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
GroupHolt CountyMissouriUnited States
German31.8%21.3%12.5%
English17.1%11.9%9.5%
Irish10.9%11.8%9.4%
American6.6%6.8%5.3%
Scottish1.1%1.8%1.3%
Italian1.0%3.2%4.8%
Swedish1.0%——
Scotch-Irish0.8%——
Mexican1.3%3.2%11.3%
Argentinean0.2%——
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
Holt County
Missouri
United States
Median age
47.4
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.7%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Holt County
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$61,187
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.6%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Holt County
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Holt County
Missouri
United States
Catholic
1.5%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
40.4%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.2%
51.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.9%
5.7%
5.2%
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.
Holt County, Missouri
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 2,352 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Holt County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -OREGONOREGON
176
778
5
959
18.4%
81.1%
R+62.8
Precinct -MOUND CITYMOUND CITY
103
798
3
904
11.4%
88.3%
R+76.9
Precinct -CRAIGCRAIG
42
223
1
266
15.8%
83.8%
R+68.0
Precinct -MAITLANDMAITLAND
36
183
4
223
16.1%
82.1%
R+65.9
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−12.8%
1896
−8.0%
1900
−12.6%
1904
−25.9%
1908
−16.7%
1912
−0.1%
1916
−11.2%
1920
−27.8%
1924
−18.6%
1928
−33.3%
1932
+16.0%
1936
−5.1%
1940
−16.5%
1944
−27.6%
1948
−12.2%
1952
−39.9%
1956
−25.5%
1960
−27.4%
1964
+4.0%
1968
−22.6%
1972
−43.7%
1976
−7.5%
1980
−27.4%
1984
−34.1%
1988
−11.4%
1992
−5.0%
1996
−6.4%
2000
−32.6%
2004
−39.1%
2008
−37.7%
2012
−50.8%
2016
−67.0%
2020
−69.9%
2024
−69.1%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
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
15.2%Harris357
84.3%Trump1,982
0.3%Oliver7 +1
R+69.1
D+0.8
R+67.6
2,352
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.3%1,982
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic15.2%357
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%7
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%6
R
14.4%Biden338
84.3%Trump1,976
1.0%Jorgensen23
R+69.9
R+2.9
R+74.4
2,343
R
14.7%Clinton347
81.8%Trump1,926
2.8%Johnson66
R+67.0
R+16.2
R+69.1
2,355
R
23.9%Obama551
74.7%Romney1,725
1.3%Gray31
R+50.8
R+13.1
R+54.7
2,310
R
30.5%Obama802
68.1%McCain1,794
1.4%
R+37.7
D+1.5
R+44.9
2,633
R
30.1%Kerry811
69.3%Bush1,864
0.6%
R+39.1
R+6.6
R+36.7
2,691
R
32.7%Gore871
65.3%Bush1,738
0.9%Nader23
R+32.6
R+26.2
R+33.1
2,662
R
40.8%Clinton1,144
47.1%Dole1,323
11.2%Perot314
R+6.4
R+1.4
R+14.9
2,806
R
34.5%Clinton1,050
39.5%Bush1,202
25.7%Perot781
R+5.0
D+6.4
R+10.6
3,044
R
44.1%Dukakis1,258
55.5%Bush1,583
0.3%
R+11.4
D+22.7
R+3.7
2,850
R
33.0%Mondale1,026
67.0%Reagan2,087
0.0%
R+34.1
R+6.7
R+15.9
3,113
R
35.1%Carter1,119
62.5%Reagan1,993
2.4%
R+27.4
R+19.9
R+17.7
3,190
R
46.1%Carter1,529
53.6%Ford1,777
0.4%
R+7.5
D+36.2
R+9.5
3,318
R
28.2%McGovern1,011
71.8%Nixon2,578
0.0%
R+43.7
R+21.0
R+20.5
3,589
R
33.4%Humphrey1,211
56.1%Nixon2,031
10.5%
R+22.6
R+26.7
R+21.9
3,621
D
52.0%Johnson1,871
48.0%Goldwater1,726
0.0%
D+4.0
D+31.4
R+18.6
3,597
R
36.3%Kennedy1,551
63.7%Nixon2,720
0.0%
R+27.4
R+1.8
R+27.5
4,271
R
37.2%Stevenson1,713
62.8%Eisenhower2,888
0.0%
R+25.5
D+14.4
R+10.1
4,601
R
29.8%Stevenson1,487
69.7%Eisenhower3,476
0.4%
R+39.9
R+27.7
R+29.1
4,985
R
43.9%Truman2,040
56.1%Dewey2,607
0.1%
R+12.2
D+15.4
R+16.7
4,651
R
36.1%Roosevelt1,785
63.7%Dewey3,152
0.2%
R+27.6
R+11.1
R+35.1
4,946
R
41.7%Roosevelt2,677
58.2%Willkie3,739
0.1%
R+16.5
R+11.4
R+26.5
6,422
R
47.3%Roosevelt3,076
52.5%Landon3,409
0.2%
R+5.1
R+21.1
R+29.4
6,499
D
57.8%Roosevelt3,117
41.8%Hoover2,253
0.4%
D+16.0
D+49.4
R+1.8
5,394
R
33.2%Smith1,919
66.6%Hoover3,845
0.2%
R+33.3
R+14.8
R+15.9
5,776
R
39.4%Davis2,255
58.0%Coolidge3,316
2.3%La Follette130
R+18.6
D+9.3
D+6.6
5,719
R
35.5%Cox2,329
63.3%Harding4,153
1.1%
R+27.8
R+16.6
R+1.6
6,556
R
43.8%Wilson1,615
55.0%Hughes2,030
1.2%
R+11.2
R+11.2
R+14.4
3,690
R
41.1%Wilson1,519
41.2%Taft1,522
17.6%
R+0.1
D+16.6
R+19.6
3,692
R
40.9%Bryan1,596
57.6%Taft2,246
1.4%
R+16.7
D+9.2
R+7.1
3,898
R
35.6%Parker1,277
61.5%Roosevelt2,208
3.0%
R+25.9
R+13.3
R+6.3
3,592
R
42.3%Bryan1,765
54.9%McKinley2,292
2.8%
R+12.6
R+4.6
R+5.1
4,174
R
45.4%Bryan2,036
53.4%McKinley2,397
1.2%
R+8.0
D+4.8
R+2.0
4,485
R
38.8%Cleveland1,427
51.6%Harrison1,899
9.7%
R+12.8
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3,682
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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
17.3%401
80.8%1,873
2,317
2022
R
15.7%262
82.8%1,383
1,671
2018
R
20.8%398
76.2%1,457
1,913
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Holt County, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
3,323
2018
3,181
2020
3,233
2022
3,178
2024
3,160
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+8 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −245 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $44,389 in average income, against $73,665 for residents who stayed — 40% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+35.9 on average — 33 points more Democratic-leaning than Holt County, MO itself (R+69.1).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Buchanan County, MO22R+28.0
Nodaway County, MO22R+43.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Nodaway County, MO21
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 Holt County, MO in Holt County, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−70
2012
−149
2013
−67
2014
−45
2015
−26
2016
−3
2017
−59
2018
+15
2019
+6
2021
+92
2022
+54
2023
+19
2024
−20
2025
+8
With roughly 5,300 residents spread across northwest Missouri's farmland, Holt County recorded an R+69 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most heavily one-sided jurisdictions in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 69.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.1 points.
A population of 4,240, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,187 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Putnam County and Dade 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, Holt County, Missouri voted Republican by 69.1 points (R+69.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,352 votes cast, 357 went Democratic and 1,982 went Republican.
When did Holt County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Holt County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Holt County, Missouri?
Holt County, Missouri has a population of 4,240 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Holt County, Missouri?
Median household income in Holt County, Missouri is $61,187 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Holt County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Holt County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
