† 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
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupJoplin-Miami, MO-OK-KSUnited States
German16.3%12.5%
English12.8%9.5%
Irish11.7%9.4%
American7.1%5.3%
Scottish2.1%1.3%
Italian1.7%4.8%
French1.6%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.6%—
Mexican4.2%11.3%
Guatemalan2.0%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.7%
Spaniard0.2%—
African American†1.0%9.9%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
Hmong0.2%—
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
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS
United States
Median age
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS
United States
Median household income
$60,493
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS
United States
Catholic
3.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
38.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.8%
5.2%
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.
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−13.6%
1896
+17.9%
1900
+5.6%
1904
−15.5%
1908
−2.4%
1912
+12.0%
1916
+8.1%
1920
−17.9%
1924
−15.0%
1928
−37.4%
1932
+25.1%
1936
+15.3%
1940
−0.1%
1944
−9.8%
1948
+6.0%
1952
−18.5%
1956
−17.2%
1960
−16.8%
1964
+13.7%
1968
−13.7%
1972
−44.0%
1976
+2.0%
1980
−21.9%
1984
−34.7%
1988
−18.0%
1992
−7.8%
1996
−13.5%
2000
−28.0%
2004
−37.4%
2008
−32.9%
2012
−40.2%
2016
−52.1%
2020
−50.1%
2024
−51.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
23.6%Harris24,291
75.0%Trump77,081
1.4%
R+51.4
R+1.2
R+49.9
102,799
R
23.9%Biden24,247
74.0%Trump75,159
2.1%
R+50.1
D+2.0
R+54.6
101,559
R
21.3%Clinton20,151
73.4%Trump69,436
5.2%
R+52.1
R+11.9
R+54.2
94,541
R
28.9%Obama25,673
69.1%Romney61,452
2.1%
R+40.2
R+7.3
R+44.1
88,957
R
32.9%Obama31,042
65.9%McCain62,095
1.2%
R+32.9
D+4.4
R+40.2
94,269
R
31.0%Kerry28,378
68.4%Bush62,559
0.5%
R+37.4
R+9.4
R+34.9
91,416
R
34.9%Gore27,614
62.9%Bush49,770
2.3%
R+28.0
R+14.5
R+28.5
79,184
R
37.2%Clinton26,917
50.7%Dole36,693
12.1%
R+13.5
R+5.7
R+22.0
72,393
R
36.3%Clinton28,101
44.1%Bush34,126
19.5%
R+7.8
D+10.2
R+13.4
77,317
R
40.8%Dukakis27,684
58.8%Bush39,858
0.4%
R+18.0
D+16.8
R+10.2
67,815
R
32.5%Mondale23,326
67.3%Reagan48,242
0.2%
R+34.7
R+12.9
R+16.5
71,715
R
37.5%Carter27,686
59.3%Reagan43,837
3.2%
R+21.9
R+23.9
R+12.1
73,909
D
50.7%Carter34,555
48.6%Ford33,170
0.7%
D+2.0
D+46.0
±0.0
68,183
R
27.8%McGovern18,406
71.8%Nixon47,550
0.5%
R+44.0
R+30.3
R+20.8
66,269
R
37.7%Humphrey24,468
51.3%Nixon33,348
11.0%
R+13.7
R+27.4
R+13.0
64,963
D
56.8%Johnson39,493
43.1%Goldwater29,961
0.1%
D+13.7
D+30.5
R+8.9
69,501
R
41.6%Kennedy30,711
58.3%Nixon43,087
0.1%
R+16.8
D+0.5
R+16.9
73,871
R
41.4%Stevenson28,766
58.6%Eisenhower40,760
0.1%
R+17.2
D+1.2
R+1.8
69,565
R
40.7%Stevenson31,024
59.1%Eisenhower45,114
0.2%
R+18.5
R+24.5
R+7.7
76,306
D
52.8%Truman33,099
46.8%Dewey29,333
0.5%
D+6.0
D+15.8
D+1.5
62,731
R
45.0%Roosevelt28,601
54.7%Dewey34,800
0.3%
R+9.8
R+9.6
R+17.2
63,562
R
49.7%Roosevelt39,048
49.9%Willkie39,157
0.4%
R+0.1
R+15.4
R+10.1
78,517
D
57.3%Roosevelt42,303
42.0%Landon31,019
0.7%
D+15.3
R+9.8
R+9.0
73,853
D
61.8%Roosevelt40,190
36.6%Hoover23,849
1.6%
D+25.1
D+62.6
D+7.3
65,078
R
30.7%Smith19,491
68.1%Hoover43,263
1.1%
R+37.4
R+22.4
R+20.0
63,483
R
38.0%Davis20,739
53.1%Coolidge28,927
8.9%
R+15.0
D+2.9
D+10.2
54,526
R
39.1%Cox22,890
57.0%Harding33,351
3.9%
R+17.9
R+25.9
D+8.3
58,543
D
50.8%Wilson21,734
42.7%Hughes18,279
6.5%
D+8.1
R+3.9
D+4.9
42,776
D
40.7%Wilson13,235
28.8%Taft9,350
30.5%
D+12.0
D+14.4
R+7.6
32,486
R
44.6%Bryan15,971
47.0%Taft16,830
8.5%
R+2.4
D+13.1
D+7.2
35,836
R
36.1%Parker10,555
51.7%Roosevelt15,084
12.2%
R+15.5
R+21.1
D+4.2
29,201
D
51.4%Bryan17,837
45.8%McKinley15,898
2.9%
D+5.6
R+12.3
D+13.1
34,732
D
58.4%Bryan15,163
40.5%McKinley10,514
1.1%
D+17.9
D+31.5
D+24.0
25,959
R
29.1%Cleveland6,783
42.6%Harrison9,948
28.3%
R+13.6
—
R+15.2
23,338
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+30.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+51.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 21 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2025 (partial)
15,617
2,807
7,717
4,917
176
2026 (partial)
18,634
4,458
10,197
3,828
151
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,290 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,576 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,046
2012
−192
2013
−285
2014
−421
2015
−161
2016
−494
2017
+24
2018
−186
2019
+226
2021
+1,464
2022
+1,292
2023
+1,435
2024
+1,630
2025
+1,290
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 52.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.4 points.
A population of 233,967, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,493 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middlesborough-Corbin, KY and Cape Girardeau-Sikeston, MO-IL.
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How did Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri voted Republican by 51.4 points (R+51.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 102,799 votes cast, 24,291 went Democratic and 77,081 went Republican.
When did Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri?
Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri has a population of 233,967 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri?
Median household income in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri is $60,493 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Joplin-Miami, MO-OK-KS, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
