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1876–2024
Mexico, MO·Missouri

Mexico, MO has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+48 in 2024.

A small Missouri metro that trends notably bluer than the state it sits in

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MO
LatestR+48in 2024
TypologyFarm Beltcluster typology
Population24,5482024 ACS

Mexico, MO, Missouri: Farm Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+48%. Democratic peak: D+56 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+48MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Farm BeltAkashic typology
Population
24,5482024 5-year
Median household income
$59,4482024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.9%2024 5-year
Black
4.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+56 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+48 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Mexico, MO
TrumpR+48
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican73.2%7,699
Kamala HarrisDemocratic25.5%2,688
OtherAll other candidates1.3%136
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: −47.6% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−47.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+37.3%
1896+42.2%
1900+40.6%
1904+34.0%
1908+31.4%
1912+38.3%
1916+34.2%
1920+17.9%
1924+30.0%
1928+10.0%
1932+56.0%
1936+49.5%
1940+38.5%
1944+30.3%
1948+46.4%
1952+17.4%
1956+12.1%
1960+12.8%
1964+38.0%
1968−1.8%
1972−32.0%
1976+2.0%
1980−10.0%
1984−21.8%
1988+1.5%
1992+8.8%
1996+7.5%
2000−7.1%
2004−18.5%
2008−16.1%
2012−26.5%
2016−43.5%
2020−47.1%
2024−47.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−47.6%
2,6887,69910,523
R
−47.1%
2,7047,73210,666
R
−43.5%
2,5706,98110,133
R
−26.5%
3,5396,1869,982
R
−16.1%
4,4346,16710,781
R
−18.5%
4,3186,29410,683
R
−7.1%
4,5515,2569,985
D
+7.5%
4,6903,9559,778
D
+8.8%
4,7313,79810,654
D
+1.5%
5,2265,07210,327
R
−21.8%
4,6627,26111,923
R
−10.0%
5,1686,34711,834
D
+2.0%
5,6005,37811,032
R
−32.0%
3,7067,19710,903
R
−1.8%
4,8065,00510,823
D
+38.0%
7,3873,31610,703
D
+12.8%
6,4104,95511,365
D
+12.1%
5,9514,66410,615
D
+17.4%
6,7754,76711,554
D
+46.4%
7,4952,73910,250
D
+30.3%
6,4713,4559,939
D
+38.5%
7,7683,44711,224
D
+49.5%
7,4552,5089,994
D
+56.0%
7,3012,0379,392
D
+10.0%
5,0674,1419,222
D
+30.0%
5,8663,1259,142
D
+17.9%
5,5143,8279,409
D
+34.2%
3,5721,7415,361
D
+38.3%
3,3321,3605,143
D
+31.4%
3,3501,7335,156
D
+34.0%
3,0061,4544,571
D
+40.6%
3,4771,4365,024
D
+42.2%
3,9841,6095,628
D
+37.3%
3,2401,4084,908
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.3%
English
13.1%
Irish
10.6%
American
6.8%
French
1.5%
Italian
1.3%
Scottish
1.3%
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: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.6%
1.8%
75–84
3.2%
5.4%
65–74
6.0%
6.8%
55–64
7.1%
5.6%
45–54
5.7%
5.7%
35–44
6.7%
5.4%
25–34
7.2%
3.9%
18–24
4.0%
9.1%
5–17
7.5%
3.3%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,448
Mexico, MO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mexico, MO$59,448
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
17.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.9%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.1%
Spanish1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
16.8%
Other Christian
11.4%
Mainline Protestant
10.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.9%
Methodist
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-six points in 1932 and a Republican high of forty-eight points in 2024. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points.

A population of 24,548, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,448 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Mexico, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mexico, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 47.6 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,523 votes cast, 2,688 went Democratic and 7,699 went Republican.
What is Mexico, MO, Missouri's political typology?
Akashic places Mexico, MO, Missouri in the "Farm Belt" 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 23 times, Republican 11 times, and other 0 times.
When did Mexico, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mexico, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Mexico, MO, Missouri?
Mexico, MO, Missouri has a population of 24,548 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mexico, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Mexico, MO, Missouri is $59,448 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Mexico, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mexico, MO, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.