combined metro areaSt. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+7.3
2008D+15.6
2012D+6.2
2016R+2.1
2020D+1.8
2024R+0.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 65.7% of 2,218,234 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
709,862
721,453
25,199
1,456,514
2,218,234
65.7%
2020
753,653
726,882
31,309
1,511,844
2,209,279
68.4%
2016
656,581
686,046
85,024
1,427,651
2,188,552
65.2%
2012
728,882
642,486
27,832
1,399,200
2,145,303
65.2%
2008
844,925
614,787
16,620
1,476,332
2,127,382
69.4%
2004
734,935
633,847
7,702
1,376,484
2,109,461†
65.3%
† 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
17 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
GroupSt. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-ILUnited States
German25.2%12.5%
Irish12.7%9.4%
English10.2%9.5%
American6.0%5.3%
Italian4.5%4.8%
French2.7%1.6%
Polish2.3%2.2%
Scottish1.6%1.3%
African American†15.7%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%
Mexican2.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.8%
Asian Indian0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
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
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
United States
Median age
40
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
United States
Median household income
$80,835
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
United States
Catholic
20.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
49.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
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.
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+2.5%
1896
−7.9%
1900
−1.4%
1904
−10.2%
1908
−8.9%
1912
+9.1%
1916
−4.7%
1920
−22.5%
1924
−16.1%
1928
−0.6%
1932
+28.1%
1936
+26.4%
1940
+8.7%
1944
+10.3%
1948
+18.1%
1952
+9.7%
1956
+6.6%
1960
+14.0%
1964
+35.7%
1968
+8.1%
1972
−12.6%
1976
+4.3%
1980
−5.2%
1984
−15.1%
1988
+1.5%
1992
+16.6%
1996
+13.5%
2000
+7.7%
2004
+7.3%
2008
+15.6%
2012
+6.2%
2016
−2.1%
2020
+1.8%
2024
−0.8%
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
48.7%Harris709,862
49.5%Trump721,453
1.7%
R+0.8
R+2.6
D+0.7
1,456,514
D
49.8%Biden753,653
48.1%Trump726,882
2.1%
D+1.8
D+3.8
R+2.7
1,511,844
R
46.0%Clinton656,581
48.1%Trump686,046
6.0%
R+2.1
R+8.2
R+4.2
1,427,651
D
52.1%Obama728,882
45.9%Romney642,486
2.0%
D+6.2
R+9.4
D+2.3
1,399,200
D
57.2%Obama844,925
41.6%McCain614,787
1.1%
D+15.6
D+8.2
D+8.3
1,476,332
D
53.4%Kerry734,935
46.0%Bush633,847
0.6%
D+7.3
R+0.3
D+9.8
1,376,484
D
52.6%Gore631,421
44.9%Bush539,147
2.5%
D+7.7
R+5.9
D+7.2
1,200,033
D
51.6%Clinton568,166
38.0%Dole419,022
10.4%
D+13.5
R+3.1
D+5.0
1,101,275
D
47.8%Clinton598,516
31.2%Bush390,444
21.0%
D+16.6
D+15.1
D+11.1
1,251,654
D
50.6%Dukakis561,493
49.1%Bush544,813
0.4%
D+1.5
D+16.6
D+9.2
1,110,442
R
42.4%Mondale478,621
57.5%Reagan649,613
0.1%
R+15.1
R+9.9
D+3.1
1,129,623
R
44.9%Carter500,389
50.1%Reagan558,293
5.0%
R+5.2
R+9.5
D+4.5
1,114,816
D
51.4%Carter547,517
47.0%Ford501,447
1.6%
D+4.3
D+16.9
D+2.3
1,065,912
R
43.6%McGovern443,159
56.2%Nixon571,423
0.2%
R+12.6
R+20.7
D+10.5
1,016,256
D
48.2%Humphrey480,587
40.2%Nixon400,146
11.6%
D+8.1
R+27.6
D+8.8
996,587
D
67.8%Johnson674,199
32.2%Goldwater319,810
0.0%
D+35.7
D+21.7
D+13.1
994,009
D
57.0%Kennedy583,027
43.0%Nixon439,799
0.1%
D+14.0
D+7.4
D+13.8
1,023,388
D
53.3%Stevenson505,418
46.7%Eisenhower442,460
0.0%
D+6.6
R+3.1
D+22.0
948,329
D
54.8%Stevenson520,676
45.0%Eisenhower428,039
0.2%
D+9.7
R+8.3
D+20.5
950,146
D
58.7%Truman449,908
40.6%Dewey311,237
0.7%
D+18.1
D+7.8
D+13.6
766,628
D
55.0%Roosevelt415,860
44.7%Dewey338,052
0.3%
D+10.3
D+1.6
D+2.8
756,541
D
54.1%Roosevelt463,833
45.4%Willkie389,259
0.4%
D+8.7
R+17.7
R+1.2
856,594
D
61.8%Roosevelt500,205
35.4%Landon286,446
2.8%
D+26.4
R+1.7
D+2.1
809,709
D
62.7%Roosevelt451,968
34.7%Hoover249,633
2.6%
D+28.1
D+28.7
D+10.3
720,401
R
49.4%Smith327,672
50.0%Hoover331,527
0.5%
R+0.6
D+15.6
D+16.9
662,736
R
34.7%Davis179,401
50.8%Coolidge262,994
14.5%
R+16.1
D+6.3
D+9.0
517,711
R
35.3%Cox179,256
57.8%Harding293,271
6.9%
R+22.5
R+17.8
D+3.7
507,437
R
46.1%Wilson165,697
50.8%Hughes182,572
3.2%
R+4.7
R+13.8
R+7.8
359,724
D
42.2%Wilson110,097
33.1%Taft86,367
24.7%
D+9.1
D+18.0
R+10.4
260,867
R
43.2%Bryan116,166
52.1%Taft140,190
4.7%
R+8.9
D+1.2
D+0.6
268,914
R
41.9%Parker94,485
52.1%Roosevelt117,372
6.0%
R+10.2
R+8.8
D+9.5
225,265
R
47.9%Bryan112,958
49.3%McKinley116,250
2.7%
R+1.4
D+6.5
D+6.2
235,635
R
45.5%Bryan101,109
53.4%McKinley118,615
1.0%
R+7.9
R+10.4
R+1.8
222,047
D
49.7%Cleveland79,549
47.1%Harrison75,477
3.2%
D+2.5
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D+0.9
160,101
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL
Year
Total registered
2016
2,117,976
2018
2,063,164
2020
1,973,231
2022
2,084,242
2024
2,143,127
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−833 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −112,325 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−9,372
2012
−11,028
2013
−8,144
2014
−8,384
2015
−7,541
2016
−12,455
2017
−9,620
2018
−9,582
2019
−7,295
2021
−4,800
2022
−13,959
2023
−5,732
2024
−3,580
2025
−833
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 22.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.8 points.
A population of 2,914,849, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,835 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI and Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
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How did St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois voted Republican by 0.8 points (R+0.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,456,514 votes cast, 709,862 went Democratic and 721,453 went Republican.
When did St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois?
St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois has a population of 2,914,849 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois?
Median household income in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois is $80,835 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
