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1876–2024
Osage County, Missouri
Osage County·Missouri

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

One of Missouri's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Osage County, Missouri · Kbh3rd · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+73
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,402
2024 ACS
Most similar
Taney County
MO · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 7,745 votes cast
Trump · R+73
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.9%
1,0096,6577,745
2020R
−71.4%
1,0376,4257,546
2016R
−68.5%
9985,8567,090
2012R
−55.7%
1,4735,3296,919
2008R
−44.6%
1,9075,0627,079
2004R
−49.5%
1,6734,9756,671
2000R
−35.9%
1,9384,1546,178
1996R
−15.2%
2,0452,8905,568
1992R
−15.2%
1,8602,7846,073
1988R
−37.3%
1,7713,8855,665
1984R
−53.1%
1,3434,3815,724
1980R
−28.1%
2,0453,6795,822
1976R
−22.9%
2,0153,2245,269
1972R
−48.4%
1,4854,2665,751
1968R
−31.1%
1,5403,1075,041
1964R
−2.0%
2,6082,7125,320
1960D
+4.0%
2,9002,6785,578
1956R
−11.4%
2,4453,0775,522
1952R
−21.6%
2,1913,4045,605
1948D
+3.6%
2,6722,4885,170
1944R
−21.5%
2,1213,2845,412
1940R
−23.2%
2,3323,7436,086
1936D
+2.7%
2,9952,8365,899
1932D
+32.8%
3,5671,7985,387
1928D
+11.1%
3,0922,4745,572
1924R
−10.6%
1,9862,4964,802
1920R
−53.2%
1,1183,6994,856
1916R
−12.1%
1,3831,7693,184
1912D
+14.1%
1,3949812,923
1908R
−11.6%
1,4391,8203,295
1904R
−7.7%
1,4511,6993,224
1900R
−10.5%
1,3961,7313,189
1896R
−7.6%
1,4561,7003,192
1892R
−4.2%
1,2661,3782,690
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
Catholic & Orthodox
46.7%
Baptist
6.5%
Other Christian
5.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Methodist
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Osage County, anchored by small farming communities along the Osage River, recorded an R+73.1 presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in the state—reflecting the heavily rural, agricultural character that defines its electorate.

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

Osage County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,681, a 98% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,402 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 Taney County and Miller County.