Gasconade County, Missouri: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+60%. Republican peak: R+81 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,7462024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,2322024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Livingston County, IL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Gasconade CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Gasconade 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 | −45.8% |
| 1896 | −61.2% |
| 1900 | −55.0% |
| 1904 | −61.8% |
| 1908 | −61.9% |
| 1912 | −39.1% |
| 1916 | −65.5% |
| 1920 | −80.9% |
| 1924 | −62.6% |
| 1928 | −59.4% |
| 1932 | −12.4% |
| 1936 | −47.4% |
| 1940 | −64.1% |
| 1944 | −66.7% |
| 1948 | −55.9% |
| 1952 | −61.1% |
| 1956 | −57.9% |
| 1960 | −49.2% |
| 1964 | −26.7% |
| 1968 | −55.5% |
| 1972 | −60.3% |
| 1976 | −39.1% |
| 1980 | −47.3% |
| 1984 | −61.1% |
| 1988 | −44.3% |
| 1992 | −11.7% |
| 1996 | −15.0% |
| 2000 | −29.2% |
| 2004 | −33.4% |
| 2008 | −24.0% |
| 2012 | −39.2% |
| 2016 | −55.7% |
| 2020 | −58.4% |
| 2024 | −60.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,555 | 6,370 | 7,997 | ||
| R | 1,601 | 6,222 | 7,913 | ||
| R | 1,520 | 5,670 | 7,451 | ||
| R | 2,099 | 4,895 | 7,134 | ||
| R | 2,899 | 4,763 | 7,771 | ||
| R | 2,355 | 4,753 | 7,171 | ||
| R | 2,257 | 4,190 | 6,629 | ||
| R | 2,104 | 2,997 | 5,971 | ||
| R | 1,952 | 2,690 | 6,334 | ||
| R | 1,621 | 4,216 | 5,855 | ||
| R | 1,130 | 4,678 | 5,808 | ||
| R | 1,550 | 4,481 | 6,203 | ||
| R | 1,702 | 3,925 | 5,682 | ||
| R | 1,226 | 4,944 | 6,170 | ||
| R | 1,131 | 4,400 | 5,895 | ||
| R | 2,126 | 3,672 | 5,798 | ||
| R | 1,651 | 4,854 | 6,505 | ||
| R | 1,353 | 5,080 | 6,433 | ||
| R | 1,285 | 5,339 | 6,633 | ||
| R | 1,204 | 4,268 | 5,485 | ||
| R | 994 | 5,007 | 6,013 | ||
| R | 1,163 | 5,333 | 6,501 | ||
| R | 1,492 | 4,202 | 5,716 | ||
| R | 1,998 | 2,571 | 4,610 | ||
| R | 1,058 | 4,171 | 5,242 | ||
| R | 577 | 3,306 | 4,357 | ||
| R | 454 | 4,481 | 4,978 | ||
| R | 510 | 2,513 | 3,057 | ||
| R | 518 | 1,539 | 2,611 | ||
| R | 509 | 2,220 | 2,763 | ||
| R | 469 | 2,045 | 2,550 | ||
| R | 575 | 2,015 | 2,620 | ||
| R | 515 | 2,185 | 2,728 | ||
| R | 602 | 1,625 | 2,234 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
32.6%
English
11.2%
Irish
10.9%
American
6.7%
Italian
2.3%
French
2.3%
Polish
1.9%
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: 46.8 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
$64,232
Gasconade County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Gasconade County$64,232
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Gasconade 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
12.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)11.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.7%
speak English only
Spanish0.5%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
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 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Gasconade County's 2024 presidential margin of R+60.2 reflects a broader Ozark-fringe shift toward dominant Republican performance, with its small, majority-white rural population showing little sign of competitive volatility in recent cycles.
The Republican margin here reached eighty-one points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty points.
A population of 14,746, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,232 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Livingston County and Warren County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Gasconade County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gasconade County, Missouri voted Republican by 60.2 points (R+60), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,997 votes cast, 1,555 went Democratic and 6,370 went Republican.
What is Gasconade County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Gasconade County, Missouri in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 0 times, Republican 34 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Gasconade County, Missouri?
Gasconade County, Missouri has a population of 14,746 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gasconade County, Missouri?
Median household income in Gasconade County, Missouri is $64,232 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Gasconade County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Gasconade County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 34 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.