Greene County, Missouri: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Republican peak: R+41 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 303,3752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,4792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+13 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Salem city, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greene CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greene 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 | −7.5% |
| 1896 | +4.3% |
| 1900 | −4.1% |
| 1904 | −17.0% |
| 1908 | −4.7% |
| 1912 | +5.9% |
| 1916 | −2.3% |
| 1920 | −15.1% |
| 1924 | −1.8% |
| 1928 | −34.0% |
| 1932 | +13.1% |
| 1936 | +10.8% |
| 1940 | +1.5% |
| 1944 | −10.9% |
| 1948 | +4.9% |
| 1952 | −21.3% |
| 1956 | −19.4% |
| 1960 | −28.7% |
| 1964 | +11.3% |
| 1968 | −22.0% |
| 1972 | −41.2% |
| 1976 | −5.4% |
| 1980 | −16.3% |
| 1984 | −34.4% |
| 1988 | −19.0% |
| 1992 | −5.0% |
| 1996 | −9.2% |
| 2000 | −17.6% |
| 2004 | −24.9% |
| 2008 | −15.8% |
| 2012 | −24.3% |
| 2016 | −27.1% |
| 2020 | −20.1% |
| 2024 | −20.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 55,971 | 85,956 | 144,876 | ||
| R | 55,068 | 83,630 | 142,272 | ||
| R | 42,728 | 78,035 | 130,523 | ||
| R | 46,219 | 76,900 | 126,419 | ||
| R | 56,181 | 77,683 | 135,695 | ||
| R | 46,657 | 77,885 | 125,266 | ||
| R | 41,091 | 59,178 | 102,926 | ||
| R | 39,300 | 48,193 | 97,164 | ||
| R | 41,137 | 46,457 | 105,713 | ||
| R | 35,475 | 52,211 | 87,953 | ||
| R | 27,965 | 57,250 | 85,215 | ||
| R | 30,498 | 43,116 | 77,425 | ||
| R | 33,824 | 37,691 | 72,205 | ||
| R | 20,155 | 48,348 | 68,503 | ||
| R | 19,659 | 32,638 | 59,048 | ||
| D | 30,130 | 23,989 | 54,119 | ||
| R | 20,457 | 36,943 | 57,400 | ||
| R | 20,206 | 29,944 | 50,150 | ||
| R | 19,234 | 29,673 | 48,988 | ||
| D | 20,762 | 18,836 | 39,664 | ||
| R | 17,287 | 21,531 | 38,886 | ||
| D | 22,130 | 21,456 | 43,695 | ||
| D | 21,489 | 17,298 | 38,906 | ||
| D | 18,255 | 13,943 | 32,794 | ||
| R | 10,901 | 22,166 | 33,151 | ||
| R | 13,084 | 13,618 | 29,771 | ||
| R | 11,514 | 15,755 | 28,126 | ||
| R | 7,191 | 7,543 | 15,410 | ||
| D | 5,089 | 4,350 | 12,560 | ||
| R | 5,830 | 6,439 | 12,928 | ||
| R | 4,540 | 6,570 | 11,949 | ||
| R | 5,519 | 6,009 | 11,864 | ||
| D | 6,327 | 5,808 | 12,207 | ||
| R | 4,051 | 4,839 | 10,563 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.0%
English
16.4%
Irish
11.8%
American
6.8%
Italian
2.7%
Scottish
2.3%
French
2.1%
African American
2.4%
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: 36.4 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
$61,479
Greene County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Greene County$61,479
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Greene 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
13.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.6%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Missouri State University and a large Assemblies of God presence, Greene County has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades, delivering double-digit Republican presidential margins even as its urban core continues to grow.
The Republican margin here reached forty-one points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A population of 303,375, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,479 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Salem city and Cape Girardeau County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greene County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greene County, Missouri voted Republican by 20.7 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 144,876 votes cast, 55,971 went Democratic and 85,956 went Republican.
What is Greene County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Greene County, Missouri in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Greene County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greene County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Greene County, Missouri?
Greene County, Missouri has a population of 303,375 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greene County, Missouri?
Median household income in Greene County, Missouri is $61,479 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Greene County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greene County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.