Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted R+50%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- BellwetherAkashic typology
- Population
- 53,8942024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,4662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Fort Leonard Wood, MO, MOOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,765 | 11,579 | 15,604 | ||
| R | 3,740 | 10,329 | 14,441 | ||
| R | 2,922 | 9,876 | 13,582 | ||
| R | 4,199 | 9,092 | 13,571 | ||
| R | 5,249 | 9,552 | 15,000 | ||
| R | 3,551 | 8,618 | 12,221 | ||
| R | 3,800 | 6,531 | 10,531 | ||
| R | 3,783 | 4,089 | 9,079 | ||
| D | 4,113 | 3,793 | 9,988 | ||
| R | 3,446 | 4,642 | 8,112 | ||
| R | 2,865 | 5,330 | 8,195 | ||
| R | 3,707 | 3,998 | 7,871 | ||
| D | 4,370 | 2,865 | 7,267 | ||
| R | 1,903 | 4,243 | 6,146 | ||
| R | 2,303 | 2,555 | 5,576 | ||
| D | 3,383 | 1,856 | 5,239 | ||
| R | 3,096 | 3,285 | 6,381 | ||
| D | 2,936 | 2,532 | 5,468 | ||
| D | 3,026 | 2,678 | 5,712 | ||
| D | 2,858 | 1,644 | 4,513 | ||
| D | 3,048 | 2,345 | 5,400 | ||
| D | 2,752 | 2,367 | 5,127 | ||
| D | 2,886 | 2,177 | 5,076 | ||
| D | 3,260 | 1,489 | 4,766 | ||
| R | 1,934 | 2,229 | 4,171 | ||
| D | 2,127 | 1,578 | 3,867 | ||
| D | 1,978 | 1,853 | 3,870 | ||
| D | 1,339 | 1,003 | 2,391 | ||
| D | 1,268 | 631 | 2,238 | ||
| D | 1,418 | 988 | 2,451 | ||
| D | 1,190 | 837 | 2,044 | ||
| D | 1,282 | 728 | 2,021 | ||
| D | 1,410 | 802 | 2,216 | ||
| D | 1,046 | 663 | 1,768 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.3%
English
11.7%
Irish
8.7%
American
5.4%
Italian
4.0%
French
2.1%
Polish
1.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 27.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$64,466
Fort Leonard Wood, MO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Fort Leonard Wood, MO$64,466
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)22.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.1%
speak English only
Spanish6.0%
Other Indo-European2.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Fort Leonard Wood's Pulaski County core turns over its population roughly every three years as soldiers cycle through, suppressing long-term partisan attachment and producing unusually volatile registration trends compared with civilian-majority metros of similar size.
The Democratic margin in Fort Leonard Wood, MO has rarely exceeded thirty-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-one points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Republican candidate by fifty points.
Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 72% non-Hispanic-white share, a 13% poverty rate, and a median household income of $64,466 — all within the broad national range.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 50.1 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,604 votes cast, 3,765 went Democratic and 11,579 went Republican.
What is Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri?
Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri has a population of 53,894 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri is $64,466 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.