† 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
GroupWashingtonMissouriUnited States
German35.8%21.3%12.5%
Irish14.5%11.8%9.4%
English11.8%11.9%9.5%
American9.0%6.8%5.3%
Italian3.3%3.2%4.8%
French3.0%2.2%1.6%
Polish2.0%1.3%2.2%
Scottish1.8%1.8%1.3%
Mexican1.4%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Cuban0.2%—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
Washington
Missouri
United States
Median age
43.1
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Washington
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$79,173
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.9%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.3%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Washington
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Washington
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.
Washington, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−22.2%
2008
−17.4%
2012
−30.6%
2016
−39.1%
2020
−29.8%
2024
−30.0%
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
34.3%Harris2,897
64.3%Trump5,429
1.4%
R+30.0
R+0.2
R+28.5
8,446
R
34.1%Biden2,632
63.8%Trump4,931
2.1%
R+29.8
D+9.4
R+34.2
7,724
R
27.9%Clinton2,079
67.0%Trump4,996
5.1%
R+39.1
R+8.6
R+41.2
7,452
R
33.5%Obama2,382
64.0%Romney4,559
2.5%
R+30.6
R+13.1
R+34.4
7,121
R
40.7%Obama3,010
58.1%McCain4,300
1.3%
R+17.4
D+4.7
R+24.7
7,403
R
38.3%Kerry2,624
60.5%Bush4,143
1.2%
R+22.2
—
R+19.7
6,851
Washington sits along the Missouri River about 50 miles west of St. Louis, built on a German Catholic immigrant base whose demographic legacy continues to distinguish its voting patterns from surrounding Franklin County precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 39.1 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 30.0 points.
A population of 15,130, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,173 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Effingham and New Haven.
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, Washington, Missouri voted Republican by 30.0 points (R+30.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,446 votes cast, 2,897 went Democratic and 5,429 went Republican.
How many people live in Washington, Missouri?
Washington, Missouri has a population of 15,130 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washington, Missouri?
Median household income in Washington, Missouri is $79,173 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Washington, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Washington, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
