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1876–2024
Boone County, Missouri
Boone County·Missouri

Boone County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Columbia's college-town core tilts Boone left in a red-state sea

18762024·38 elections
Boone County, Missouri · Heath Cajandig · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+10
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
188,043
2024 ACS
Most similar
Chatham County
NC · similarity 0.97
60 precincts · 90,375 votes cast
Harris · D+10
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+9.7%
48,45239,67390,375
2020D
+12.5%
50,06438,64691,326
2016D
+5.9%
41,12536,20083,868
2012D
+3.1%
39,84737,40479,422
2008D
+12.0%
47,06236,84985,251
2004R
−0.2%
37,64337,80176,046
2000D
+0.6%
28,81128,42659,609
1996D
+5.7%
24,98422,04751,920
1992D
+11.7%
26,17619,40557,890
1988D
+3.0%
24,37022,94847,458
1984R
−15.7%
19,36426,60045,964
1980D
+5.7%
18,52716,31338,837
1976D
+3.7%
17,67416,37334,893
1972R
−12.3%
13,66617,48831,154
1968R
−0.6%
11,77111,91725,703
1964D
+31.5%
14,7587,69522,453
1960D
+4.8%
11,51410,45321,967
1956D
+11.9%
10,4048,19718,601
1952D
+15.0%
10,2067,54517,785
1948D
+40.3%
10,2004,28914,653
1944D
+39.6%
9,7044,19513,929
1940D
+40.8%
11,6154,86916,543
1936D
+51.0%
11,2413,62414,926
1932D
+55.5%
11,5543,24114,979
1928D
+26.6%
8,4224,87613,319
1924D
+41.3%
8,6573,54712,373
1920D
+36.2%
8,7484,07712,890
1916D
+43.6%
5,6012,1807,838
1912D
+51.4%
5,0271,3507,158
1908D
+39.9%
5,0412,1497,254
1904D
+39.8%
4,3751,8576,327
1900D
+47.4%
4,7931,6726,589
1896D
+49.4%
5,0751,7056,822
1892D
+44.1%
4,0541,4955,806
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.
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.