Dent County, Missouri: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,5392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,3122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Atchison County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dent CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dent County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +16.9% |
| 1896 | +15.2% |
| 1900 | +13.1% |
| 1904 | +1.3% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +12.9% |
| 1916 | +7.4% |
| 1920 | −5.5% |
| 1924 | +11.7% |
| 1928 | −11.6% |
| 1932 | +31.7% |
| 1936 | +15.5% |
| 1940 | +7.8% |
| 1944 | +4.7% |
| 1948 | +19.4% |
| 1952 | −0.3% |
| 1956 | +5.4% |
| 1960 | −10.7% |
| 1964 | +23.1% |
| 1968 | −12.0% |
| 1972 | −27.8% |
| 1976 | +9.2% |
| 1980 | −15.5% |
| 1984 | −15.7% |
| 1988 | −10.2% |
| 1992 | +9.6% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −36.0% |
| 2004 | −39.7% |
| 2008 | −37.8% |
| 2012 | −49.4% |
| 2016 | −68.1% |
| 2020 | −69.0% |
| 2024 | −70.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,025 | 6,013 | 7,103 | ||
| R | 1,056 | 5,987 | 7,142 | ||
| R | 978 | 5,600 | 6,791 | ||
| R | 1,585 | 4,883 | 6,671 | ||
| R | 2,056 | 4,655 | 6,868 | ||
| R | 1,865 | 4,369 | 6,304 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 3,996 | 5,988 | ||
| R | 2,234 | 2,542 | 5,538 | ||
| D | 2,689 | 2,125 | 5,877 | ||
| R | 2,421 | 2,975 | 5,417 | ||
| R | 2,544 | 3,490 | 6,034 | ||
| R | 2,528 | 3,477 | 6,131 | ||
| D | 2,931 | 2,433 | 5,401 | ||
| R | 1,710 | 3,024 | 4,734 | ||
| R | 1,810 | 2,369 | 4,648 | ||
| D | 2,860 | 1,788 | 4,648 | ||
| R | 2,593 | 3,212 | 5,805 | ||
| D | 2,961 | 2,658 | 5,619 | ||
| R | 2,738 | 2,755 | 5,497 | ||
| D | 2,973 | 2,003 | 4,990 | ||
| D | 2,699 | 2,456 | 5,162 | ||
| D | 3,101 | 2,652 | 5,766 | ||
| D | 3,168 | 2,313 | 5,514 | ||
| D | 3,293 | 1,701 | 5,017 | ||
| R | 1,871 | 2,367 | 4,266 | ||
| D | 2,263 | 1,779 | 4,153 | ||
| R | 1,970 | 2,204 | 4,264 | ||
| D | 1,457 | 1,252 | 2,783 | ||
| D | 1,280 | 959 | 2,491 | ||
| D | 1,330 | 1,290 | 2,663 | ||
| D | 1,186 | 1,154 | 2,375 | ||
| D | 1,419 | 1,085 | 2,540 | ||
| D | 1,493 | 1,097 | 2,598 | ||
| D | 1,268 | 896 | 2,197 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.9%
German
11.9%
Irish
11.2%
American
9.7%
Scottish
2.0%
Polish
1.4%
French
1.2%
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: 43.5 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
$56,312
Dent County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Dent County$56,312
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Dent 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
12.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.7%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.5%
Spanish0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dent County, anchored by Salem in the Ozark highlands, posted an R+70.2 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in a state already trending heavily toward one-party dominance in rural areas.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A median household income of $56,312, a 12% poverty rate, and a 92% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atchison County and Stoddard County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dent County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dent County, Missouri voted Republican by 70.2 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,103 votes cast, 1,025 went Democratic and 6,013 went Republican.
What is Dent County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Dent County, Missouri in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Dent County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dent County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Dent County, Missouri?
Dent County, Missouri has a population of 14,539 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dent County, Missouri?
Median household income in Dent County, Missouri is $56,312 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Dent County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dent County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.