† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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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
GroupMexico, MOMissouriUnited States
German18.3%21.3%12.5%
English13.1%11.9%9.5%
Irish10.6%11.8%9.4%
American6.8%6.8%5.3%
Dutch2.2%——
French1.5%2.2%1.6%
Italian1.3%3.2%4.8%
Scottish1.3%1.8%1.3%
African American†3.7%10.0%9.9%
African0.6%0.3%0.5%
Mexican2.7%3.2%11.3%
Spaniard0.2%——
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
Mexico, MO
Missouri
United States
Median age
40.2
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mexico, MO
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$59,448
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.8%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.8%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mexico, MO
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
2.9%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
2.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mexico, MO
Missouri
United States
Catholic
7.9%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.3%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.4%
51.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.7%
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.
Mexico, MO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+37.3%
1896
+42.2%
1900
+40.6%
1904
+34.0%
1908
+31.4%
1912
+38.3%
1916
+34.2%
1920
+17.9%
1924
+30.0%
1928
+10.0%
1932
+56.0%
1936
+49.5%
1940
+38.5%
1944
+30.3%
1948
+46.4%
1952
+17.4%
1956
+12.1%
1960
+12.8%
1964
+38.0%
1968
−1.8%
1972
−32.0%
1976
+2.0%
1980
−10.0%
1984
−21.8%
1988
+1.5%
1992
+8.8%
1996
+7.5%
2000
−7.1%
2004
−18.5%
2008
−16.1%
2012
−26.5%
2016
−43.5%
2020
−47.1%
2024
−47.6%
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
25.5%Harris2,688
73.2%Trump7,699
0.9%Oliver97 +3
R+47.6
R+0.5
R+46.1
10,523
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.2%7,699
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic25.5%2,688
Chase OliverLibertarian0.9%97
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%35
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%2
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%2
R
25.4%Biden2,704
72.5%Trump7,732
2.2%
R+47.1
R+3.6
R+51.6
10,666
R
25.4%Clinton2,570
68.9%Trump6,981
5.7%
R+43.5
R+17.0
R+45.6
10,133
R
35.5%Obama3,539
62.0%Romney6,186
2.6%
R+26.5
R+10.4
R+30.4
9,982
R
41.1%Obama4,434
57.2%McCain6,167
1.7%
R+16.1
D+2.4
R+23.3
10,781
R
40.4%Kerry4,318
58.9%Bush6,294
0.7%
R+18.5
R+11.4
R+16.0
10,683
R
45.6%Gore4,551
52.6%Bush5,256
1.8%
R+7.1
R+14.6
R+7.6
9,985
D
48.0%Clinton4,690
40.4%Dole3,955
11.6%
D+7.5
R+1.2
R+1.0
9,778
D
44.4%Clinton4,731
35.6%Bush3,798
19.9%
D+8.8
D+7.3
D+3.2
10,654
D
50.6%Dukakis5,226
49.1%Bush5,072
0.3%
D+1.5
D+23.3
D+9.2
10,327
R
39.1%Mondale4,662
60.9%Reagan7,261
0.0%
R+21.8
R+11.8
R+3.6
11,923
R
43.7%Carter5,168
53.6%Reagan6,347
2.7%
R+10.0
R+12.0
R+0.2
11,834
D
50.8%Carter5,600
48.7%Ford5,378
0.5%
D+2.0
D+34.0
R+0.1
11,032
R
34.0%McGovern3,706
66.0%Nixon7,197
0.0%
R+32.0
R+30.2
R+8.9
10,903
R
44.4%Humphrey4,806
46.2%Nixon5,005
9.4%
R+1.8
R+39.9
R+1.1
10,823
D
69.0%Johnson7,387
31.0%Goldwater3,316
0.0%
D+38.0
D+25.2
D+15.5
10,703
D
56.4%Kennedy6,410
43.6%Nixon4,955
0.0%
D+12.8
D+0.7
D+12.6
11,365
D
56.1%Stevenson5,951
43.9%Eisenhower4,664
0.0%
D+12.1
R+5.3
D+27.5
10,615
D
58.6%Stevenson6,775
41.3%Eisenhower4,767
0.1%
D+17.4
R+29.0
D+28.1
11,554
D
73.1%Truman7,495
26.7%Dewey2,739
0.2%
D+46.4
D+16.1
D+41.9
10,250
D
65.1%Roosevelt6,471
34.8%Dewey3,455
0.1%
D+30.3
R+8.2
D+22.9
9,939
D
69.2%Roosevelt7,768
30.7%Willkie3,447
0.1%
D+38.5
R+11.0
D+28.6
11,224
D
74.6%Roosevelt7,455
25.1%Landon2,508
0.3%
D+49.5
R+6.5
D+25.2
9,994
D
77.7%Roosevelt7,301
21.7%Hoover2,037
0.6%
D+56.0
D+46.0
D+38.3
9,392
D
54.9%Smith5,067
44.9%Hoover4,141
0.2%
D+10.0
R+19.9
D+27.5
9,222
D
64.2%Davis5,866
34.2%Coolidge3,125
1.7%
D+30.0
D+12.1
D+55.2
9,142
D
58.6%Cox5,514
40.7%Harding3,827
0.7%
D+17.9
R+16.2
D+44.1
9,409
D
66.6%Wilson3,572
32.5%Hughes1,741
0.9%
D+34.2
R+4.2
D+31.0
5,361
D
64.8%Wilson3,332
26.4%Taft1,360
8.8%
D+38.3
D+7.0
D+18.8
5,143
D
65.0%Bryan3,350
33.6%Taft1,733
1.4%
D+31.4
R+2.6
D+40.9
5,156
D
65.8%Parker3,006
31.8%Roosevelt1,454
2.4%
D+34.0
R+6.7
D+53.6
4,571
D
69.2%Bryan3,477
28.6%McKinley1,436
2.2%
D+40.6
R+1.6
D+48.2
5,024
D
70.8%Bryan3,984
28.6%McKinley1,609
0.6%
D+42.2
D+4.9
D+48.3
5,628
D
66.0%Cleveland3,240
28.7%Harrison1,408
5.3%
D+37.3
—
D+35.7
4,908
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
27.9%2,893
69.1%7,172
10,377
2022
R
27.7%2,069
69.7%5,209
7,469
2018
R
31.2%2,727
64.7%5,651
8,731
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Mexico, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
15,481
2018
14,624
2020
15,409
2022
14,707
2024
15,512
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+201 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −598 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Mexico, MO in Mexico, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−6
2012
−44
2013
−6
2014
+210
2015
+78
2016
−120
2017
−309
2018
−197
2019
−76
2021
+110
2022
−331
2023
−40
2024
−68
2025
+201
Mexico, MO anchors Audrain County, where a modest urban core and a historically rooted Black community have kept presidential margins closer to competitive than the surrounding rural Missouri baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 47.6 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 47.6 points.
A population of 24,548, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,448 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hannibal, MO and Kennett, MO.
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In 2024, Mexico, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 47.6 points (R+47.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,523 votes cast, 2,688 went Democratic and 7,699 went Republican.
When did Mexico, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mexico, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Mexico, MO, Missouri?
Mexico, MO, Missouri has a population of 24,548 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mexico, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Mexico, MO, Missouri is $59,448 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Mexico, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Mexico, MO, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
