† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupDexterMissouriUnited States
American13.0%6.8%5.3%
German12.4%21.3%12.5%
English11.3%11.9%9.5%
Irish10.6%11.8%9.4%
Dutch1.6%——
Italian1.0%3.2%4.8%
Scottish1.0%1.8%1.3%
French0.8%2.2%1.6%
Mexican2.3%3.2%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%—0.7%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
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
Dexter
Missouri
United States
Median age
38.5
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dexter
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$51,701
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.7%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dexter
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.1%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dexter
Missouri
United States
Catholic
—
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.7%
51.5%
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.
Dexter, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−43.2%
2008
−42.3%
2012
−49.3%
2016
−64.6%
2020
−68.3%
2024
−70.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
14.5%Harris540
84.8%Trump3,158
0.7%
R+70.3
R+2.1
R+68.8
3,724
R
15.4%Biden491
83.7%Trump2,660
0.8%
R+68.3
R+3.7
R+72.7
3,178
R
16.1%Clinton507
80.7%Trump2,543
3.2%
R+64.6
R+15.3
R+66.7
3,152
R
24.5%Obama760
73.8%Romney2,287
1.7%
R+49.3
R+6.9
R+53.1
3,099
R
27.7%Obama880
70.0%McCain2,226
2.3%
R+42.3
D+0.8
R+49.6
3,180
R
28.4%Kerry890
71.5%Bush2,243
0.1%
R+43.2
—
R+40.7
3,135
Dexter sits in Missouri's Bootheel region, where a mix of light manufacturing employment and row-crop agriculture shapes a working-class electorate that has shifted heavily toward Republican margins in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 70.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 70.3 points.
A population of 7,891, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,701 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Savannah and Lexington.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Dexter, Missouri voted Republican by 70.3 points (R+70.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,724 votes cast, 540 went Democratic and 3,158 went Republican.
How many people live in Dexter, Missouri?
Dexter, Missouri has a population of 7,891 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dexter, Missouri?
Median household income in Dexter, Missouri is $51,701 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Dexter, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Dexter, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
