Cedar County, Missouri: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,6152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $48,1812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+12 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Howell County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cedar CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cedar 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 | −3.3% |
| 1896 | +12.1% |
| 1900 | −0.7% |
| 1904 | −9.9% |
| 1908 | −12.8% |
| 1912 | +4.4% |
| 1916 | −13.7% |
| 1920 | −28.2% |
| 1924 | −15.8% |
| 1928 | −31.7% |
| 1932 | +5.9% |
| 1936 | −18.2% |
| 1940 | −34.5% |
| 1944 | −41.5% |
| 1948 | −17.3% |
| 1952 | −43.8% |
| 1956 | −31.1% |
| 1960 | −41.4% |
| 1964 | −4.9% |
| 1968 | −37.5% |
| 1972 | −50.7% |
| 1976 | −11.3% |
| 1980 | −33.4% |
| 1984 | −42.2% |
| 1988 | −25.1% |
| 1992 | −0.4% |
| 1996 | −8.8% |
| 2000 | −27.4% |
| 2004 | −37.5% |
| 2008 | −33.6% |
| 2012 | −47.0% |
| 2016 | −63.4% |
| 2020 | −65.9% |
| 2024 | −69.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,060 | 6,064 | 7,188 | ||
| R | 1,145 | 5,788 | 7,044 | ||
| R | 1,011 | 5,021 | 6,327 | ||
| R | 1,537 | 4,376 | 6,045 | ||
| R | 2,060 | 4,194 | 6,354 | ||
| R | 1,910 | 4,238 | 6,203 | ||
| R | 1,979 | 3,530 | 5,663 | ||
| R | 2,027 | 2,484 | 5,222 | ||
| R | 2,064 | 2,085 | 5,339 | ||
| R | 1,774 | 2,966 | 4,744 | ||
| R | 1,440 | 3,539 | 4,979 | ||
| R | 1,703 | 3,469 | 5,283 | ||
| R | 2,192 | 2,752 | 4,965 | ||
| R | 1,152 | 3,520 | 4,672 | ||
| R | 1,218 | 2,940 | 4,588 | ||
| R | 2,247 | 2,478 | 4,725 | ||
| R | 1,547 | 3,730 | 5,277 | ||
| R | 1,720 | 3,276 | 4,996 | ||
| R | 1,483 | 3,814 | 5,319 | ||
| R | 2,062 | 2,928 | 5,000 | ||
| R | 1,478 | 3,576 | 5,059 | ||
| R | 1,973 | 4,068 | 6,073 | ||
| R | 2,443 | 3,535 | 6,012 | ||
| D | 2,834 | 2,515 | 5,412 | ||
| R | 1,728 | 3,340 | 5,080 | ||
| R | 2,007 | 2,802 | 5,019 | ||
| R | 1,936 | 3,488 | 5,495 | ||
| R | 1,410 | 1,874 | 3,390 | ||
| D | 1,392 | 1,242 | 3,444 | ||
| R | 1,483 | 1,933 | 3,523 | ||
| R | 1,533 | 1,885 | 3,563 | ||
| R | 1,820 | 1,845 | 3,802 | ||
| D | 2,400 | 1,881 | 4,296 | ||
| R | 1,246 | 1,354 | 3,263 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.5%
English
18.0%
Irish
11.0%
American
10.1%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.5%
Italian
1.4%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 43.0 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
$48,181
Cedar County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Cedar County$48,181
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Cedar County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
17.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.1%
Working age (18–64)16.1%
Seniors (65+)15.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.3%
Spanish0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cedar County's R+69.6 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided counties in the state, reflecting the deep rural consolidation that has reshaped Missouri's political map over the past two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twelve points in 1896 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 1936 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by eighteen points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $48,181 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 17% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howell County and Polk County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cedar County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cedar County, Missouri voted Republican by 69.6 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,188 votes cast, 1,060 went Democratic and 6,064 went Republican.
What is Cedar County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Cedar County, Missouri in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to 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 3 times, Republican 31 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cedar County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Cedar County, Missouri?
Cedar County, Missouri has a population of 14,615 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar County, Missouri?
Median household income in Cedar County, Missouri is $48,181 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Cedar County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cedar County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.