akashic
1876–2024
Jackson County, Missouri
Jackson County·Missouri

Jackson County is one of the bluest places in America.

Kansas City's urban core anchors Missouri's most Democratic county

18762024·38 elections
Jackson County, Missouri · TheCatalyst31 with modifications by Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+19
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
719,976
2024 ACS
Most similar
Greene County
AL · similarity 0.99
248 precincts · 319,728 votes cast
Harris · D+19
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+19.2%
187,026125,610319,728
2020D
+21.9%
199,842126,535334,055
2016D
+17.3%
168,972116,211304,687
2012D
+19.6%
183,953122,708312,061
2008D
+25.4%
210,824124,687339,266
2004D
+16.8%
183,654130,500315,993
2000D
+20.6%
160,419104,418272,062
1996D
+21.9%
140,31785,534249,658
1992D
+23.1%
145,99978,611291,637
1988D
+15.7%
147,964107,810256,567
1984D
+1.0%
135,067132,271267,338
1980D
+11.6%
135,805106,156256,687
1976D
+12.2%
130,120101,401235,441
1972R
−16.7%
92,830129,989222,819
1968D
+9.1%
112,15491,086232,220
1964D
+34.4%
161,29078,766240,056
1960D
+7.2%
142,869123,589266,458
1956D
+4.4%
133,522122,182255,704
1952D
+2.1%
138,792133,093272,297
1948D
+23.3%
139,18686,471226,527
1944D
+8.8%
113,80395,406209,632
1940D
+14.9%
137,285101,568239,219
1936D
+46.1%
215,12079,119295,319
1932D
+34.7%
172,45683,214256,885
1928R
−13.4%
96,703126,589223,677
1924R
−8.6%
76,00291,141175,982
1920R
−1.9%
76,79179,875158,214
1916D
+14.7%
44,55632,94379,029
1912D
+42.1%
32,2095,61863,194
1908D
+7.5%
31,46126,99859,760
1904R
−10.7%
20,58225,79448,521
1900D
+2.1%
22,54221,58145,206
1896D
+5.0%
20,70518,71139,862
1892D
+16.9%
15,82511,04428,307
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
17.8%
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.
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
13.3%
Other Christian
13.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.6%
Methodist
4.2%
Mainline Protestant
3.2%
Non-Christian
3.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Kansas City, Jackson County delivers some of Missouri's widest Democratic margins, with its dense urban electorate consistently offsetting Republican strength in the state's rural and suburban regions.

The Democratic margin in Jackson County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-six points in 1936; the 2024 margin was nineteen points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Jackson County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,577, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Greene County and Macon County.