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1876–2024
DeKalb County, Missouri
DeKalb County·Missouri

DeKalb County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Missouri's most lopsided rural presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
DeKalb County, Missouri · 1807060460JCM · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+63
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,876
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marion County
MO · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 4,814 votes cast
Trump · R+63
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−62.6%
8703,8854,814
2020R
−59.7%
9303,8284,852
2016R
−58.7%
8243,5404,626
2012R
−42.8%
1,1943,0564,350
2008R
−25.6%
1,6922,8894,683
2004R
−26.3%
1,7072,9414,686
2000R
−19.8%
1,5622,3634,049
1996D
+1.4%
1,6791,6273,846
1992D
+7.5%
1,6301,3184,171
1988D
+2.8%
1,9701,8633,843
1984R
−19.8%
1,4642,1883,652
1980R
−9.9%
1,6772,0623,885
1976D
+7.5%
2,0231,7393,779
1972R
−34.8%
1,3392,7664,105
1968R
−17.1%
1,4522,1123,849
1964D
+16.6%
2,3471,6794,026
1960R
−18.8%
1,6972,4844,181
1956R
−15.1%
1,8722,5384,410
1952R
−26.8%
1,7733,0734,856
1948R
−1.6%
2,0332,0984,135
1944R
−15.1%
1,9612,6584,625
1940R
−10.1%
2,5053,0725,593
1936R
−3.4%
2,6802,8725,570
1932D
+18.0%
2,5191,7474,288
1928R
−27.4%
1,8983,3385,254
1924R
−7.0%
2,3682,7305,192
1920R
−17.0%
2,1213,0015,189
1916D
+0.2%
1,6471,6403,332
1912D
+17.1%
1,6521,0903,292
1908R
−2.1%
1,6321,7033,370
1904R
−4.7%
1,6071,7683,451
1900D
+4.7%
1,8401,6693,612
1896D
+15.2%
2,1671,5903,786
1892D
+1.0%
1,3721,3393,218
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%
Polish
0.5%
African American
5.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
Baptist
10.1%
Methodist
5.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.8%
Other Christian
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With roughly 11,600 residents concentrated in small towns and farmland, De Kalb County has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points, reflecting a broader realignment of sparsely populated northwest Missouri.

The Republican margin in DeKalb County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

DeKalb County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,826, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,876 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marion County and Shelby County.