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
GroupKnox CountyMissouriUnited States
German30.1%21.3%12.5%
English12.1%11.9%9.5%
American9.9%6.8%5.3%
Irish8.0%11.8%9.4%
French5.8%2.2%1.6%
Swedish1.1%——
Scotch-Irish0.9%——
Dutch0.7%——
Marshallese2.0%——
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
Knox County
Missouri
United States
Median age
40.1
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.5%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Knox County
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$57,788
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.9%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Knox County
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
6.7%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
4.3%
0.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Knox County
Missouri
United States
Catholic
10.3%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
44.8%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
35.0%
51.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.9%
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.
Knox County, Missouri
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 1,809 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Knox County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -EDINAEDINA
120
526
6
652
18.4%
80.7%
R+62.3
Precinct -KNOX CITYKNOX CITY
37
281
0
318
11.6%
88.4%
R+76.7
Precinct -NOVELTYNOVELTY
30
202
3
235
12.8%
86.0%
R+73.2
Precinct -HURDLANDHURDLAND
47
176
8
231
20.3%
76.2%
R+55.8
Precinct -BARINGBARING
53
172
1
226
23.5%
76.1%
R+52.7
Precinct -NEWARKNEWARK
24
122
1
147
16.3%
83.0%
R+66.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.5%
1896
+27.1%
1900
+16.9%
1904
+7.0%
1908
+10.2%
1912
+18.3%
1916
+6.2%
1920
−9.9%
1924
+8.3%
1928
−8.6%
1932
+34.6%
1936
+17.3%
1940
+4.5%
1944
−2.8%
1948
+16.7%
1952
−5.7%
1956
−2.2%
1960
−2.1%
1964
+23.0%
1968
−9.6%
1972
−29.6%
1976
+4.0%
1980
−10.6%
1984
−15.9%
1988
+1.7%
1992
+12.6%
1996
+1.4%
2000
−21.4%
2004
−22.5%
2008
−22.4%
2012
−25.9%
2016
−55.5%
2020
−61.7%
2024
−64.5%
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
17.2%Harris311
81.7%Trump1,479
0.7%Oliver13 +1
R+64.5
R+2.8
R+63.1
1,810
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.7%1,479
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic17.2%311
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%13
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%7
R
18.3%Biden340
80.1%Trump1,486
1.4%Jorgensen26
R+61.7
R+6.3
R+66.2
1,856
R
20.3%Clinton379
75.7%Trump1,416
2.8%Johnson53
R+55.5
R+29.5
R+57.5
1,870
R
35.7%Obama698
61.6%Romney1,205
2.1%Gray41
R+25.9
R+3.5
R+29.8
1,957
R
37.5%Obama759
59.9%McCain1,212
2.6%
R+22.4
D+0.2
R+29.7
2,024
R
38.5%Kerry761
61.0%Bush1,207
0.5%
R+22.5
R+1.2
R+20.1
1,978
R
38.3%Gore787
59.7%Bush1,226
1.2%Nader24
R+21.4
R+22.8
R+21.9
2,055
D
44.1%Clinton891
42.7%Dole862
12.6%Perot254
D+1.4
R+11.2
R+7.1
2,021
D
44.7%Clinton1,010
32.0%Bush724
23.1%Perot523
D+12.6
D+10.9
D+7.1
2,262
D
50.8%Dukakis1,255
49.0%Bush1,212
0.2%
D+1.7
D+17.7
D+9.5
2,472
R
42.0%Mondale1,097
58.0%Reagan1,513
0.0%
R+15.9
R+5.3
D+2.3
2,610
R
43.8%Carter1,187
54.4%Reagan1,475
1.8%
R+10.6
R+14.7
R+0.9
2,710
D
51.6%Carter1,319
47.6%Ford1,216
0.8%
D+4.0
D+33.6
D+2.0
2,556
R
35.2%McGovern1,031
64.8%Nixon1,896
0.0%
R+29.6
R+19.9
R+6.4
2,927
R
39.7%Humphrey1,257
49.3%Nixon1,562
11.0%
R+9.6
R+32.6
R+8.9
3,169
D
61.5%Johnson2,085
38.5%Goldwater1,305
0.0%
D+23.0
D+25.1
D+0.4
3,390
R
48.9%Kennedy1,796
51.1%Nixon1,874
0.0%
R+2.1
D+0.1
R+2.3
3,670
R
48.9%Stevenson1,850
51.1%Eisenhower1,934
0.0%
R+2.2
D+3.5
D+13.2
3,784
R
47.1%Stevenson1,988
52.8%Eisenhower2,229
0.2%
R+5.7
R+22.4
D+5.1
4,224
D
58.3%Truman2,268
41.7%Dewey1,620
0.0%
D+16.7
D+19.5
D+12.2
3,889
R
48.5%Roosevelt1,943
51.3%Dewey2,057
0.2%
R+2.8
R+7.3
R+10.3
4,008
D
52.1%Roosevelt2,594
47.6%Willkie2,370
0.4%
D+4.5
R+12.8
R+5.5
4,983
D
58.3%Roosevelt3,030
41.1%Landon2,134
0.6%
D+17.3
R+17.4
R+7.0
5,193
D
66.7%Roosevelt3,045
32.1%Hoover1,465
1.1%
D+34.6
D+43.2
D+16.8
4,562
R
45.6%Smith2,213
54.2%Hoover2,628
0.1%
R+8.6
R+16.9
D+8.9
4,848
D
52.1%Davis2,722
43.8%Coolidge2,288
3.7%La Follette194
D+8.3
D+18.2
D+33.5
5,220
R
44.5%Cox2,250
54.3%Harding2,749
1.2%
R+9.9
R+16.1
D+16.3
5,061
D
52.1%Wilson1,657
45.9%Hughes1,460
2.0%
D+6.2
R+12.1
D+3.1
3,180
D
53.0%Wilson1,666
34.7%Taft1,092
12.3%
D+18.3
D+8.0
R+1.3
3,144
D
53.9%Bryan1,652
43.7%Taft1,339
2.4%
D+10.2
D+3.2
D+19.8
3,063
D
52.2%Parker1,527
45.1%Roosevelt1,321
2.7%
D+7.0
R+9.9
D+26.7
2,926
D
57.3%Bryan1,908
40.4%McKinley1,344
2.3%
D+16.9
R+10.2
D+24.5
3,330
D
63.0%Bryan2,185
35.9%McKinley1,246
1.0%
D+27.1
D+10.6
D+33.2
3,466
D
48.2%Cleveland1,472
31.7%Harrison968
20.1%
D+16.5
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D+14.8
3,054
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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
17.5%307
80.2%1,406
1,754
2022
R
23.2%317
72.9%996
1,366
2018
R
25.9%409
69.5%1,097
1,578
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Knox County, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
2,521
2018
2,522
2020
2,543
2022
2,480
2024
2,537
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+33 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −129 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,755 in average income, against $50,081 for residents who stayed — 7% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Adair County, MO20
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 Knox County, MO in Knox County, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+13
2012
−33
2013
−35
2014
−70
2015
−89
2016
+27
2017
+34
2018
−30
2019
−6
2021
+66
2022
+5
2023
−39
2024
−5
2025
+33
Knox County's R+64.5 margin in 2024 reflects a broader rural Missouri pattern: a sparse, aging agricultural population that has shifted decisively away from its historically competitive roots over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 64.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.5 points.
A population of 3,756, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,788 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schuyler County and Madison 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, Knox County, Missouri voted Republican by 64.5 points (R+64.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,810 votes cast, 311 went Democratic and 1,479 went Republican.
When did Knox County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Knox County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Knox County, Missouri?
Knox County, Missouri has a population of 3,756 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Knox County, Missouri?
Median household income in Knox County, Missouri is $57,788 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Knox County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Knox County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
