Howell County, Missouri: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+67%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 40,3832024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,9932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+13 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cedar County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Howell CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Howell 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 | +4.5% |
| 1896 | +11.2% |
| 1900 | −2.0% |
| 1904 | −12.4% |
| 1908 | −8.0% |
| 1912 | +2.3% |
| 1916 | −6.4% |
| 1920 | −29.4% |
| 1924 | −6.9% |
| 1928 | −31.2% |
| 1932 | +13.1% |
| 1936 | −5.7% |
| 1940 | −18.7% |
| 1944 | −26.0% |
| 1948 | −10.3% |
| 1952 | −32.6% |
| 1956 | −28.2% |
| 1960 | −44.4% |
| 1964 | +3.5% |
| 1968 | −29.2% |
| 1972 | −44.4% |
| 1976 | +5.7% |
| 1980 | −22.5% |
| 1984 | −37.1% |
| 1988 | −25.4% |
| 1992 | +1.0% |
| 1996 | −5.4% |
| 2000 | −31.1% |
| 2004 | −36.5% |
| 2008 | −30.8% |
| 2012 | −43.7% |
| 2016 | −63.1% |
| 2020 | −64.1% |
| 2024 | −66.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,073 | 15,733 | 18,968 | ||
| R | 3,218 | 15,181 | 18,676 | ||
| R | 2,881 | 13,893 | 17,455 | ||
| R | 4,395 | 11,544 | 16,346 | ||
| R | 5,736 | 10,982 | 17,029 | ||
| R | 5,118 | 11,097 | 16,379 | ||
| R | 4,641 | 9,018 | 14,075 | ||
| R | 5,261 | 5,991 | 13,524 | ||
| D | 5,492 | 5,360 | 13,537 | ||
| R | 4,324 | 7,277 | 11,645 | ||
| R | 3,767 | 8,204 | 11,971 | ||
| R | 4,472 | 7,149 | 11,903 | ||
| D | 5,265 | 4,692 | 10,035 | ||
| R | 2,795 | 7,253 | 10,048 | ||
| R | 2,763 | 5,631 | 9,838 | ||
| D | 4,968 | 4,632 | 9,600 | ||
| R | 2,734 | 7,095 | 9,829 | ||
| R | 3,066 | 5,473 | 8,539 | ||
| R | 3,349 | 6,608 | 9,983 | ||
| R | 3,599 | 4,427 | 8,060 | ||
| R | 3,020 | 5,151 | 8,185 | ||
| R | 4,218 | 6,158 | 10,397 | ||
| R | 4,725 | 5,297 | 10,064 | ||
| D | 4,775 | 3,660 | 8,540 | ||
| R | 2,543 | 4,869 | 7,461 | ||
| R | 2,681 | 3,130 | 6,493 | ||
| R | 2,323 | 4,344 | 6,869 | ||
| R | 1,861 | 2,132 | 4,245 | ||
| D | 1,565 | 1,465 | 4,294 | ||
| R | 1,827 | 2,164 | 4,236 | ||
| R | 1,605 | 2,089 | 3,913 | ||
| R | 1,975 | 2,059 | 4,216 | ||
| D | 2,373 | 1,892 | 4,298 | ||
| D | 1,642 | 1,484 | 3,539 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.1%
German
13.6%
Irish
12.1%
American
9.0%
Italian
2.3%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.1%
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: 40.3 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
$50,993
Howell County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Howell County$50,993
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Howell 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
20.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.8%
Working age (18–64)19.7%
Seniors (65+)15.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.5%
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Howell County, anchored by West Plains in the southern Missouri Ozarks, delivered a 66-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a figure consistent with the region's long shift toward lopsided GOP alignment over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.
A median household income of $50,993, a 20% 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 Cedar County and Venango County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Howell County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Howell County, Missouri voted Republican by 66.7 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,968 votes cast, 3,073 went Democratic and 15,733 went Republican.
What is Howell County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Howell 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Howell County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Howell County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Howell County, Missouri?
Howell County, Missouri has a population of 40,383 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Howell County, Missouri?
Median household income in Howell County, Missouri is $50,993 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Howell County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Howell County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.