Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+45%. Democratic peak: D+48 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+45MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,5712024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,3392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Monroe County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ste. Genevieve CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ste. Genevieve 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 | +24.9% |
| 1896 | +15.9% |
| 1900 | +16.1% |
| 1904 | +8.2% |
| 1908 | +2.0% |
| 1912 | +1.6% |
| 1916 | +3.4% |
| 1920 | −24.9% |
| 1924 | −2.7% |
| 1928 | +39.6% |
| 1932 | +46.9% |
| 1936 | +18.7% |
| 1940 | −13.4% |
| 1944 | −8.2% |
| 1948 | +11.7% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −5.4% |
| 1960 | +24.3% |
| 1964 | +48.2% |
| 1968 | +6.3% |
| 1972 | −12.7% |
| 1976 | +15.8% |
| 1980 | +8.8% |
| 1984 | −8.7% |
| 1988 | +17.5% |
| 1992 | +28.2% |
| 1996 | +22.6% |
| 2000 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | +6.0% |
| 2008 | +14.1% |
| 2012 | −3.0% |
| 2016 | −34.7% |
| 2020 | −41.2% |
| 2024 | −44.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,629 | 7,031 | 9,803 | ||
| R | 2,713 | 6,630 | 9,498 | ||
| R | 2,542 | 5,496 | 8,512 | ||
| R | 3,813 | 4,055 | 8,070 | ||
| D | 4,979 | 3,732 | 8,825 | ||
| D | 4,281 | 3,791 | 8,146 | ||
| D | 3,600 | 3,505 | 7,311 | ||
| D | 3,597 | 2,078 | 6,727 | ||
| D | 3,795 | 1,780 | 7,137 | ||
| D | 3,612 | 2,532 | 6,164 | ||
| R | 2,723 | 3,245 | 5,968 | ||
| D | 3,324 | 2,768 | 6,291 | ||
| D | 3,091 | 2,241 | 5,372 | ||
| R | 2,247 | 2,900 | 5,147 | ||
| D | 2,225 | 1,937 | 4,602 | ||
| D | 3,768 | 1,316 | 5,084 | ||
| D | 3,211 | 1,956 | 5,167 | ||
| R | 2,363 | 2,633 | 4,996 | ||
| R | 2,385 | 2,682 | 5,069 | ||
| D | 1,984 | 1,567 | 3,568 | ||
| R | 1,878 | 2,214 | 4,098 | ||
| R | 2,098 | 2,750 | 4,856 | ||
| D | 2,446 | 1,664 | 4,182 | ||
| D | 3,087 | 1,109 | 4,215 | ||
| D | 2,547 | 1,099 | 3,652 | ||
| R | 1,257 | 1,330 | 2,703 | ||
| R | 1,149 | 1,917 | 3,088 | ||
| D | 1,218 | 1,137 | 2,372 | ||
| D | 1,138 | 1,100 | 2,312 | ||
| D | 1,108 | 1,064 | 2,181 | ||
| D | 1,163 | 986 | 2,167 | ||
| D | 1,296 | 935 | 2,246 | ||
| D | 1,245 | 903 | 2,153 | ||
| D | 1,155 | 683 | 1,897 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.8%
American
12.4%
Irish
9.5%
French
7.0%
English
5.4%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
1.4%
African American
1.0%
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: 43.3 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
$66,339
Ste. Genevieve County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ste. Genevieve County$66,339
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Ste. Genevieve 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
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.8%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)6.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.2%
speak English only
Spanish0.5%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ste. Genevieve County, anchored by Missouri's oldest European settlement, has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, with 2024 marking one of its widest recorded margins despite a modest rural population.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at forty-eight points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2012 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by three points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-five points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $66,339 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 8% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe County and Macoupin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri voted Republican by 44.9 points (R+45), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,803 votes cast, 2,629 went Democratic and 7,031 went Republican.
What is Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Ste. Genevieve 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 22 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri?
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri has a population of 18,571 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri?
Median household income in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri is $66,339 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.