Barry County, Missouri: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+64 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 35,0332024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,3462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Laclede County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Barry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Barry County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −0.8% |
| 1896 | +15.1% |
| 1900 | +4.6% |
| 1904 | −6.6% |
| 1908 | −2.8% |
| 1912 | +17.9% |
| 1916 | +1.2% |
| 1920 | −15.8% |
| 1924 | −5.4% |
| 1928 | −26.3% |
| 1932 | +13.8% |
| 1936 | −1.4% |
| 1940 | −11.6% |
| 1944 | −17.9% |
| 1948 | −0.9% |
| 1952 | −23.5% |
| 1956 | −14.5% |
| 1960 | −26.2% |
| 1964 | +5.5% |
| 1968 | −22.1% |
| 1972 | −39.5% |
| 1976 | −0.1% |
| 1980 | −24.8% |
| 1984 | −37.6% |
| 1988 | −26.3% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −12.7% |
| 2000 | −30.3% |
| 2004 | −38.6% |
| 2008 | −35.0% |
| 2012 | −44.7% |
| 2016 | −59.7% |
| 2020 | −60.8% |
| 2024 | −63.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,873 | 13,138 | 16,165 | ||
| R | 2,948 | 12,425 | 15,598 | ||
| R | 2,710 | 11,428 | 14,605 | ||
| R | 3,667 | 9,832 | 13,806 | ||
| R | 4,630 | 9,758 | 14,644 | ||
| R | 4,223 | 9,599 | 13,927 | ||
| R | 4,135 | 7,885 | 12,368 | ||
| R | 4,352 | 5,855 | 11,799 | ||
| R | 4,791 | 5,565 | 12,757 | ||
| R | 4,210 | 7,231 | 11,477 | ||
| R | 3,483 | 7,683 | 11,166 | ||
| R | 4,193 | 7,038 | 11,458 | ||
| R | 5,046 | 5,053 | 10,148 | ||
| R | 3,167 | 7,295 | 10,462 | ||
| R | 3,398 | 5,537 | 9,693 | ||
| D | 5,307 | 4,757 | 10,064 | ||
| R | 3,919 | 6,706 | 10,625 | ||
| R | 4,523 | 6,063 | 10,586 | ||
| R | 4,124 | 6,664 | 10,788 | ||
| R | 4,724 | 4,812 | 9,536 | ||
| R | 4,029 | 5,796 | 9,848 | ||
| R | 5,207 | 6,573 | 11,804 | ||
| R | 5,744 | 5,906 | 11,699 | ||
| D | 5,957 | 4,497 | 10,588 | ||
| R | 3,431 | 5,901 | 9,383 | ||
| R | 3,606 | 4,065 | 8,481 | ||
| R | 3,729 | 5,162 | 9,049 | ||
| D | 2,752 | 2,683 | 5,611 | ||
| D | 2,300 | 1,396 | 5,038 | ||
| R | 2,383 | 2,526 | 5,091 | ||
| R | 2,237 | 2,568 | 5,015 | ||
| D | 2,661 | 2,420 | 5,205 | ||
| D | 3,151 | 2,320 | 5,492 | ||
| R | 1,904 | 1,940 | 4,514 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.9%
English
13.8%
Irish
8.6%
American
7.1%
French
2.3%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.4%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,346
Barry County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Barry County$58,346
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Barry County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.4%
Working age (18–64)13.6%
Seniors (65+)14.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.6%
speak English only
Spanish6.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Barry County, tucked into Missouri's southwestern Ozarks corner, recorded an R+63.5 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most heavily one-sided rural counties. Its small, predominantly white population has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
A median household income of $58,346, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 35,033 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Laclede County and Lawrence County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Barry County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Barry County, Missouri voted Republican by 63.5 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,165 votes cast, 2,873 went Democratic and 13,138 went Republican.
What is Barry County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Barry County, Missouri in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Barry County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Barry County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Barry County, Missouri?
Barry County, Missouri has a population of 35,033 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Barry County, Missouri?
Median household income in Barry County, Missouri is $58,346 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Barry County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Barry County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.