† 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
GroupCarthageMissouriUnited States
German15.7%21.3%12.5%
English12.1%11.9%9.5%
Irish11.0%11.8%9.4%
American6.1%6.8%5.3%
Scottish2.1%1.8%1.3%
French1.7%2.2%1.6%
Italian1.4%3.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
Mexican16.5%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan9.9%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.5%0.4%1.8%
Salvadoran2.1%—0.7%
Spaniard1.4%——
Spanish0.7%——
African American†1.7%10.0%9.9%
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
Carthage
Missouri
United States
Median age
32.2
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.2%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carthage
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$51,328
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.1%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carthage
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.3%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
25.9%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carthage
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.
Carthage, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−41.2%
2008
−31.6%
2012
−39.5%
2016
−42.7%
2020
−39.7%
2024
−41.6%
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
28.5%Harris1,482
70.1%Trump3,643
1.3%
R+41.6
R+1.9
R+40.1
5,195
R
29.0%Biden1,456
68.7%Trump3,447
2.4%
R+39.7
D+3.0
R+44.1
5,021
R
25.7%Clinton1,213
68.4%Trump3,225
5.8%
R+42.7
R+3.2
R+44.8
4,713
R
29.1%Obama1,453
68.6%Romney3,428
2.3%
R+39.5
R+8.0
R+43.4
4,998
R
33.3%Obama1,655
64.8%McCain3,224
1.9%
R+31.6
D+9.7
R+38.8
4,972
R
29.4%Kerry1,345
70.6%Bush3,233
0.0%
R+41.2
—
R+38.8
4,580
Carthage sits at the edge of the Ozarks in southwest Missouri, where rural manufacturing and agriculture sustain a population that has voted Republican in presidential races by wide margins for two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 15,574, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,328 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pigeon Forge and Bloomfield.
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, Carthage, Missouri voted Republican by 41.6 points (R+41.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,195 votes cast, 1,482 went Democratic and 3,643 went Republican.
How many people live in Carthage, Missouri?
Carthage, Missouri has a population of 15,574 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carthage, Missouri?
Median household income in Carthage, Missouri is $51,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Carthage, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Carthage, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
