Perry County, Missouri: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+63%. Republican peak: R+63 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,9762024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,9812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Douglas County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Perry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Perry County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +6.0% |
| 1896 | −2.4% |
| 1900 | −0.6% |
| 1904 | −6.4% |
| 1908 | −6.1% |
| 1912 | −5.0% |
| 1916 | −17.4% |
| 1920 | −41.5% |
| 1924 | −4.7% |
| 1928 | −1.1% |
| 1932 | +18.7% |
| 1936 | −4.3% |
| 1940 | −32.8% |
| 1944 | −35.2% |
| 1948 | −15.3% |
| 1952 | −33.2% |
| 1956 | −30.4% |
| 1960 | −13.0% |
| 1964 | +9.8% |
| 1968 | −30.3% |
| 1972 | −41.6% |
| 1976 | −18.6% |
| 1980 | −34.3% |
| 1984 | −42.0% |
| 1988 | −28.4% |
| 1992 | −9.4% |
| 1996 | −13.4% |
| 2000 | −37.4% |
| 2004 | −35.9% |
| 2008 | −29.2% |
| 2012 | −43.6% |
| 2016 | −61.6% |
| 2020 | −63.4% |
| 2024 | −63.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,757 | 7,986 | 9,844 | ||
| R | 1,664 | 7,657 | 9,456 | ||
| R | 1,520 | 6,908 | 8,740 | ||
| R | 2,184 | 5,669 | 7,987 | ||
| R | 3,005 | 5,527 | 8,647 | ||
| R | 2,621 | 5,583 | 8,247 | ||
| R | 2,085 | 4,667 | 6,903 | ||
| R | 2,517 | 3,427 | 6,781 | ||
| R | 2,525 | 3,205 | 7,252 | ||
| R | 2,136 | 3,836 | 5,986 | ||
| R | 1,837 | 4,493 | 6,330 | ||
| R | 2,416 | 5,053 | 7,689 | ||
| R | 2,801 | 4,086 | 6,918 | ||
| R | 1,953 | 4,736 | 6,689 | ||
| R | 1,958 | 3,858 | 6,278 | ||
| D | 3,456 | 2,837 | 6,293 | ||
| R | 2,991 | 3,886 | 6,877 | ||
| R | 2,346 | 4,400 | 6,746 | ||
| R | 2,324 | 4,633 | 6,960 | ||
| R | 2,133 | 2,903 | 5,043 | ||
| R | 2,014 | 4,207 | 6,226 | ||
| R | 2,354 | 4,656 | 7,019 | ||
| R | 3,098 | 3,382 | 6,606 | ||
| D | 3,502 | 2,396 | 5,917 | ||
| R | 2,591 | 2,648 | 5,245 | ||
| R | 6,568 | 7,280 | 15,236 | ||
| R | 1,504 | 3,652 | 5,181 | ||
| R | 1,396 | 1,988 | 3,404 | ||
| R | 1,564 | 1,735 | 3,411 | ||
| R | 1,569 | 1,775 | 3,379 | ||
| R | 1,522 | 1,733 | 3,304 | ||
| R | 1,660 | 1,681 | 3,372 | ||
| R | 1,450 | 1,522 | 3,010 | ||
| D | 1,464 | 1,297 | 2,766 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
36.3%
American
9.2%
English
7.1%
Irish
6.4%
French
5.2%
Polish
1.3%
Italian
1.2%
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: 42.2 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
$62,981
Perry County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Perry County$62,981
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Perry 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
13.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Perry County, nestled along the Mississippi River in southeast Missouri, recorded a 63-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a spread that reflects the broader realignment of small, majority-white rural counties across the state over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-three points in 2020. The 2024 margin was sixty-three points.
A population of 18,976, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,981 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglas County and Edwards County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Perry County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Perry County, Missouri voted Republican by 63.3 points (R+63), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,844 votes cast, 1,757 went Democratic and 7,986 went Republican.
What is Perry County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Perry County, Missouri in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 3 times, Republican 31 times, and other 0 times.
When did Perry County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Perry County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Perry County, Missouri?
Perry County, Missouri has a population of 18,976 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Perry County, Missouri?
Median household income in Perry County, Missouri is $62,981 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Perry County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Perry County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.