Kennett, MO, Missouri: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+62%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 27,4932024 5-year
- Median household income
- $47,8492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Kennett, 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 | 1,885 | 8,096 | 10,051 | ||
| R | 2,200 | 8,135 | 10,419 | ||
| R | 2,360 | 8,026 | 10,578 | ||
| R | 3,636 | 6,850 | 10,651 | ||
| R | 4,540 | 7,044 | 11,764 | ||
| R | 4,901 | 6,720 | 11,677 | ||
| R | 4,947 | 5,426 | 10,525 | ||
| D | 5,428 | 3,766 | 10,173 | ||
| D | 6,277 | 4,024 | 11,479 | ||
| D | 5,281 | 5,026 | 10,320 | ||
| R | 4,967 | 6,092 | 11,059 | ||
| D | 6,120 | 5,253 | 11,530 | ||
| D | 7,107 | 3,314 | 10,443 | ||
| R | 2,776 | 5,926 | 8,702 | ||
| D | 5,063 | 4,366 | 12,332 | ||
| D | 8,467 | 3,465 | 11,932 | ||
| R | 6,568 | 6,708 | 13,276 | ||
| D | 8,698 | 4,943 | 13,641 | ||
| D | 9,515 | 5,400 | 14,924 | ||
| D | 10,979 | 2,466 | 13,461 | ||
| D | 8,431 | 4,274 | 12,732 | ||
| D | 11,132 | 5,516 | 16,680 | ||
| D | 10,233 | 3,775 | 14,066 | ||
| D | 9,141 | 1,977 | 11,211 | ||
| D | 4,879 | 3,602 | 8,501 | ||
| D | 4,357 | 3,436 | 8,052 | ||
| D | 5,199 | 4,455 | 9,963 | ||
| D | 3,723 | 1,924 | 6,033 | ||
| D | 2,723 | 987 | 5,248 | ||
| D | 2,734 | 1,638 | 4,658 | ||
| D | 2,229 | 1,461 | 3,798 | ||
| D | 2,711 | 1,276 | 4,060 | ||
| D | 2,975 | 961 | 3,942 | ||
| D | 2,167 | 659 | 2,996 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
11.5%
German
10.0%
English
8.8%
American
8.0%
Italian
2.2%
Scottish
2.1%
French
0.7%
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: 39.7 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
$47,849
Kennett, MO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Kennett, MO$47,849
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
22.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.7%
Working age (18–64)19.7%
Seniors (65+)15.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish6.1%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kennett, MO sits in the Border South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 3 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Kennett, MO peaked at sixty-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $47,849 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kennett, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kennett, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 61.8 points (R+62), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,051 votes cast, 1,885 went Democratic and 8,096 went Republican.
What is Kennett, MO, Missouri's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Kennett, MO, Missouri as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kennett, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kennett, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Kennett, MO, Missouri?
Kennett, MO, Missouri has a population of 27,493 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kennett, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Kennett, MO, Missouri is $47,849 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Kennett, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kennett, MO, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.