† 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
GroupSedaliaMissouriUnited States
German19.8%21.3%12.5%
Irish9.5%11.8%9.4%
English8.3%11.9%9.5%
American7.3%6.8%5.3%
Ukrainian3.9%——
Italian1.3%3.2%4.8%
French1.3%2.2%1.6%
Scottish1.1%1.8%1.3%
Mexican11.4%3.2%11.3%
Salvadoran0.9%—0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.2%0.5%
Panamanian0.5%——
Spaniard0.3%——
Spanish0.3%——
African American†3.7%10.0%9.9%
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
Sedalia
Missouri
United States
Median age
37.3
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.9%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sedalia
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$50,990
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.4%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.3%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sedalia
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
9.8%
2.9%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.6%
0.5%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sedalia
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.
Sedalia, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.6%
2008
−9.4%
2012
−11.4%
2016
−32.1%
2020
−32.5%
2024
−37.8%
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
30.4%Harris2,608
68.1%Trump5,852
1.5%
R+37.8
R+5.3
R+36.3
8,589
R
32.2%Biden2,532
64.7%Trump5,087
3.1%
R+32.5
R+0.4
R+37.0
7,859
R
30.7%Clinton2,446
62.9%Trump5,001
6.4%
R+32.1
R+20.7
R+34.2
7,957
R
43.0%Obama3,316
54.5%Romney4,198
2.5%
R+11.4
R+2.1
R+15.3
7,706
R
43.9%Obama3,766
53.3%McCain4,571
2.9%
R+9.4
D+11.2
R+16.7
8,582
R
39.7%Kerry3,135
60.2%Bush4,762
0.1%
R+20.6
—
R+18.1
7,904
Sedalia's manufacturing and railroad heritage shaped a working-class electorate that has tracked Missouri's broader rightward drift over the past two decades, with recent county-level margins routinely exceeding 40 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 37.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.8 points.
A population of 22,003, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,990 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shelbyville and Seymour.
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, Sedalia, Missouri voted Republican by 37.8 points (R+37.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,589 votes cast, 2,608 went Democratic and 5,852 went Republican.
How many people live in Sedalia, Missouri?
Sedalia, Missouri has a population of 22,003 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sedalia, Missouri?
Median household income in Sedalia, Missouri is $50,990 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Sedalia, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sedalia, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
