Reynolds 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
- 6,0102024 5-year
- Median household income
- $45,0282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Davis County, IA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Reynolds CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Reynolds County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +52.1% |
| 1896 | +44.9% |
| 1900 | +38.9% |
| 1904 | +26.7% |
| 1908 | +30.9% |
| 1912 | +40.1% |
| 1916 | +33.4% |
| 1920 | +21.8% |
| 1924 | +34.8% |
| 1928 | +11.8% |
| 1932 | +50.6% |
| 1936 | +46.0% |
| 1940 | +33.9% |
| 1944 | +32.7% |
| 1948 | +49.4% |
| 1952 | +38.2% |
| 1956 | +27.0% |
| 1960 | −4.4% |
| 1964 | +55.2% |
| 1968 | +13.4% |
| 1972 | −19.8% |
| 1976 | +41.7% |
| 1980 | +19.9% |
| 1984 | +20.7% |
| 1988 | +23.1% |
| 1992 | +37.2% |
| 1996 | +24.6% |
| 2000 | −14.8% |
| 2004 | −13.3% |
| 2008 | −11.1% |
| 2012 | −24.2% |
| 2016 | −61.4% |
| 2020 | −66.8% |
| 2024 | −68.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 472 | 2,560 | 3,059 | ||
| R | 529 | 2,733 | 3,298 | ||
| R | 540 | 2,406 | 3,038 | ||
| R | 1,157 | 1,931 | 3,202 | ||
| R | 1,418 | 1,782 | 3,287 | ||
| R | 1,449 | 1,896 | 3,364 | ||
| R | 1,298 | 1,762 | 3,131 | ||
| D | 1,631 | 903 | 2,960 | ||
| D | 2,014 | 776 | 3,325 | ||
| D | 1,864 | 1,162 | 3,035 | ||
| D | 2,026 | 1,330 | 3,356 | ||
| D | 1,919 | 1,271 | 3,250 | ||
| D | 2,143 | 879 | 3,030 | ||
| R | 1,031 | 1,541 | 2,572 | ||
| D | 1,245 | 898 | 2,581 | ||
| D | 1,835 | 530 | 2,365 | ||
| R | 1,044 | 1,139 | 2,183 | ||
| D | 1,596 | 917 | 2,513 | ||
| D | 2,124 | 949 | 3,079 | ||
| D | 2,050 | 692 | 2,748 | ||
| D | 1,877 | 951 | 2,833 | ||
| D | 2,406 | 1,187 | 3,600 | ||
| D | 2,476 | 915 | 3,396 | ||
| D | 2,439 | 792 | 3,252 | ||
| D | 1,582 | 1,247 | 2,835 | ||
| D | 1,822 | 873 | 2,724 | ||
| D | 1,837 | 1,173 | 3,046 | ||
| D | 1,209 | 592 | 1,849 | ||
| D | 1,030 | 367 | 1,654 | ||
| D | 1,052 | 544 | 1,642 | ||
| D | 877 | 505 | 1,394 | ||
| D | 1,027 | 451 | 1,481 | ||
| D | 1,015 | 385 | 1,403 | ||
| D | 903 | 281 | 1,193 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.0%
Irish
12.1%
American
9.7%
English
7.7%
Italian
1.6%
Polish
1.6%
Scottish
1.5%
African American
1.2%
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: 46.1 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
$45,028
Reynolds County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Reynolds County$45,028
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Reynolds 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
17.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.1%
Working age (18–64)17.1%
Seniors (65+)15.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.5%
speak English only
Spanish0.2%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Reynolds County's Ozark topography and sparse population have long produced some of Missouri's widest Republican margins; in 2024 its presidential gap exceeded 68 points, anchored by a small, predominantly white, working-class electorate with few urban counterweights.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifty-five points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by fifteen points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-eight points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $45,028 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 17% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Davis County and Marion County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Reynolds County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Reynolds County, Missouri voted Republican by 68.3 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,059 votes cast, 472 went Democratic and 2,560 went Republican.
What is Reynolds County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Reynolds 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 25 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Reynolds County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Reynolds County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Reynolds County, Missouri?
Reynolds County, Missouri has a population of 6,010 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reynolds County, Missouri?
Median household income in Reynolds County, Missouri is $45,028 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Reynolds County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Reynolds County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.