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. This means that Sedgwick County has the 2nd most amount of people in Kansas. The county seat is Wichita, the biggest city in Kansas.

## Demographics

Sedgwick County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.4%** _122,416_|style="text-align:center;"|42.6% _95,870_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% _6,576_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.4%** _104,353_|style="text-align:center;"|36.3% _69,627_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.3% _17,818_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _106,506_|style="text-align:center;"|39.4% _71,977_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _4,412_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.2%** _106,849_|style="text-align:center;"|42.5% _82,337_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _4,544_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.1%** _110,381_|style="text-align:center;"|36.5% _64,839_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _2,459_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.4%** _93,724_|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _62,561_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.4% _7,132_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.1%** _93,397_|style="text-align:center;"|35.8% _59,643_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.1% _13,559_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**40.5%** _75,577_|style="text-align:center;"|33.6% _62,670_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|25.9% _48,228_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.3%** _86,124_|style="text-align:center;"|42.1% _65,618_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _4,003_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.5%** _95,874_|style="text-align:center;"|36.1% _55,263_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _2,178_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _75,317_|style="text-align:center;"|37.9% _55,105_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.3% _15,009_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.7%** _69,828_|style="text-align:center;"|46.5% _63,989_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _3,812_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.7%** _83,949_|style="text-align:center;"|30.7% _39,220_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _4,532_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _60,853_|style="text-align:center;"|37.5% _44,041_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _12,575_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _52,592_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.2%** _66,372_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _1,217_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.2%** _73,501_|style="text-align:center;"|44.3% _58,887_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _696_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.1%** _72,292_|style="text-align:center;"|38.6% _45,732_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _336_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.5%** _70,983_|style="text-align:center;"|32.7% _34,926_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _879_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.6%** _39,165_|style="text-align:center;"|48.9% _38,621_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _1,243_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.8%** _38,896_|style="text-align:center;"|46.7% _34,442_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _360_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|48.1% _32,160_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.1%** _34,219_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _547_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|35.3% _21,654_|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _39,503_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _197_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|41.5% _21,815_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.8%** _29,344_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _1,435_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.4%** _32,132_|style="text-align:center;"|24.7% _10,649_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _405_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.2%** _21,144_|style="text-align:center;"|23.6% _8,712_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|19.2% _7,087_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.2%** _16,642_|style="text-align:center;"|39.1% _10,998_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _494_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|41.8% _10,899_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.3%** _13,391_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.9% _1,792_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|9.8% _1,419_|style="text-align:center;"|39.6% _5,752_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**50.6%** _7,350_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _6,756_|style="text-align:center;"|45.0% _6,049_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.8% _640_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _6,697_|style="text-align:center;"|26.0% _2,869_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.2% _1,455_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.0%** _5,363_|style="text-align:center;"|48.0% _5,144_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _212_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|42.7% _4,122_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.3%** _5,434_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _102_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|46.7% _4,770_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**53.3%** _5,448_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.5%** _6,071_|style="text-align:center;"|36.8% _4,025_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|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.

## Further reading

- _Wichita : Illustrated History 1868 to 1880_; Eunice S. Chapter; 52 pages; 1914. <small>(Download 3MB PDF eBook)</small>
- _History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas : Past and present, including an account of the cities, towns, and villages of the county_; 2 Volumes; O.H. Bentley; C.F. Cooper & Co; 454 / 479 pages; 1910. <small>(Volume1 - Download 20MB PDF eBook),(Volume2 - Download 31MB PDF eBook)</small>
- _Standard Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 78 pages; 1905.
- _Historical Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas_; John P. Edwards; 50 pages; 1882.

## Other websites

- County
- Sedgwick County - Directory of Public Officials
- Historical
- Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
- Maps
- Sedgwick County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Sedgwick County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Sedgwick county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Old Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, Wichita (2009)
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: John Sedgwick
- **seat wl**: Wichita
- **largest city wl**: Wichita
- **area total sq mi**: 1009
- **area land sq mi**: 998
- **area water sq mi**: 12
- **area percentage**: 1.2
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 523824
- **population density sq mi**: 524.9
- **area codes**: Area code 316, 316
- **district**: 4th
- **time zone**: Central