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1876–2024
Lawrence County, Missouri
Lawrence County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Lawrence County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+64
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
38,593
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dade County
MO · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 18,492 votes cast
Trump · R+64
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.6%
3,24815,00118,492
2020R
−62.5%
3,21414,42617,935
2016R
−60.6%
2,90113,08916,811
2012R
−47.0%
4,01711,42115,755
2008R
−37.1%
5,09711,26316,637
2004R
−42.3%
4,50611,19415,806
2000R
−31.5%
4,2358,30512,903
1996R
−13.3%
4,4656,09912,332
1992R
−7.3%
4,6665,60812,891
1988R
−21.8%
4,4326,91111,379
1984R
−38.5%
3,7208,37012,090
1980R
−25.3%
4,6707,92112,843
1976R
−4.2%
5,3155,78411,137
1972R
−45.9%
3,1308,44511,575
1968R
−27.3%
3,7106,83411,442
1964D
+2.7%
6,3836,04712,430
1960R
−30.4%
4,4838,40612,889
1956R
−21.2%
4,7897,37212,161
1952R
−30.9%
4,2328,02912,295
1948R
−7.4%
4,6495,39210,058
1944R
−27.8%
3,8596,83610,722
1940R
−16.1%
5,2797,31712,641
1936R
−0.0%
6,1846,18512,439
1932D
+21.1%
6,4114,14610,732
1928R
−26.8%
3,6466,32810,017
1924R
−8.0%
3,7684,4999,116
1920R
−25.8%
3,5326,0939,935
1916R
−6.6%
2,8093,2286,350
1912D
+19.1%
2,3841,3125,616
1908R
−8.3%
2,5323,0285,952
1904R
−12.0%
2,3723,0775,855
1900R
−3.4%
3,3133,5527,042
1896D
+6.4%
3,3692,9626,375
1892R
−3.3%
2,4282,6235,902
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%.
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
25.9%
Other Christian
13.0%
Methodist
4.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.8%
Mainline Protestant
3.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lawrence County's R+63.8 margin in 2024 places it among Missouri's most heavily one-sided rural counties, reflecting the broad realignment of Ozarks-adjacent agricultural communities that has deepened steadily over the past two decades.

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

Lawrence County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,215, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 38,593 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 Dade County and Mineral County.