Grundy County, Missouri: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+64%. Republican peak: R+64 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,7872024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,9752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Carroll County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Grundy CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Grundy County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −26.9% |
| 1896 | −24.6% |
| 1900 | −25.0% |
| 1904 | −36.2% |
| 1908 | −27.3% |
| 1912 | +6.6% |
| 1916 | −15.8% |
| 1920 | −30.1% |
| 1924 | −19.0% |
| 1928 | −38.1% |
| 1932 | +15.0% |
| 1936 | −3.8% |
| 1940 | −8.9% |
| 1944 | −16.2% |
| 1948 | −2.4% |
| 1952 | −27.0% |
| 1956 | −20.1% |
| 1960 | −29.4% |
| 1964 | +16.5% |
| 1968 | −22.1% |
| 1972 | −47.1% |
| 1976 | −0.9% |
| 1980 | −16.2% |
| 1984 | −25.8% |
| 1988 | −13.0% |
| 1992 | +4.3% |
| 1996 | +4.0% |
| 2000 | −30.0% |
| 2004 | −33.5% |
| 2008 | −30.1% |
| 2012 | −41.6% |
| 2016 | −60.6% |
| 2020 | −62.8% |
| 2024 | −63.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 784 | 3,582 | 4,404 | ||
| R | 799 | 3,585 | 4,437 | ||
| R | 780 | 3,462 | 4,428 | ||
| R | 1,212 | 3,030 | 4,374 | ||
| R | 1,580 | 3,006 | 4,740 | ||
| R | 1,561 | 3,172 | 4,808 | ||
| R | 1,563 | 2,976 | 4,708 | ||
| D | 2,073 | 1,883 | 4,698 | ||
| D | 1,968 | 1,749 | 5,105 | ||
| R | 2,052 | 2,668 | 4,732 | ||
| R | 1,861 | 3,156 | 5,017 | ||
| R | 2,064 | 2,890 | 5,106 | ||
| R | 2,597 | 2,646 | 5,273 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 3,969 | 5,397 | ||
| R | 1,976 | 3,213 | 5,608 | ||
| D | 3,363 | 2,411 | 5,774 | ||
| R | 2,415 | 4,422 | 6,837 | ||
| R | 2,752 | 4,139 | 6,891 | ||
| R | 2,747 | 4,790 | 7,555 | ||
| R | 3,177 | 3,331 | 6,512 | ||
| R | 2,997 | 4,158 | 7,167 | ||
| R | 3,813 | 4,558 | 8,404 | ||
| R | 4,187 | 4,521 | 8,763 | ||
| D | 4,006 | 2,953 | 7,020 | ||
| R | 2,332 | 5,226 | 7,604 | ||
| R | 2,367 | 3,782 | 7,467 | ||
| R | 2,721 | 5,123 | 7,973 | ||
| R | 1,789 | 2,481 | 4,374 | ||
| O | 1,310 | 1,051 | 3,917 | ||
| R | 1,359 | 2,407 | 3,838 | ||
| R | 1,195 | 2,596 | 3,866 | ||
| R | 1,532 | 2,576 | 4,181 | ||
| R | 1,675 | 2,778 | 4,477 | ||
| R | 1,375 | 2,468 | 4,065 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.0%
American
12.4%
English
11.7%
Irish
10.2%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.1%
Scottish
0.9%
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: 40.6 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
$51,975
Grundy County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Grundy County$51,975
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Grundy 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
17.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.1%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)20.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.7%
Spanish0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Grundy County's small, agriculture-rooted population has shifted steadily toward outsized Republican margins over the past decade, with 2024's R+63.5 result placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
A median household income of $51,975, a 18% poverty rate, and a 93% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carroll County and Dawson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grundy County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grundy County, Missouri voted Republican by 63.5 points (R+64), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,404 votes cast, 784 went Democratic and 3,582 went Republican.
What is Grundy County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Grundy 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 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 1 times.
When did Grundy County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grundy County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Grundy County, Missouri?
Grundy County, Missouri has a population of 9,787 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grundy County, Missouri?
Median household income in Grundy County, Missouri is $51,975 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Grundy County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grundy County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.