† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFort Leonard Wood, MOMissouriUnited States
German16.3%21.3%12.5%
English11.7%11.9%9.5%
Irish8.7%11.8%9.4%
American5.4%6.8%5.3%
Italian4.0%3.2%4.8%
French2.1%2.2%1.6%
Polish1.7%1.3%2.2%
Scottish1.6%1.8%1.3%
Mexican6.1%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.6%0.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Panamanian0.3%——
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Spaniard0.3%——
Nicaraguan0.2%——
African American†8.8%10.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%——
Senegalese0.2%——
Korean0.8%—0.4%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Chamorro0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Missouri
United States
Median age
27.8
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
23.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.7%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$64,466
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.7%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.8%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
2.9%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.5%
0.5%
0.5%
Korean
1.0%
0.1%
0.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Missouri
United States
Catholic
0.8%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.6%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.5%
51.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+21.7%
1896
+27.4%
1900
+27.4%
1904
+17.3%
1908
+17.5%
1912
+28.5%
1916
+14.1%
1920
+3.2%
1924
+14.2%
1928
−7.1%
1932
+37.2%
1936
+14.0%
1940
+7.5%
1944
+13.0%
1948
+26.9%
1952
+6.1%
1956
+7.4%
1960
−3.0%
1964
+29.1%
1968
−4.5%
1972
−38.1%
1976
+20.7%
1980
−3.7%
1984
−30.1%
1988
−14.7%
1992
+3.2%
1996
−3.4%
2000
−25.9%
2004
−41.5%
2008
−28.7%
2012
−36.1%
2016
−51.2%
2020
−45.6%
2024
−50.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
24.2%Harris3,765
74.5%Trump11,579
0.7%Oliver115 +3
R+50.3
R+4.6
R+48.8
15,549
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.5%11,579
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic24.2%3,765
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%115
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%86
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%2
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%2
R
25.9%Biden3,740
71.5%Trump10,329
2.6%
R+45.6
D+5.6
R+50.1
14,441
R
21.5%Clinton2,922
72.7%Trump9,876
5.8%
R+51.2
R+15.1
R+53.3
13,582
R
30.9%Obama4,199
67.0%Romney9,092
2.1%
R+36.1
R+7.4
R+39.9
13,571
R
35.0%Obama5,249
63.7%McCain9,552
1.3%
R+28.7
D+12.8
R+36.0
15,000
R
29.1%Kerry3,551
70.5%Bush8,618
0.4%
R+41.5
R+15.5
R+39.0
12,221
R
36.1%Gore3,800
62.0%Bush6,531
1.9%
R+25.9
R+22.6
R+26.5
10,531
R
41.7%Clinton3,783
45.0%Dole4,089
13.3%
R+3.4
R+6.6
R+11.9
9,079
D
41.2%Clinton4,113
38.0%Bush3,793
20.8%
D+3.2
D+17.9
R+2.4
9,988
R
42.5%Dukakis3,446
57.2%Bush4,642
0.3%
R+14.7
D+15.3
R+7.0
8,112
R
35.0%Mondale2,865
65.0%Reagan5,330
0.0%
R+30.1
R+26.4
R+11.9
8,195
R
47.1%Carter3,707
50.8%Reagan3,998
2.1%
R+3.7
R+24.4
D+6.0
7,871
D
60.1%Carter4,370
39.4%Ford2,865
0.4%
D+20.7
D+58.8
D+18.6
7,267
R
31.0%McGovern1,903
69.0%Nixon4,243
0.0%
R+38.1
R+33.6
R+14.9
6,146
R
41.3%Humphrey2,303
45.8%Nixon2,555
12.9%
R+4.5
R+33.7
R+3.8
5,576
D
64.6%Johnson3,383
35.4%Goldwater1,856
0.0%
D+29.1
D+32.1
D+6.6
5,239
R
48.5%Kennedy3,096
51.5%Nixon3,285
0.0%
R+3.0
R+10.4
R+3.1
6,381
D
53.7%Stevenson2,936
46.3%Eisenhower2,532
0.0%
D+7.4
D+1.3
D+22.8
5,468
D
53.0%Stevenson3,026
46.9%Eisenhower2,678
0.1%
D+6.1
R+20.8
D+16.8
5,712
D
63.3%Truman2,858
36.4%Dewey1,644
0.2%
D+26.9
D+13.9
D+22.4
4,513
D
56.4%Roosevelt3,048
43.4%Dewey2,345
0.1%
D+13.0
D+5.5
D+5.5
5,400
D
53.7%Roosevelt2,752
46.2%Willkie2,367
0.2%
D+7.5
R+6.5
R+2.4
5,127
D
56.9%Roosevelt2,886
42.9%Landon2,177
0.3%
D+14.0
R+23.2
R+10.3
5,076
D
68.4%Roosevelt3,260
31.2%Hoover1,489
0.4%
D+37.2
D+44.2
D+19.4
4,766
R
46.4%Smith1,934
53.4%Hoover2,229
0.2%
R+7.1
R+21.3
D+10.4
4,171
D
55.0%Davis2,127
40.8%Coolidge1,578
4.2%
D+14.2
D+11.0
D+39.4
3,867
D
51.1%Cox1,978
47.9%Harding1,853
1.0%
D+3.2
R+10.8
D+29.4
3,870
D
56.0%Wilson1,339
41.9%Hughes1,003
2.0%
D+14.1
R+14.4
D+10.9
2,391
D
56.7%Wilson1,268
28.2%Taft631
15.1%
D+28.5
D+10.9
D+8.9
2,238
D
57.9%Bryan1,418
40.3%Taft988
1.8%
D+17.5
D+0.3
D+27.1
2,451
D
58.2%Parker1,190
40.9%Roosevelt837
0.8%
D+17.3
R+10.1
D+36.9
2,044
D
63.4%Bryan1,282
36.0%McKinley728
0.5%
D+27.4
±0.0
D+35.0
2,021
D
63.6%Bryan1,410
36.2%McKinley802
0.2%
D+27.4
D+5.8
D+33.5
2,216
D
59.2%Cleveland1,046
37.5%Harrison663
3.3%
D+21.7
—
D+20.0
1,768
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
26.2%4,022
70.6%10,834
15,339
2022
R
23.9%2,224
72.0%6,703
9,313
2018
R
28.3%3,065
67.7%7,324
10,813
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
23,245
2018
21,739
2020
25,400
2022
24,896
2024
28,367
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+267 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −8,165 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fort Leonard Wood, MO in Fort Leonard Wood, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−371
2012
−1,103
2013
−346
2014
−1,321
2015
−1,308
2016
−1,447
2017
−1,156
2018
−298
2019
+183
2021
−418
2022
−316
2023
−336
2024
−195
2025
+267
Fort Leonard Wood's Pulaski County core turns over its population roughly every three years as soldiers cycle through, suppressing long-term partisan attachment and producing unusually volatile registration trends compared with civilian-majority metros of similar size.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 51.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.3 points.
A population of 53,894, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,466 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jacksonville, NC and Warrensburg, MO.
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How did Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 50.3 points (R+50.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,549 votes cast, 3,765 went Democratic and 11,579 went Republican.
When did Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri?
Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri has a population of 53,894 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri is $64,466 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
