Lebanon, MO, Missouri: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+67%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,3902024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,2822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+17 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Lebanon, 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 | 2,756 | 14,155 | 17,139 | ||
| R | 2,780 | 13,762 | 16,828 | ||
| R | 2,553 | 12,881 | 16,140 | ||
| R | 4,093 | 10,934 | 15,435 | ||
| R | 5,218 | 10,875 | 16,323 | ||
| R | 4,213 | 10,578 | 14,869 | ||
| R | 4,183 | 8,556 | 13,046 | ||
| R | 4,047 | 5,887 | 11,499 | ||
| R | 4,179 | 5,176 | 12,222 | ||
| R | 3,442 | 6,070 | 9,536 | ||
| R | 2,665 | 6,406 | 9,071 | ||
| R | 3,443 | 5,642 | 9,282 | ||
| D | 4,381 | 4,067 | 8,475 | ||
| R | 2,186 | 6,152 | 8,338 | ||
| R | 2,958 | 4,860 | 8,670 | ||
| D | 4,517 | 3,848 | 8,365 | ||
| R | 3,156 | 5,805 | 8,961 | ||
| R | 3,287 | 5,079 | 8,366 | ||
| R | 2,839 | 5,312 | 8,155 | ||
| R | 3,221 | 3,773 | 7,015 | ||
| R | 3,011 | 4,670 | 7,687 | ||
| R | 3,323 | 4,941 | 8,278 | ||
| R | 3,691 | 4,258 | 7,977 | ||
| D | 3,960 | 2,804 | 6,823 | ||
| R | 2,031 | 3,971 | 6,025 | ||
| R | 2,500 | 2,960 | 5,735 | ||
| R | 2,183 | 3,469 | 5,754 | ||
| R | 1,755 | 1,877 | 3,733 | ||
| D | 1,634 | 1,478 | 3,711 | ||
| R | 1,681 | 1,902 | 3,662 | ||
| R | 1,450 | 1,874 | 3,474 | ||
| D | 1,786 | 1,686 | 3,534 | ||
| D | 2,120 | 1,598 | 3,751 | ||
| R | 1,223 | 1,376 | 3,193 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.2%
German
14.8%
Irish
14.2%
American
10.2%
Scottish
2.3%
French
2.2%
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: 39.2 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
$53,282
Lebanon, MO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lebanon, MO$53,282
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.4%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)14.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lebanon's metro returned a Democratic lean of 3.3 points in 2024, an outlier in a heavily Republican swath of south-central Missouri, suggesting local economic or demographic currents that diverge from surrounding Ozarks counties.
The Democratic margin in Lebanon, MO peaked at seventeen points in 1932. By 1980 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $53,282 sits well below state and national norms, and 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lebanon, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lebanon, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 66.5 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,139 votes cast, 2,756 went Democratic and 14,155 went Republican.
What is Lebanon, MO, Missouri's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lebanon, MO, Missouri as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lebanon, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lebanon, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lebanon, MO, Missouri?
Lebanon, MO, Missouri has a population of 36,390 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lebanon, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Lebanon, MO, Missouri is $53,282 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Lebanon, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lebanon, MO, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.