Latinos in the 2016 Election: Kansas

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters¹ and other major groups of eligible voters in Kansas.² All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey.³

Hispanics in Kansas’s Eligible Voter Population

• The Hispanic population in Kansas is the 26th largest in the nation. About 329,000 Hispanics reside in Kansas, 0.6% of all Hispanics in the United States.
• Kansas’s population is 11% Hispanic, the 17th largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.
• There are 125,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Kansas—the 26th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.9 million.
• Some 6% of Kansas eligible voters are Hispanic, the 20th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.
• About 38% of Hispanics in Kansas are eligible to vote, ranking Kansas 37th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 78% of the state’s white population is eligible to vote.