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
GroupCedar CountyMissouriUnited States
German18.5%21.3%12.5%
English18.0%11.9%9.5%
Irish11.0%11.8%9.4%
American10.1%6.8%5.3%
Scotch-Irish2.3%——
Dutch1.9%——
Scottish1.7%1.8%1.3%
French1.5%2.2%1.6%
Mexican1.7%3.2%11.3%
Peruvian0.3%——
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
Cedar County
Missouri
United States
Median age
43
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.5%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.1%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cedar County
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$48,181
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.0%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cedar County
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
6.7%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.5%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cedar County
Missouri
United States
Catholic
6.6%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
27.5%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.8%
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.
Cedar County, Missouri
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 7,188 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Cedar County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
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
14.7%Harris1,060
84.4%Trump6,064
0.6%Oliver43 +2
R+69.6
R+3.7
R+68.1
7,188
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.4%6,064
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic14.7%1,060
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%43
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%20
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%1
R
16.3%Biden1,145
82.2%Trump5,788
1.1%Jorgensen80
R+65.9
R+2.5
R+70.4
7,044
R
16.0%Clinton1,011
79.4%Trump5,021
2.8%Johnson179
R+63.4
R+16.4
R+65.5
6,327
R
25.4%Obama1,537
72.4%Romney4,376
1.7%Gray104
R+47.0
R+13.4
R+50.8
6,045
R
32.4%Obama2,060
66.0%McCain4,194
1.6%
R+33.6
D+3.9
R+40.9
6,354
R
30.8%Kerry1,910
68.3%Bush4,238
0.9%
R+37.5
R+10.1
R+35.1
6,203
R
34.9%Gore1,979
62.3%Bush3,530
1.4%Nader81
R+27.4
R+18.6
R+27.9
5,663
R
38.8%Clinton2,027
47.6%Dole2,484
12.6%Perot658
R+8.8
R+8.4
R+17.3
5,222
R
38.7%Clinton2,064
39.1%Bush2,085
22.0%Perot1,173
R+0.4
D+24.7
R+6.0
5,339
R
37.4%Dukakis1,774
62.5%Bush2,966
0.1%
R+25.1
D+17.0
R+17.4
4,744
R
28.9%Mondale1,440
71.1%Reagan3,539
0.0%
R+42.2
R+8.7
R+23.9
4,979
R
32.2%Carter1,703
65.7%Reagan3,469
2.1%
R+33.4
R+22.1
R+23.7
5,283
R
44.1%Carter2,192
55.4%Ford2,752
0.4%
R+11.3
D+39.4
R+13.3
4,965
R
24.7%McGovern1,152
75.3%Nixon3,520
0.0%
R+50.7
R+13.2
R+27.5
4,672
R
26.5%Humphrey1,218
64.1%Nixon2,940
9.4%
R+37.5
R+32.6
R+36.8
4,588
R
47.6%Johnson2,247
52.4%Goldwater2,478
0.0%
R+4.9
D+36.5
R+27.5
4,725
R
29.3%Kennedy1,547
70.7%Nixon3,730
0.0%
R+41.4
R+10.2
R+41.5
5,277
R
34.4%Stevenson1,720
65.6%Eisenhower3,276
0.0%
R+31.1
D+12.7
R+15.7
4,996
R
27.9%Stevenson1,483
71.7%Eisenhower3,814
0.4%
R+43.8
R+26.5
R+33.1
5,319
R
41.2%Truman2,062
58.6%Dewey2,928
0.2%
R+17.3
D+24.2
R+21.8
5,000
R
29.2%Roosevelt1,478
70.7%Dewey3,576
0.1%
R+41.5
R+7.0
R+49.0
5,059
R
32.5%Roosevelt1,973
67.0%Willkie4,068
0.5%
R+34.5
R+16.3
R+44.4
6,073
R
40.6%Roosevelt2,443
58.8%Landon3,535
0.6%
R+18.2
R+24.1
R+42.4
6,012
D
52.4%Roosevelt2,834
46.5%Hoover2,515
1.2%
D+5.9
D+37.6
R+11.9
5,412
R
34.0%Smith1,728
65.7%Hoover3,340
0.2%
R+31.7
R+15.9
R+14.3
5,080
R
40.0%Davis2,007
55.8%Coolidge2,802
4.0%La Follette203
R+15.8
D+12.4
D+9.3
5,019
R
35.2%Cox1,936
63.5%Harding3,488
1.3%
R+28.2
R+14.6
R+2.1
5,495
R
41.6%Wilson1,410
55.3%Hughes1,874
3.1%
R+13.7
R+18.0
R+16.8
3,390
D
40.4%Wilson1,392
36.1%Taft1,242
23.5%
D+4.4
D+17.1
R+15.2
3,444
R
42.1%Bryan1,483
54.9%Taft1,933
3.0%
R+12.8
R+2.9
R+3.2
3,523
R
43.0%Parker1,533
52.9%Roosevelt1,885
4.1%
R+9.9
R+9.2
D+9.8
3,563
R
47.9%Bryan1,820
48.5%McKinley1,845
3.6%
R+0.7
R+12.7
D+6.9
3,802
D
55.9%Bryan2,400
43.8%McKinley1,881
0.3%
D+12.1
D+15.4
D+18.2
4,296
R
38.2%Cleveland1,246
41.5%Harrison1,354
20.3%
R+3.3
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R+5.0
3,263
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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
17.8%1,260
79.6%5,649
7,098
2022
R
18.0%929
76.9%3,962
5,149
2018
R
21.6%1,181
74.8%4,092
5,467
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cedar County, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
8,498
2018
8,770
2020
9,390
2022
9,855
2024
10,214
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+14 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,474 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,150 in average income, against $52,738 for residents who stayed — 5% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+48.8 on average — 21 points more Democratic-leaning than Cedar County, MO itself (R+69.6).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Polk County, MO41R+61.6
Vernon County, MO35R+59.5
Greene County, MO32R+20.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Greene County, MO43
Vernon County, MO43
Polk County, MO41
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 Cedar County, MO in Cedar County, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−11
2012
+6
2013
−110
2014
+42
2015
+37
2016
+123
2017
+209
2018
+91
2019
+239
2021
+338
2022
+113
2023
+86
2024
+297
2025
+14
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 12.1 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 69.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.6 points.
A population of 14,615, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,181 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglas County and Dallas 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, Cedar County, Missouri voted Republican by 69.6 points (R+69.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,188 votes cast, 1,060 went Democratic and 6,064 went Republican.
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.
