† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupCameronMissouriUnited States
German18.8%21.3%12.5%
English15.6%11.9%9.5%
Irish13.7%11.8%9.4%
American7.7%6.8%5.3%
Scottish2.7%1.8%1.3%
Italian2.3%3.2%4.8%
Norwegian1.4%——
French0.9%2.2%1.6%
African American†2.4%10.0%9.9%
Mexican1.5%3.2%11.3%
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
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
Cameron
Missouri
United States
Median age
40.1
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cameron
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$61,791
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.7%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.8%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cameron
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.8%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cameron
Missouri
United States
Catholic
—
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Cameron, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−14.3%
2008
−13.7%
2012
−28.1%
2016
−47.7%
2020
−47.8%
2024
−48.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
25.1%Harris842
73.7%Trump2,475
1.3%
R+48.6
R+0.8
R+47.1
3,360
R
25.0%Biden767
72.8%Trump2,230
2.2%
R+47.8
R+0.1
R+52.2
3,063
R
22.8%Clinton680
70.5%Trump2,100
6.6%
R+47.7
R+19.6
R+49.8
2,977
R
34.8%Obama960
62.8%Romney1,735
2.4%
R+28.1
R+14.4
R+31.9
2,762
R
41.7%Obama1,230
55.4%McCain1,634
2.9%
R+13.7
D+0.6
R+21.0
2,951
R
42.0%Kerry1,179
56.3%Bush1,579
1.7%
R+14.3
—
R+11.8
2,805
Cameron sits at the intersection of U.S. 36 and I-35 in DeKalb County, a consistently Republican-leaning rural area where livestock farming and light manufacturing define the economic base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 48.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.6 points.
A population of 8,519, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,791 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sweet Home and Herrin.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cameron, Missouri voted Republican by 48.6 points (R+48.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,360 votes cast, 842 went Democratic and 2,475 went Republican.
How many people live in Cameron, Missouri?
Cameron, Missouri has a population of 8,519 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cameron, Missouri?
Median household income in Cameron, Missouri is $61,791 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Cameron, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cameron, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
