Putnam County, Missouri: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,6422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,5102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 96.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bland County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Putnam CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Putnam 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 | −27.5% |
| 1896 | −26.3% |
| 1900 | −33.0% |
| 1904 | −43.2% |
| 1908 | −34.7% |
| 1912 | −27.7% |
| 1916 | −33.0% |
| 1920 | −48.2% |
| 1924 | −36.1% |
| 1928 | −47.3% |
| 1932 | −4.5% |
| 1936 | −28.8% |
| 1940 | −38.1% |
| 1944 | −45.3% |
| 1948 | −26.0% |
| 1952 | −47.0% |
| 1956 | −41.1% |
| 1960 | −43.8% |
| 1964 | −2.1% |
| 1968 | −33.0% |
| 1972 | −57.4% |
| 1976 | −13.6% |
| 1980 | −32.1% |
| 1984 | −31.8% |
| 1988 | −25.8% |
| 1992 | −12.2% |
| 1996 | −10.4% |
| 2000 | −37.9% |
| 2004 | −36.3% |
| 2008 | −38.3% |
| 2012 | −47.0% |
| 2016 | −67.5% |
| 2020 | −68.7% |
| 2024 | −70.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 347 | 2,021 | 2,380 | ||
| R | 361 | 1,984 | 2,361 | ||
| R | 353 | 1,936 | 2,346 | ||
| R | 587 | 1,673 | 2,309 | ||
| R | 695 | 1,591 | 2,339 | ||
| R | 772 | 1,660 | 2,445 | ||
| R | 708 | 1,593 | 2,334 | ||
| R | 857 | 1,091 | 2,245 | ||
| R | 838 | 1,143 | 2,503 | ||
| R | 803 | 1,365 | 2,176 | ||
| R | 797 | 1,540 | 2,337 | ||
| R | 871 | 1,722 | 2,655 | ||
| R | 1,097 | 1,444 | 2,550 | ||
| R | 571 | 2,112 | 2,683 | ||
| R | 952 | 1,971 | 3,092 | ||
| R | 1,484 | 1,547 | 3,031 | ||
| R | 1,060 | 2,711 | 3,771 | ||
| R | 1,115 | 2,674 | 3,789 | ||
| R | 1,149 | 3,202 | 4,368 | ||
| R | 1,463 | 2,499 | 3,977 | ||
| R | 1,168 | 3,106 | 4,281 | ||
| R | 1,708 | 3,828 | 5,561 | ||
| R | 1,902 | 3,458 | 5,402 | ||
| R | 1,987 | 2,180 | 4,315 | ||
| R | 1,247 | 3,498 | 4,755 | ||
| R | 1,495 | 3,340 | 5,108 | ||
| R | 1,315 | 3,880 | 5,321 | ||
| R | 1,035 | 2,106 | 3,248 | ||
| R | 933 | 1,859 | 3,337 | ||
| R | 1,056 | 2,233 | 3,395 | ||
| R | 822 | 2,226 | 3,252 | ||
| R | 1,159 | 2,337 | 3,570 | ||
| R | 1,376 | 2,363 | 3,755 | ||
| R | 1,131 | 2,027 | 3,257 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.4%
English
10.7%
American
8.3%
Irish
7.6%
Italian
1.5%
Scottish
1.5%
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: 45.9 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
$63,510
Putnam County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Putnam County$63,510
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Putnam 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
15.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)16.4%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.8%
Spanish1.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Putnam County, anchored by the small city of Unionville, recorded an R+70.3 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most heavily one-sided rural counties in Missouri's northern tier.
The Republican margin here reached seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A population of 4,642, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,510 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bland County and Dearborn County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Putnam County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Putnam County, Missouri voted Republican by 70.3 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,380 votes cast, 347 went Democratic and 2,021 went Republican.
What is Putnam County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Putnam 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 0 times, Republican 34 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Putnam County, Missouri?
Putnam County, Missouri has a population of 4,642 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Putnam County, Missouri?
Median household income in Putnam County, Missouri is $63,510 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Putnam County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Putnam County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 34 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.