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
GroupAtchison CountyMissouriUnited States
German32.7%21.3%12.5%
Irish15.7%11.8%9.4%
English10.8%11.9%9.5%
American8.7%6.8%5.3%
Scottish1.0%1.8%1.3%
French0.9%2.2%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.9%——
Norwegian0.7%——
Mexican1.4%3.2%11.3%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Atchison County
Missouri
United States
Median age
46.7
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
5.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.2%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Atchison County
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$58,750
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.2%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Atchison County
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.5%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
2.9%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Atchison County
Missouri
United States
Catholic
1.9%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.7%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.3%
51.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
23.0%
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.
Atchison County, Missouri
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 2,713 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Atchison County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -ROCK PORTROCK PORT
233
830
16
1,079
21.6%
76.9%
R+55.3
Precinct -TARKIOTARKIO
159
721
9
889
17.9%
81.1%
R+63.2
Precinct -FAIRFAXFAIRFAX
109
445
6
560
19.5%
79.5%
R+60.0
Precinct -WESTBOROWESTBORO
28
156
1
185
15.1%
84.3%
R+69.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.6%
1896
+17.5%
1900
+4.1%
1904
−9.6%
1908
−1.4%
1912
+12.0%
1916
+2.1%
1920
−18.3%
1924
−1.7%
1928
−12.2%
1932
+25.2%
1936
+6.3%
1940
−4.7%
1944
−11.7%
1948
+6.6%
1952
−23.2%
1956
−8.9%
1960
−10.2%
1964
+26.9%
1968
−10.6%
1972
−32.0%
1976
−0.9%
1980
−23.1%
1984
−30.3%
1988
−9.0%
1992
+2.1%
1996
−2.0%
2000
−27.3%
2004
−35.9%
2008
−31.5%
2012
−42.3%
2016
−55.6%
2020
−58.1%
2024
−59.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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
19.5%Harris529
79.3%Trump2,152
0.7%Oliver18 +1
R+59.8
R+1.7
R+58.4
2,713
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.3%2,152
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.5%529
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%18
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%14
R
20.0%Biden564
78.1%Trump2,199
1.7%Jorgensen47
R+58.1
R+2.5
R+62.6
2,814
R
19.8%Clinton541
75.5%Trump2,060
3.8%Johnson104
R+55.6
R+13.3
R+57.7
2,730
R
27.9%Obama756
70.2%Romney1,902
1.7%Gray45
R+42.3
R+10.9
R+46.2
2,709
R
33.6%Obama1,000
65.1%McCain1,936
1.3%
R+31.5
D+4.4
R+38.7
2,976
R
31.8%Kerry1,005
67.7%Bush2,137
0.4%
R+35.9
R+8.5
R+33.4
3,156
R
35.3%Gore1,013
62.6%Bush1,798
1.2%Nader35
R+27.3
R+25.3
R+27.9
2,871
R
42.5%Clinton1,266
44.6%Dole1,327
12.3%Perot367
R+2.0
R+4.2
R+10.6
2,978
D
37.8%Clinton1,208
35.6%Bush1,140
26.3%Perot840
D+2.1
D+11.2
R+3.4
3,199
R
45.3%Dukakis1,468
54.4%Bush1,761
0.3%
R+9.0
D+21.2
R+1.3
3,239
R
34.9%Mondale1,219
65.1%Reagan2,277
0.0%
R+30.3
R+7.1
R+12.0
3,496
R
35.8%Carter1,273
58.9%Reagan2,096
5.3%
R+23.1
R+22.3
R+13.4
3,556
R
49.0%Carter1,926
49.9%Ford1,960
1.1%
R+0.9
D+31.1
R+2.9
3,930
R
34.0%McGovern1,509
66.0%Nixon2,927
0.0%
R+32.0
R+21.4
R+8.8
4,436
R
40.8%Humphrey1,752
51.4%Nixon2,206
7.8%
R+10.6
R+37.5
R+9.9
4,295
D
63.5%Johnson2,870
36.5%Goldwater1,653
0.0%
D+26.9
D+37.1
D+4.3
4,523
R
44.9%Kennedy2,167
55.1%Nixon2,659
0.0%
R+10.2
R+1.3
R+10.4
4,826
R
45.6%Stevenson2,321
54.4%Eisenhower2,774
0.0%
R+8.9
D+14.3
D+6.5
5,095
R
38.3%Stevenson2,028
61.5%Eisenhower3,259
0.2%
R+23.2
R+29.8
R+12.5
5,297
D
53.2%Truman2,498
46.7%Dewey2,190
0.1%
D+6.6
D+18.3
D+2.1
4,693
R
44.1%Roosevelt2,214
55.8%Dewey2,803
0.1%
R+11.7
R+7.1
R+19.2
5,021
R
47.6%Roosevelt3,025
52.2%Willkie3,322
0.2%
R+4.7
R+10.9
R+14.6
6,358
D
53.1%Roosevelt3,452
46.8%Landon3,044
0.1%
D+6.3
R+18.9
R+18.0
6,503
D
62.3%Roosevelt3,617
37.1%Hoover2,155
0.6%
D+25.2
D+37.3
D+7.4
5,806
R
43.8%Smith2,535
56.0%Hoover3,239
0.2%
R+12.2
R+10.5
D+5.3
5,786
R
47.6%Davis2,617
49.3%Coolidge2,710
3.1%La Follette170
R+1.7
D+16.6
D+23.5
5,501
R
40.4%Cox2,227
58.7%Harding3,236
0.9%
R+18.3
R+20.4
D+7.9
5,514
D
50.2%Wilson1,697
48.1%Hughes1,626
1.7%
D+2.1
R+9.9
R+1.0
3,379
D
46.5%Wilson1,534
34.5%Taft1,138
19.0%
D+12.0
D+13.4
R+7.5
3,297
R
48.2%Bryan1,651
49.7%Taft1,700
2.1%
R+1.4
D+8.1
D+8.1
3,423
R
43.2%Parker1,506
52.8%Roosevelt1,839
4.0%
R+9.6
R+13.7
D+10.1
3,486
D
50.1%Bryan1,926
46.0%McKinley1,767
3.9%
D+4.1
R+13.4
D+11.7
3,842
D
58.2%Bryan2,272
40.6%McKinley1,587
1.2%
D+17.5
D+16.0
D+23.6
3,905
O
33.6%Cleveland1,147
32.0%Harrison1,093
34.5%
Weaver +0.9
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R+0.1
3,418
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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
18.3%479
78.2%2,052
2,623
2022
R
20.5%392
76.9%1,468
1,910
2018
R
24.3%542
72.7%1,619
2,227
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Atchison County, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
3,799
2018
3,777
2020
3,889
2022
3,855
2024
3,846
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+23 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −276 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,659 in average income, against $73,288 for residents who stayed — 31% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Atchison County, MO in Atchison County, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−53
2012
−24
2013
−89
2014
−45
2015
−30
2016
+1
2017
−20
2018
−51
2019
−11
2021
−31
2022
+7
2023
−8
2024
+55
2025
+23
Atchison County sits in Missouri's far northwest, where a sparse, agriculturally driven population has delivered some of the state's largest Republican presidential margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.8 points.
A population of 5,187, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,750 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pawnee County and Webster County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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, Atchison County, Missouri voted Republican by 59.8 points (R+59.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,713 votes cast, 529 went Democratic and 2,152 went Republican.
When did Atchison County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Atchison County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Atchison County, Missouri?
Atchison County, Missouri has a population of 5,187 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Atchison County, Missouri?
Median household income in Atchison County, Missouri is $58,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Atchison County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Atchison County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
