Newton County, Missouri

2024 results by precinct

23 precincts · 29,097 votes cast

Trump · R+59

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−58.6%	5,867	22,923	29,097
2020	R	−57.3%	5,818	22,120	28,454
2016	R	−58.1%	4,990	20,553	26,807
2012	R	−46.7%	6,425	18,181	25,193
2008	R	−40.1%	7,450	17,637	25,406
2004	R	−44.5%	6,564	17,187	23,889
2000	R	−36.8%	6,447	14,232	21,162
1996	R	−23.4%	5,840	10,067	18,085
1992	R	−15.2%	5,987	8,804	18,479
1988	R	−29.2%	5,798	10,617	16,497
1984	R	−43.4%	4,623	11,709	16,332
1980	R	−29.4%	5,621	10,515	16,662
1976	R	−0.7%	7,045	7,142	14,301
1972	R	−42.8%	4,291	10,701	14,992
1968	R	−16.4%	5,064	7,343	13,888
1964	D	+10.0%	8,139	6,660	14,799
1960	R	−22.7%	5,678	9,010	14,688
1956	R	−17.0%	5,529	7,792	13,321
1952	R	−25.6%	5,070	8,577	13,677
1948	R	−1.9%	5,598	5,820	11,443
1944	R	−15.1%	5,146	6,985	12,154
1940	R	−12.6%	6,256	8,064	14,364
1936	D	+3.7%	6,929	6,437	13,448
1932	D	+19.8%	7,224	4,806	12,209
1928	R	−36.4%	3,269	7,054	10,408
1924	R	−6.9%	3,970	4,592	9,011
1920	R	−14.8%	4,078	5,541	9,912
1916	D	+3.6%	3,158	2,929	6,409
1912	D	+17.6%	2,421	1,470	5,399
1908	D	+1.8%	2,725	2,620	5,823
1904	R	−6.4%	2,296	2,647	5,447
1900	D	+3.5%	2,877	2,673	5,769
1896	D	+16.2%	3,029	2,174	5,268
1892	D	+2.0%	1,978	1,883	4,680
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.7%

75–84

3.5%

5.2%

65–74

5.7%

6.7%

55–64

6.7%

5.8%

45–54

6.0%

35–44

6.0%

5.8%

25–34

5.8%

4.6%

18–24

3.9%

9.1%

5–17

8.7%

2.9%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,301

Newton County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Newton County$66,301

Missouri$70,702

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.5%

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

Baptist

26.9%

Other Christian

12.2%

Methodist

4.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.9%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Newton County, anchored by Neosho in the Ozark border region, delivered a 58-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a spread typical of rural southwest Missouri's decades-long shift toward single-party dominance at the top of the ticket.

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

Newton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,301, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 60,118 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 Bedford County and Fulton County.

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