Sikeston, MO, Missouri: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+58 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 49,8352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,2902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54 in 1948MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Sikeston, 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 | 4,540 | 17,190 | 21,929 | ||
| R | 4,931 | 17,306 | 22,504 | ||
| R | 5,033 | 16,768 | 22,506 | ||
| R | 6,980 | 14,620 | 21,919 | ||
| R | 8,505 | 14,597 | 23,382 | ||
| R | 8,431 | 14,233 | 22,746 | ||
| R | 9,208 | 11,394 | 20,919 | ||
| D | 10,246 | 8,236 | 20,501 | ||
| D | 10,678 | 7,940 | 22,194 | ||
| R | 8,728 | 10,231 | 18,990 | ||
| R | 8,093 | 11,229 | 19,322 | ||
| R | 9,894 | 10,686 | 20,915 | ||
| D | 11,441 | 7,206 | 18,692 | ||
| R | 5,116 | 10,043 | 15,159 | ||
| D | 6,616 | 5,277 | 15,942 | ||
| D | 11,527 | 4,877 | 16,404 | ||
| D | 10,204 | 8,436 | 18,640 | ||
| D | 10,336 | 6,765 | 17,101 | ||
| D | 11,458 | 7,041 | 18,544 | ||
| D | 12,858 | 3,812 | 16,718 | ||
| D | 11,314 | 5,939 | 17,321 | ||
| D | 12,261 | 7,474 | 19,804 | ||
| D | 11,923 | 5,678 | 17,678 | ||
| D | 10,084 | 3,997 | 14,191 | ||
| D | 7,761 | 5,778 | 13,553 | ||
| D | 5,993 | 5,132 | 12,536 | ||
| D | 6,599 | 6,397 | 13,258 | ||
| D | 4,690 | 3,615 | 8,604 | ||
| D | 3,333 | 2,285 | 6,846 | ||
| D | 3,442 | 2,793 | 6,954 | ||
| D | 2,699 | 2,285 | 5,128 | ||
| D | 3,090 | 1,841 | 4,987 | ||
| D | 3,579 | 1,825 | 5,415 | ||
| D | 2,852 | 1,405 | 4,397 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.4%
English
10.6%
Irish
10.2%
American
8.9%
Scottish
2.1%
French
1.3%
Italian
1.0%
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: 40.0 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
$59,290
Sikeston, MO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sikeston, MO$59,290
Missouri$70,702
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.9%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)14.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sikeston anchors the Missouri Bootheel, a region of flat alluvial farmland and persistent poverty that has historically returned some of the state's widest partisan margins at the county level.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sikeston, MO peaked at fifty-four points in 1948; 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 ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $59,290 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sikeston, MO, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sikeston, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 57.7 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,929 votes cast, 4,540 went Democratic and 17,190 went Republican.
What is Sikeston, MO, Missouri's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sikeston, 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 23 times, Republican 11 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sikeston, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sikeston, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sikeston, MO, Missouri?
Sikeston, MO, Missouri has a population of 49,835 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sikeston, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Sikeston, MO, Missouri is $59,290 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Sikeston, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sikeston, MO, Missouri from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.