Ozark County, Missouri: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,8732024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,1632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grayson County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ozark CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ozark 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 | −32.1% |
| 1896 | −7.3% |
| 1900 | −28.7% |
| 1904 | −39.0% |
| 1908 | −34.1% |
| 1912 | −5.6% |
| 1916 | −33.5% |
| 1920 | −61.3% |
| 1924 | −42.0% |
| 1928 | −66.0% |
| 1932 | −12.0% |
| 1936 | −37.3% |
| 1940 | −55.8% |
| 1944 | −62.3% |
| 1948 | −39.1% |
| 1952 | −55.5% |
| 1956 | −41.4% |
| 1960 | −56.5% |
| 1964 | −18.3% |
| 1968 | −47.3% |
| 1972 | −54.4% |
| 1976 | −13.3% |
| 1980 | −31.6% |
| 1984 | −40.4% |
| 1988 | −28.7% |
| 1992 | −4.5% |
| 1996 | −11.0% |
| 2000 | −28.7% |
| 2004 | −32.3% |
| 2008 | −26.8% |
| 2012 | −40.8% |
| 2016 | −64.7% |
| 2020 | −68.1% |
| 2024 | −70.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 698 | 4,044 | 4,780 | ||
| R | 752 | 4,064 | 4,864 | ||
| R | 724 | 3,639 | 4,505 | ||
| R | 1,261 | 3,080 | 4,453 | ||
| R | 1,661 | 2,918 | 4,686 | ||
| R | 1,561 | 3,083 | 4,707 | ||
| R | 1,432 | 2,663 | 4,292 | ||
| R | 1,445 | 1,882 | 3,989 | ||
| R | 1,581 | 1,772 | 4,271 | ||
| R | 1,329 | 2,404 | 3,744 | ||
| R | 1,110 | 2,614 | 3,724 | ||
| R | 1,242 | 2,434 | 3,770 | ||
| R | 1,341 | 1,754 | 3,105 | ||
| R | 625 | 2,119 | 2,744 | ||
| R | 606 | 1,967 | 2,877 | ||
| R | 1,064 | 1,540 | 2,604 | ||
| R | 721 | 2,595 | 3,316 | ||
| R | 887 | 2,141 | 3,028 | ||
| R | 734 | 2,572 | 3,309 | ||
| R | 859 | 1,967 | 2,832 | ||
| R | 628 | 2,707 | 3,338 | ||
| R | 965 | 3,421 | 4,405 | ||
| R | 1,359 | 2,981 | 4,354 | ||
| R | 1,358 | 1,730 | 3,106 | ||
| R | 529 | 2,616 | 3,164 | ||
| R | 688 | 1,758 | 2,546 | ||
| R | 569 | 2,457 | 3,082 | ||
| R | 654 | 1,331 | 2,020 | ||
| O | 575 | 695 | 2,126 | ||
| R | 594 | 1,233 | 1,875 | ||
| R | 556 | 1,305 | 1,919 | ||
| R | 695 | 1,272 | 2,010 | ||
| R | 1,025 | 1,187 | 2,220 | ||
| R | 387 | 881 | 1,539 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.2%
German
12.8%
American
12.5%
Irish
10.5%
French
1.9%
Italian
1.5%
Scottish
1.3%
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: 51.4 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
$44,163
Ozark County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Ozark County$44,163
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Ozark County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
21.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.3%
Working age (18–64)19.7%
Seniors (65+)22.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.0%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ozark County's R+70 presidential margin in 2024 places it among the most Republican-leaning counties in the state, a pattern consistent with the deeply rural, Ozark-plateau communities that anchor its sparse population of fewer than 10,000.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at an earlier high and narrowed across the late twentieth century. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $44,163 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grayson County and Wadena County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ozark County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ozark County, Missouri voted Republican by 70.0 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,780 votes cast, 698 went Democratic and 4,044 went Republican.
What is Ozark County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Ozark 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 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Ozark County, Missouri?
Ozark County, Missouri has a population of 8,873 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ozark County, Missouri?
Median household income in Ozark County, Missouri is $44,163 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Ozark County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ozark County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.