Kansas State Senate District 16

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
ks-sd-016
State
Kansas
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
016
Land Area
309.9 sq mi
Water Area
0.88 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Kansas State Senate District 16

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Butler County216.53 sq mi69.9%15.1%
Sedgwick County93.35 sq mi30.1%9.4%

Showing all 2 counties

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Wichita city19.75 sq mi6.4%12.0%
Andover city10.41 sq mi3.4%98.0%
Bel Aire city6.76 sq mi2.2%96.1%
Rose Hill city2.26 sq mi0.7%100.0%
Benton city1.40 sq mi0.5%100.0%
Kechi city0.78 sq mi0.3%13.0%
Augusta city0.67 sq mi0.2%15.9%
Whitewater city0.41 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Furley CDP0.25 sq mi0.1%99.9%
Greenwich CDP0.13 sq mi<0.1%100.0%

Showing all 10 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
KS District 474,139100.0%10.1%100.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
59,131
Active Voters
55,303 (93.5%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic11,83720.0%
Republican29,21849.4%
Unaffiliated17,18229.1%
Other parties8941.5%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2023–202441,047 (69.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–202230,224 (51.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–202039,046 (66.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2017–201828,669 (48.5%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–201631,031 (52.5%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2013–201422,214 (37.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2011–201224,459 (41.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 11/03/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
76,761 (± 1,904)
Median Age
37.0
Median Household Income
$99,801 (± $3,189)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
96.4%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
51.7%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1820,06926.1%
18 to 6444,14157.5%
65 and over12,55116.4%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)5,6187.3%
White, not Hispanic59,63077.7%
Black, not Hispanic4,3335.6%
Asian, not Hispanic3,4884.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic2090.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic990.1%
Some other race, not Hispanic970.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic3,2874.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
74,047
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
54,292

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic69,09293.3%
Hispanic4,9586.7%
White59,42280.2%
Black4,4276.0%
Asian2,5673.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native1970.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander140.0%
Two or More Races3140.4%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic51,44894.8%
Hispanic2,8485.2%
White44,81482.5%
Black3,6246.7%
Asian2,2294.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native6611.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander00.0%
Two or More Races1930.4%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).