A small Missouri metro that trends notably bluer than the state it sits in
Mexico, MO anchors Audrain County, where a modest urban core and a historically rooted Black community have kept presidential margins closer to competitive than the surrounding rural Missouri baseline.
| Group | Mexico, MO | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 88.5% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 6.3% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.5% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(5) | 2.0% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(3) | 0.4% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(2) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -45.8pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.8% | 56.6% | — | — | |
| 10.8% | 20.6% | — | — | |
| 8.1% | 15.4% | — | — | |
| 2.0% | 3.7% | — | — | |
| 1.9% | 3.7% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 1.4% | 2.6% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 47.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Mexico, MO metro area? 102,023 residents across 4 counties.
14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 19pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+28 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+41.2 | R+49.5 | 8.2pp |
| President vs Senate | R+47.6 | R+41.2 | 6.4pp |
| President vs Governor | R+47.6 | R+49.5 | 1.9pp |