combined metro areaColumbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+18.3
2008R+8.5
2012R+18.1
2016R+21.9
2020R+18.5
2024R+20.6
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 63.3% of 319,433 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
78,521
120,047
3,493
202,061
319,433
63.3%
2020
79,824
117,291
5,220
202,335
312,458
64.8%
2016
67,330
108,487
12,355
188,172
306,261
61.4%
2012
71,771
104,429
4,341
180,541
295,707
61.1%
2008
86,042
102,386
2,919
191,347
283,735
67.4%
2004
71,817
104,197
1,178
177,192
271,763†
65.2%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
9 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupColumbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MOMissouriUnited States
German25.7%21.3%12.5%
English13.1%11.9%9.5%
Irish11.0%11.8%9.4%
American7.2%6.8%5.3%
Italian2.3%3.2%4.8%
Scottish2.0%1.8%1.3%
French2.0%2.2%1.6%
Polish0.7%1.3%2.2%
African American†6.7%10.0%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Mexican2.6%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Asian Indian0.6%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Cambodian0.2%——
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
Missouri
United States
Median age
36.6
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
13.5%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.1%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$70,970
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.8%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.4%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
Missouri
United States
Catholic
11.3%
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.0%
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.1%
51.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.2%
5.7%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+25.8%
1896
+27.7%
1900
+25.1%
1904
+19.3%
1908
+22.3%
1912
+31.2%
1916
+23.4%
1920
+11.4%
1924
+19.1%
1928
+10.5%
1932
+43.0%
1936
+32.7%
1940
+20.9%
1944
+17.3%
1948
+28.8%
1952
+5.1%
1956
+5.3%
1960
+4.4%
1964
+20.7%
1968
−9.5%
1972
−31.1%
1976
−3.9%
1980
−9.4%
1984
−28.4%
1988
−10.2%
1992
+3.2%
1996
−0.8%
2000
−10.9%
2004
−18.3%
2008
−8.5%
2012
−18.1%
2016
−21.9%
2020
−18.5%
2024
−20.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
38.9%Harris78,521
59.4%Trump120,047
1.0%Oliver2,055 +4
R+20.6
R+2.0
R+19.1
202,061
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican59.4%120,047
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.9%78,521
Chase OliverLibertarian1.0%2,055
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%1,260
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%141
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%33
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%4
R
39.5%Biden79,824
58.0%Trump117,291
2.6%
R+18.5
D+3.4
R+23.0
202,335
R
35.8%Clinton67,330
57.7%Trump108,487
6.6%
R+21.9
R+3.8
R+24.0
188,172
R
39.8%Obama71,771
57.8%Romney104,429
2.4%
R+18.1
R+9.5
R+21.9
180,541
R
45.0%Obama86,042
53.5%McCain102,386
1.5%
R+8.5
D+9.7
R+15.8
191,347
R
40.5%Kerry71,817
58.8%Bush104,197
0.7%
R+18.3
R+7.3
R+15.8
177,192
R
43.1%Gore64,867
54.1%Bush81,335
2.8%
R+10.9
R+10.2
R+11.5
150,408
R
44.3%Clinton59,854
45.1%Dole60,921
10.6%
R+0.8
R+4.0
R+9.3
135,027
D
40.9%Clinton60,530
37.7%Bush55,848
21.4%
D+3.2
D+13.3
R+2.4
147,982
R
44.8%Dukakis57,118
55.0%Bush70,103
0.3%
R+10.2
D+18.2
R+2.5
127,558
R
35.8%Mondale46,716
64.2%Reagan83,765
0.0%
R+28.4
R+19.0
R+10.2
130,481
R
42.7%Carter52,608
52.1%Reagan64,213
5.2%
R+9.4
R+5.5
D+0.3
123,264
R
47.4%Carter52,238
51.3%Ford56,515
1.2%
R+3.9
D+27.2
R+5.9
110,095
R
34.5%McGovern36,229
65.5%Nixon68,892
0.0%
R+31.1
R+21.6
R+7.9
105,121
R
40.7%Humphrey39,399
50.2%Nixon48,613
9.1%
R+9.5
R+30.2
R+8.8
96,850
D
60.3%Johnson56,116
39.7%Goldwater36,886
0.0%
D+20.7
D+16.3
R+1.9
93,002
D
52.2%Kennedy50,565
47.8%Nixon46,283
0.0%
D+4.4
R+0.9
D+4.3
96,848
D
52.6%Stevenson47,755
47.4%Eisenhower42,953
0.0%
D+5.3
D+0.2
D+20.7
90,708
D
52.5%Stevenson49,190
47.4%Eisenhower44,408
0.1%
D+5.1
R+23.7
D+15.9
93,729
D
64.2%Truman53,180
35.4%Dewey29,340
0.3%
D+28.8
D+11.5
D+24.3
82,780
D
58.5%Roosevelt48,835
41.3%Dewey34,436
0.2%
D+17.3
R+3.6
D+9.8
83,408
D
60.3%Roosevelt58,549
39.5%Willkie38,296
0.2%
D+20.9
R+11.8
D+10.9
97,021
D
66.1%Roosevelt61,139
33.5%Landon30,946
0.4%
D+32.7
R+10.4
D+8.4
92,464
D
71.2%Roosevelt62,440
28.2%Hoover24,729
0.6%
D+43.0
D+32.5
D+25.2
87,673
D
55.2%Smith45,398
44.7%Hoover36,766
0.2%
D+10.5
R+8.6
D+28.0
82,300
D
57.6%Davis46,248
38.5%Coolidge30,929
3.9%
D+19.1
D+7.7
D+44.3
80,317
D
55.4%Cox44,494
44.0%Harding35,334
0.6%
D+11.4
R+11.9
D+37.6
80,281
D
61.2%Wilson29,512
37.9%Hughes18,255
0.9%
D+23.4
R+7.9
D+20.2
48,193
D
60.9%Wilson26,658
29.7%Taft12,986
9.5%
D+31.2
D+8.9
D+11.7
43,791
D
60.6%Bryan27,649
38.3%Taft17,479
1.2%
D+22.3
D+3.0
D+31.8
45,658
D
58.6%Parker24,945
39.3%Roosevelt16,717
2.2%
D+19.3
R+5.8
D+39.0
42,589
D
61.6%Bryan27,891
36.5%McKinley16,509
1.9%
D+25.1
R+2.5
D+32.7
45,262
D
63.5%Bryan29,609
35.8%McKinley16,702
0.8%
D+27.7
D+1.8
D+33.7
46,665
D
60.3%Cleveland24,113
34.5%Harrison13,795
5.1%
D+25.8
—
D+24.2
39,962
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
41.2%82,522
56.2%112,669
200,353
2022
R
41.2%58,633
56.1%79,814
142,205
2018
R
42.8%71,335
54.0%89,916
166,568
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
282,419
2018
270,132
2020
285,023
2022
273,093
2024
279,740
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+428 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,073 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+619
2012
+89
2013
−89
2014
−502
2015
−321
2016
−39
2017
−941
2018
−1,069
2019
−746
2021
+2,016
2022
+702
2023
+263
2024
+663
2025
+428
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 31.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 414,364, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,970 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS and Bloomington-Pontiac, IL.
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How did Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 20.6 points (R+20.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 202,061 votes cast, 78,521 went Democratic and 120,047 went Republican.
When did Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri?
Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri has a population of 414,364 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri is $70,970 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Columbia-Jefferson City-Moberly, MO, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
