Maries County, Missouri: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+68%. Republican peak: R+68 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,4502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,4552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Benton County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Maries CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Maries County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +40.2% |
| 1896 | +43.3% |
| 1900 | +40.0% |
| 1904 | +32.3% |
| 1908 | +29.9% |
| 1912 | +37.5% |
| 1916 | +28.6% |
| 1920 | +7.4% |
| 1924 | +29.9% |
| 1928 | +12.2% |
| 1932 | +57.2% |
| 1936 | +29.6% |
| 1940 | +8.6% |
| 1944 | +9.1% |
| 1948 | +37.0% |
| 1952 | +8.6% |
| 1956 | +15.0% |
| 1960 | +0.9% |
| 1964 | +27.1% |
| 1968 | −8.4% |
| 1972 | −26.1% |
| 1976 | +9.4% |
| 1980 | −6.7% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −10.5% |
| 1992 | +9.4% |
| 1996 | −0.6% |
| 2000 | −17.2% |
| 2004 | −28.5% |
| 2008 | −27.6% |
| 2012 | −41.1% |
| 2016 | −56.7% |
| 2020 | −64.5% |
| 2024 | −67.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 755 | 3,987 | 4,786 | ||
| R | 814 | 3,892 | 4,771 | ||
| R | 794 | 3,561 | 4,880 | ||
| R | 1,299 | 3,165 | 4,538 | ||
| R | 1,599 | 2,853 | 4,548 | ||
| R | 1,563 | 2,825 | 4,424 | ||
| R | 1,554 | 2,216 | 3,854 | ||
| R | 1,540 | 1,560 | 3,636 | ||
| D | 1,732 | 1,356 | 4,015 | ||
| R | 1,552 | 1,919 | 3,480 | ||
| R | 1,388 | 2,267 | 3,655 | ||
| R | 1,732 | 1,985 | 3,789 | ||
| D | 1,796 | 1,485 | 3,294 | ||
| R | 1,219 | 2,082 | 3,301 | ||
| R | 1,185 | 1,438 | 3,026 | ||
| D | 2,063 | 1,183 | 3,246 | ||
| D | 1,716 | 1,684 | 3,400 | ||
| D | 1,885 | 1,392 | 3,277 | ||
| D | 1,783 | 1,501 | 3,290 | ||
| D | 1,948 | 894 | 2,846 | ||
| D | 1,824 | 1,519 | 3,366 | ||
| D | 2,078 | 1,749 | 3,836 | ||
| D | 2,414 | 1,306 | 3,740 | ||
| D | 2,758 | 745 | 3,521 | ||
| D | 1,808 | 1,415 | 3,231 | ||
| D | 1,913 | 1,004 | 3,042 | ||
| D | 1,677 | 1,445 | 3,150 | ||
| D | 1,319 | 725 | 2,074 | ||
| D | 1,096 | 448 | 1,729 | ||
| D | 1,309 | 703 | 2,028 | ||
| D | 1,184 | 599 | 1,811 | ||
| D | 1,273 | 544 | 1,823 | ||
| D | 1,385 | 546 | 1,936 | ||
| D | 1,119 | 469 | 1,617 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.0%
English
11.4%
American
11.3%
Irish
9.9%
French
2.2%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.0%
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: 44.9 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
$59,455
Maries County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Maries County$59,455
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Maries 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
13.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.0%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)15.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.3%
speak English only
Spanish0.4%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Maries County, tucked in the Ozark fringe south of Jefferson City, delivers some of the widest presidential margins in Missouri, reflecting the deep Republican consolidation that has reshaped small, majority-white rural counties across the state over the past two decades.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifty-seven points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 1996 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by one point. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-eight points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $59,455 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 14% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Benton County and Ripley County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Maries County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Maries County, Missouri voted Republican by 67.5 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,786 votes cast, 755 went Democratic and 3,987 went Republican.
What is Maries County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Maries County, Missouri in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Maries County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Maries County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Maries County, Missouri?
Maries County, Missouri has a population of 8,450 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Maries County, Missouri?
Median household income in Maries County, Missouri is $59,455 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Maries County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Maries County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.