Stone County, Missouri: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Republican peak: R+68 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 32,0482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,5202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Taney County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Stone CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Stone 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 | −40.2% |
| 1896 | −13.8% |
| 1900 | −33.6% |
| 1904 | −53.2% |
| 1908 | −45.2% |
| 1912 | −19.3% |
| 1916 | −39.9% |
| 1920 | −59.3% |
| 1924 | −43.5% |
| 1928 | −68.1% |
| 1932 | +4.4% |
| 1936 | −42.1% |
| 1940 | −55.0% |
| 1944 | −61.4% |
| 1948 | −42.6% |
| 1952 | −61.7% |
| 1956 | −47.4% |
| 1960 | −56.5% |
| 1964 | −12.9% |
| 1968 | −44.8% |
| 1972 | −58.5% |
| 1976 | −18.8% |
| 1980 | −35.6% |
| 1984 | −45.8% |
| 1988 | −27.4% |
| 1992 | −8.5% |
| 1996 | −17.0% |
| 2000 | −30.8% |
| 2004 | −39.2% |
| 2008 | −37.3% |
| 2012 | −49.0% |
| 2016 | −61.7% |
| 2020 | −61.0% |
| 2024 | −61.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,620 | 15,357 | 19,179 | ||
| R | 3,506 | 14,800 | 18,520 | ||
| R | 2,887 | 13,158 | 16,645 | ||
| R | 3,923 | 11,787 | 16,047 | ||
| R | 5,029 | 11,147 | 16,387 | ||
| R | 4,578 | 10,534 | 15,189 | ||
| R | 4,055 | 7,793 | 12,151 | ||
| R | 3,497 | 5,223 | 10,161 | ||
| R | 3,256 | 4,035 | 9,196 | ||
| R | 2,889 | 5,080 | 8,001 | ||
| R | 2,119 | 5,706 | 7,825 | ||
| R | 2,210 | 4,780 | 7,209 | ||
| R | 2,358 | 3,457 | 5,842 | ||
| R | 1,094 | 4,180 | 5,274 | ||
| R | 1,004 | 3,006 | 4,465 | ||
| R | 1,835 | 2,377 | 4,212 | ||
| R | 890 | 3,201 | 4,091 | ||
| R | 1,049 | 2,939 | 3,988 | ||
| R | 748 | 3,172 | 3,931 | ||
| R | 892 | 2,222 | 3,121 | ||
| R | 737 | 3,080 | 3,818 | ||
| R | 1,041 | 3,598 | 4,647 | ||
| R | 1,366 | 3,366 | 4,745 | ||
| D | 1,911 | 1,748 | 3,688 | ||
| R | 559 | 2,972 | 3,543 | ||
| R | 626 | 1,871 | 2,860 | ||
| R | 672 | 2,749 | 3,500 | ||
| R | 621 | 1,525 | 2,268 | ||
| R | 506 | 946 | 2,281 | ||
| R | 477 | 1,376 | 1,991 | ||
| R | 337 | 1,219 | 1,658 | ||
| R | 573 | 1,182 | 1,815 | ||
| R | 827 | 1,094 | 1,928 | ||
| R | 279 | 805 | 1,307 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.5%
English
13.7%
Irish
12.7%
American
8.4%
French
3.6%
Italian
2.7%
Scottish
2.7%
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: 54.6 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
$63,520
Stone County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Stone County$63,520
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Stone 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 1821.2%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.9%
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 66.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Stone County, anchored by the Table Rock Lake resort corridor, has delivered some of Missouri's widest Republican presidential margins for decades, a pattern driven by its older, rural, and predominantly white population.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-eight points in 1928. The 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
A population of 32,048, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,520 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Taney County and Barry County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Stone County, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Stone County, Missouri voted Republican by 61.2 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,179 votes cast, 3,620 went Democratic and 15,357 went Republican.
What is Stone County, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Stone County, Missouri in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 1 times, Republican 33 times, and other 0 times.
When did Stone County, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stone County, Missouri voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Stone County, Missouri?
Stone County, Missouri has a population of 32,048 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stone County, Missouri?
Median household income in Stone County, Missouri is $63,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Stone County, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Stone County, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.