† 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
GroupFergusonMissouriUnited States
African American†65.4%10.0%9.9%
African1.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
Kenyan0.6%——
German9.5%21.3%12.5%
Irish5.2%11.8%9.4%
English3.9%11.9%9.5%
American2.3%6.8%5.3%
Italian2.0%3.2%4.8%
Polish1.0%1.3%2.2%
French1.0%2.2%1.6%
Scottish0.6%1.8%1.3%
Mexican0.8%3.2%11.3%
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
Ferguson
Missouri
United States
Median age
34.5
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.1%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ferguson
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$47,524
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.3%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ferguson
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.8%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ferguson
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.
Ferguson, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+59.4%
2008
+65.8%
2012
+68.1%
2016
+62.9%
2020
+65.8%
2024
+65.2%
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
D
81.8%Harris5,623
16.5%Trump1,137
1.7%
D+65.2
R+0.5
D+66.7
6,878
D
82.2%Biden6,476
16.4%Trump1,294
1.4%
D+65.8
D+2.9
D+61.3
7,881
D
79.7%Clinton6,646
16.8%Trump1,400
3.5%
D+62.9
R+5.1
D+60.8
8,340
D
83.2%Obama8,218
15.2%Romney1,500
1.6%
D+68.1
D+2.3
D+64.2
9,872
D
82.4%Obama8,756
16.6%McCain1,765
1.0%
D+65.8
D+6.3
D+58.5
10,629
D
79.2%Kerry7,765
19.8%Bush1,939
1.0%
D+59.4
—
D+61.9
9,801
Ferguson's 2014 unrest accelerated municipal court reform statewide and drew sustained attention to the gap between its majority-Black population and its historically non-representative local government.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.2 points.
A population of 18,213, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,524 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Spanish Lake and St. Andrews.
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, Ferguson, Missouri voted Democratic by 65.2 points (D+65.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,878 votes cast, 5,623 went Democratic and 1,137 went Republican.
How many people live in Ferguson, Missouri?
Ferguson, Missouri has a population of 18,213 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ferguson, Missouri?
Median household income in Ferguson, Missouri is $47,524 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Ferguson, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ferguson, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
