Boone County, Missouri

2024 results by precinct

60 precincts · 90,375 votes cast

Harris · D+10

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+9.7%	48,452	39,673	90,375
2020	D	+12.5%	50,064	38,646	91,326
2016	D	+5.9%	41,125	36,200	83,868
2012	D	+3.1%	39,847	37,404	79,422
2008	D	+12.0%	47,062	36,849	85,251
2004	R	−0.2%	37,643	37,801	76,046
2000	D	+0.6%	28,811	28,426	59,609
1996	D	+5.7%	24,984	22,047	51,920
1992	D	+11.7%	26,176	19,405	57,890
1988	D	+3.0%	24,370	22,948	47,458
1984	R	−15.7%	19,364	26,600	45,964
1980	D	+5.7%	18,527	16,313	38,837
1976	D	+3.7%	17,674	16,373	34,893
1972	R	−12.3%	13,666	17,488	31,154
1968	R	−0.6%	11,771	11,917	25,703
1964	D	+31.5%	14,758	7,695	22,453
1960	D	+4.8%	11,514	10,453	21,967
1956	D	+11.9%	10,404	8,197	18,601
1952	D	+15.0%	10,206	7,545	17,785
1948	D	+40.3%	10,200	4,289	14,653
1944	D	+39.6%	9,704	4,195	13,929
1940	D	+40.8%	11,615	4,869	16,543
1936	D	+51.0%	11,241	3,624	14,926
1932	D	+55.5%	11,554	3,241	14,979
1928	D	+26.6%	8,422	4,876	13,319
1924	D	+41.3%	8,657	3,547	12,373
1920	D	+36.2%	8,748	4,077	12,890
1916	D	+43.6%	5,601	2,180	7,838
1912	D	+51.4%	5,027	1,350	7,158
1908	D	+39.9%	5,041	2,149	7,254
1904	D	+39.8%	4,375	1,857	6,327
1900	D	+47.4%	4,793	1,672	6,589
1896	D	+49.4%	5,075	1,705	6,822
1892	D	+44.1%	4,054	1,495	5,806
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

7.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 32.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

2.2%

3.8%

65–74

4.4%

5.1%

55–64

5.3%

5.0%

45–54

5.1%

6.2%

35–44

6.3%

7.1%

25–34

7.4%

8.8%

18–24

10.1%

7.7%

5–17

7.1%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,758

Boone County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Boone County$72,758

Missouri$70,702

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

12.0%

Baptist

8.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.0%

Mainline Protestant

3.9%

Methodist

2.9%

Non-Christian

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to the University of Missouri, Boone County posts Democratic margins unusual for rural Missouri — Biden carried it by double digits in 2020, and Harris held similar ground in 2024, anchored by student and faculty turnout in Columbia.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty-five points in 1932; the Republican margin reached sixteen points in 1984. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Boone County's demographics — a population of 188,043, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $72,758 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chatham County and Missoula County.

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Boone County delivered a near-tie in 2024.