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1876–2024
Lebanon, MO·Missouri

Lebanon, MO has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential elections — R+67 in 2024.

A small Ozarks metro that bucked its region's sharp rightward trend in 2024

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MO
LatestR+67in 2024
TypologyEvangelical Deep Southcluster typology
Population36,3902024 ACS

Lebanon, MO, Missouri: Evangelical Deep South metro. In 2024, voted R+67%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+67MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
Population
36,3902024 5-year
Median household income
$53,2822024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
91.3%2024 5-year
Black
0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+17 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+67 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Lebanon, MO
TrumpR+67
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican82.6%14,155
Kamala HarrisDemocratic16.1%2,756
OtherAll other candidates1.3%228
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −66.5% in 2024.flipped R · 1980−66.5%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−4.8%
1896+13.9%
1900+2.8%
1904−12.2%
1908−6.0%
1912+4.2%
1916−3.3%
1920−22.3%
1924−8.0%
1928−32.2%
1932+16.9%
1936−7.1%
1940−19.5%
1944−21.6%
1948−7.9%
1952−30.3%
1956−21.4%
1960−29.6%
1964+8.0%
1968−21.9%
1972−47.6%
1976+3.7%
1980−23.7%
1984−41.2%
1988−27.6%
1992−8.2%
1996−16.0%
2000−33.5%
2004−42.8%
2008−34.7%
2012−44.3%
2016−64.0%
2020−65.3%
2024−66.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−66.5%
2,75614,15517,139
R
−65.3%
2,78013,76216,828
R
−64.0%
2,55312,88116,140
R
−44.3%
4,09310,93415,435
R
−34.7%
5,21810,87516,323
R
−42.8%
4,21310,57814,869
R
−33.5%
4,1838,55613,046
R
−16.0%
4,0475,88711,499
R
−8.2%
4,1795,17612,222
R
−27.6%
3,4426,0709,536
R
−41.2%
2,6656,4069,071
R
−23.7%
3,4435,6429,282
D
+3.7%
4,3814,0678,475
R
−47.6%
2,1866,1528,338
R
−21.9%
2,9584,8608,670
D
+8.0%
4,5173,8488,365
R
−29.6%
3,1565,8058,961
R
−21.4%
3,2875,0798,366
R
−30.3%
2,8395,3128,155
R
−7.9%
3,2213,7737,015
R
−21.6%
3,0114,6707,687
R
−19.5%
3,3234,9418,278
R
−7.1%
3,6914,2587,977
D
+16.9%
3,9602,8046,823
R
−32.2%
2,0313,9716,025
R
−8.0%
2,5002,9605,735
R
−22.3%
2,1833,4695,754
R
−3.3%
1,7551,8773,733
D
+4.2%
1,6341,4783,711
R
−6.0%
1,6811,9023,662
R
−12.2%
1,4501,8743,474
D
+2.8%
1,7861,6863,534
D
+13.9%
2,1201,5983,751
R
−4.8%
1,2231,3763,193
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.2%
German
14.8%
Irish
14.2%
American
10.2%
Scottish
2.3%
French
2.2%
Polish
1.7%
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: 39.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.2%
2.5%
75–84
3.0%
5.0%
65–74
5.7%
7.1%
55–64
6.6%
5.8%
45–54
5.8%
6.3%
35–44
6.2%
6.1%
25–34
5.8%
4.0%
18–24
3.5%
9.2%
5–17
8.7%
3.6%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,282
Lebanon, MO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lebanon, MO$53,282
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.4%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)14.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
24.3%
Other Christian
19.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.8%
Methodist
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lebanon's metro returned a Democratic lean of 3.3 points in 2024, an outlier in a heavily Republican swath of south-central Missouri, suggesting local economic or demographic currents that diverge from surrounding Ozarks counties.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of seventeen points in 1932 and a Republican high of sixty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.

A population of 36,390, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,282 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lebanon, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lebanon, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 66.5 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,139 votes cast, 2,756 went Democratic and 14,155 went Republican.
What is Lebanon, MO, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Lebanon, MO, Missouri in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology. 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 metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lebanon, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lebanon, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lebanon, MO, Missouri?
Lebanon, MO, Missouri has a population of 36,390 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lebanon, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Lebanon, MO, Missouri is $53,282 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Lebanon, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lebanon, MO, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.