09%
2000 58% George W. Bush (R) 49,270 50.5% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 43,363 44.5% 4,900 [+] 5.0% 97,533 3 0.09%
1996 61% Robert Dole (R) 46,679 47.0% Bill Clinton* (D) 41,011 41.3% 11,631 [+] 11.7% 99,321 6 0.10%
1992 68% Bill Clinton (D) 39,297 36.9% George Bush* (R) 37,698 35.4% 29,439 [+] 27.7% 106,434 -2 0.10%
1988 59% George Bush (R) 47,086 51.6% Michael Dukakis (D) 43,017 47.2% 1,063 [+] 1.2% 91,166 -2 0.10%
1984 61% Ronald Reagan* (R) 58,019 63.1% Walter Mondale (D) 32,872 35.8% 1,013 1.1% 91,904 4 0.10%
1980 61% Ronald Reagan (R) 50,422 56.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 31,037 34.7% 8,047 [+] 9.0% 89,506 6 0.10%
1976 65% Gerald Ford* (R) 47,917 54.9% Jimmy Carter (D) 37,286 42.7% 2,150 [+] 2.5% 87,353 7 0.11%
1972 63% Richard Nixon* (R) 57,303 68.1% George McGovern (D) 24,995 29.7% 1,872 [+] 2.2% 84,170 7 0.11%
1968 66% Richard Nixon (R) 41,735 53.6% Hubert Humphrey (D) 26,674 34.2% 9,473 [+] 12.2% 77,882 10 0.11%
1964 65% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 38,687 52.2% Barry Goldwater (R) 34,970 47.2% 401 0.5% 74,058 9 0.10%
1960 68% Richard Nixon (R) 46,666 62.1% John Kennedy (D) 28,224 37.6% 213 0.3% 75,103 13 0.11%
1956 64% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 46,579 67.7% Adlai Stevenson (D) 21,971 32.0% 202 0.3% 68,752 10 0.11%
1952 73% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 49,113 67.6% Adlai Stevenson (D) 23,192 31.9% 299 0.4% 72,604 12 0.12%
1948 73% Thomas Dewey (R) 35,736 55.0% Harry Truman* (D) 28,135 43.3% 1,062 [+] 1.6% 64,933 10 0.13%
1944 65% Thomas Dewey (R) 35,511 62.6% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 20,905 36.9% 301 0.5% 56,717 17 0.12%
1940 82% Wendell Willkie (R) 40,990 58.8% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 28,382 40.7% 373 0.5% 69,745 14 0.14%
1936 83% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 35,771 50.9% Alf Landon (R) 34,217 48.7% 246 [+] 0.4% 70,234 12 0.15%
1932 75% Herbert Hoover* (R) 32,103 50.8% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 29,762 47.1% 1,373 [+] 2.2% 63,238 11 0.16%
1928 72% Herbert Hoover (R) 43,343 75.3% Al Smith (D) 13,883 24.1% 363 [+] 0.6% 57,589 17 0.16%
1924 68% Calvin Coolidge (R) 36,644 70.3% John Davis (D) 10,521 20.2% 4,976 [+] 9.5% 52,141 16 0.18%
1920 59% Warren Harding (R) 29,396 67.4% James Cox (D) 13,510 31.0% 678 [+] 1.6% 43,584 7 0.16%
1916 67% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 25,608 52.7% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 21,234 43.7% 1,721 [+] 3.5% 48,563 7 0.26%
1912 40% Woodrow Wilson (D) 11,293 39.4% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 8,983 31.3% 8,414 [+] 29.3% 28,690 3 0.19%
1908 44% William Taft (R) 16,545 55.8% William J. Bryan (D) 12,250 41.3% 843 [+] 2.8% 29,638 4 0.20%
1904 41% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 19,210 69.8% Alton Parker (D) 6,763 24.6% 1,557 [+] 5.7% 27,530 13 0.20%
1900 46% William McKinley* (R) 17,253 56.9% William J. Bryan (D) 12,696 41.8% 394 [+] 1.3% 30,343 5 0.22%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote