† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 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
GroupKirksville, MOMissouriUnited States
German19.6%21.3%12.5%
English13.0%11.9%9.5%
Irish10.8%11.8%9.4%
American7.1%6.8%5.3%
Scottish2.1%1.8%1.3%
Italian1.6%3.2%4.8%
French1.6%2.2%1.6%
Swedish0.8%——
African American†2.1%10.0%9.9%
African1.7%0.3%0.5%
Mexican1.6%3.2%11.3%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Asian Indian0.5%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Nepalese0.3%——
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
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
Kirksville, MO
Missouri
United States
Median age
31.4
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
22.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kirksville, MO
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$61,490
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.2%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kirksville, MO
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.1%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
2.9%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.7%
0.3%
0.7%
German or other West Germanic
2.1%
0.5%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kirksville, MO
Missouri
United States
Catholic
4.4%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
26.2%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
57.2%
51.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.6%
5.7%
5.2%
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.
Kirksville, MO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−10.2%
1896
+4.9%
1900
−2.9%
1904
−14.3%
1908
−4.3%
1912
+11.3%
1916
−0.8%
1920
−20.3%
1924
−9.5%
1928
−22.6%
1932
+24.8%
1936
+9.9%
1940
−4.3%
1944
−9.3%
1948
+5.5%
1952
−19.0%
1956
−14.8%
1960
−22.4%
1964
+10.1%
1968
−22.4%
1972
−40.0%
1976
−11.4%
1980
−18.9%
1984
−28.6%
1988
−19.3%
1992
+2.2%
1996
−1.1%
2000
−18.3%
2004
−12.3%
2008
−3.8%
2012
−15.8%
2016
−30.3%
2020
−31.9%
2024
−38.5%
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
30.1%Harris3,668
68.6%Trump8,359
0.8%Oliver98 +2
R+38.5
R+6.6
R+37.0
12,184
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.6%8,359
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic30.1%3,668
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%98
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%54
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%5
R
33.1%Biden4,083
65.0%Trump8,019
1.9%
R+31.9
R+1.6
R+36.4
12,339
R
31.7%Clinton3,854
62.0%Trump7,535
6.4%
R+30.3
R+14.4
R+32.4
12,162
R
40.7%Obama4,916
56.6%Romney6,825
2.7%
R+15.8
R+12.1
R+19.7
12,065
R
47.0%Obama6,510
50.7%McCain7,030
2.3%
R+3.8
D+8.6
R+11.0
13,854
R
43.4%Kerry5,832
55.8%Bush7,491
0.8%
R+12.3
D+6.0
R+9.9
13,435
R
39.1%Gore4,909
57.4%Bush7,209
3.5%
R+18.3
R+17.2
R+18.8
12,558
R
43.0%Clinton5,298
44.1%Dole5,433
13.0%
R+1.1
R+3.3
R+9.6
12,330
D
40.3%Clinton5,168
38.1%Bush4,883
21.5%
D+2.2
D+21.5
R+3.3
12,810
R
40.2%Dukakis4,584
59.4%Bush6,784
0.4%
R+19.3
D+9.4
R+11.5
11,414
R
35.7%Mondale4,260
64.3%Reagan7,680
0.0%
R+28.6
R+9.8
R+10.4
11,940
R
38.3%Carter4,621
57.1%Reagan6,899
4.6%
R+18.9
R+7.4
R+9.1
12,081
R
43.4%Carter5,101
54.8%Ford6,442
1.8%
R+11.4
D+28.6
R+13.5
11,753
R
30.0%McGovern3,277
70.0%Nixon7,652
0.0%
R+40.0
R+17.7
R+16.9
10,929
R
35.1%Humphrey3,614
57.5%Nixon5,915
7.4%
R+22.4
R+32.4
R+21.7
10,289
D
55.0%Johnson5,684
45.0%Goldwater4,645
0.0%
D+10.1
D+32.5
R+12.5
10,329
R
38.8%Kennedy4,521
61.2%Nixon7,135
0.0%
R+22.4
R+7.7
R+22.6
11,656
R
42.6%Stevenson5,066
57.4%Eisenhower6,822
0.0%
R+14.8
D+4.2
D+0.6
11,888
R
40.3%Stevenson5,019
59.3%Eisenhower7,384
0.3%
R+19.0
R+24.5
R+8.2
12,443
D
52.5%Truman6,028
47.1%Dewey5,401
0.4%
D+5.5
D+14.8
D+1.0
11,478
R
45.2%Roosevelt5,335
54.5%Dewey6,435
0.3%
R+9.3
R+5.1
R+16.8
11,805
R
47.6%Roosevelt6,811
51.8%Willkie7,420
0.6%
R+4.3
R+14.1
R+14.2
14,314
D
54.4%Roosevelt7,488
44.6%Landon6,132
1.0%
D+9.9
R+15.0
R+14.4
13,756
D
61.6%Roosevelt6,862
36.8%Hoover4,100
1.5%
D+24.8
D+47.4
D+7.0
11,132
R
38.5%Smith4,638
61.0%Hoover7,360
0.5%
R+22.6
R+13.0
R+5.1
12,057
R
40.6%Davis4,782
50.1%Coolidge5,905
9.2%
R+9.5
D+10.8
D+15.6
11,775
R
37.6%Cox4,327
57.9%Harding6,667
4.5%
R+20.3
R+19.5
D+5.9
11,515
R
47.4%Wilson3,616
48.2%Hughes3,676
4.4%
R+0.8
R+12.1
R+3.9
7,624
D
42.1%Wilson3,002
30.7%Taft2,193
27.2%
D+11.3
D+15.6
R+8.2
7,134
R
44.7%Bryan3,214
48.9%Taft3,521
6.4%
R+4.3
D+10.0
D+5.3
7,194
R
39.6%Parker2,826
53.8%Roosevelt3,845
6.6%
R+14.3
R+11.4
D+5.4
7,142
R
46.5%Bryan3,515
49.4%McKinley3,734
4.1%
R+2.9
R+7.8
D+4.6
7,555
D
52.1%Bryan3,903
47.1%McKinley3,533
0.8%
D+4.9
D+15.1
D+11.0
7,495
R
36.2%Cleveland2,302
46.3%Harrison2,949
17.5%
R+10.2
—
R+11.8
6,365
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
30.1%3,634
67.1%8,102
12,072
2022
R
32.1%2,764
65.2%5,605
8,601
2018
R
37.7%3,892
59.0%6,088
10,310
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Kirksville, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
18,062
2018
16,864
2020
17,710
2022
17,431
2024
17,203
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−167 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,886 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kirksville, MO in Kirksville, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−161
2012
−131
2013
−69
2014
−248
2015
−218
2016
−271
2017
+10
2018
−50
2019
−270
2021
−162
2022
−152
2023
−111
2024
+114
2025
−167
Home to Truman State University, Kirksville punches above its population weight in educational attainment, yet the surrounding Adair County has shifted toward wide Republican margins over the past two decades as rural realignment reshaped the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 40.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.5 points.
A population of 29,339, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,490 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Warrensburg, MO and Maryville, MO.
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In 2024, Kirksville, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 38.5 points (R+38.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,184 votes cast, 3,668 went Democratic and 8,359 went Republican.
When did Kirksville, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kirksville, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Kirksville, MO, Missouri?
Kirksville, MO, Missouri has a population of 29,339 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kirksville, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Kirksville, MO, Missouri is $61,490 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Kirksville, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kirksville, MO, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
