Carroll County, Missouri

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Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 8,495.[1] Its county seat is Carrollton.[2] The county was organized on January 2, 1833, from part of Ray County and named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[3][4]

Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 701 square miles (1,820 km2), of which 695 square miles (1,800 km2) is land and 6.8 square miles (18 km2) (1.0%) is water.[5]

Adjacent counties

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Major highways

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Demographics

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Religion

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According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Carroll County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Carroll County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (55.73%), United Methodists (11.01%), and Lutherans (LCMS) (9.69%).

2020 census

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As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 8,495. The median age was 44.9 years, 21.6% of residents were under the age of 18, and 23.3% were 65 years of age or older. There were 98.9 males for every 100 females and 96.3 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.[6]

The racial makeup of the county was 93.5% White, 1.1% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.5% from some other race, and 4.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.6% of the population.[7]

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[8]

There were 3,569 households in the county, of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 23.9% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[6]

There were 4,364 housing units, of which 18.2% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 75.0% were owner-occupied and 25.0% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 13.7%.[6]

2000 census

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As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 10,285 people, 4,169 households, and 2,880 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (5.8 people/km2). There were 4,897 housing units at an average density of 7 units per square mile (2.7/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.95% white, 1.72% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.14% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Approximately 0.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 32.7% were of German, 25.3% American, 11.8% English and 9.2% Irish ancestry.

There were 4,169 households, out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.20% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 24.50% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 20.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,643, and the median income for a family was $36,773. Males had a median income of $26,135 versus $17,468 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,522. About 9.70% of families and 13.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.00% of those under age 18 and 12.80% of those age 65 or over.

Racial and ethnic composition

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Carroll County, Missouri – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[10] Pop 1990[11] Pop 2000[12] Pop 2010[13] Pop 2020[14] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 11,753 10,460 9,919 8,893 7,906 96.88% 97.32% 96.44% 95.68% 93.07%
Black or African American alone (NH) 267 219 177 149 97 2.20% 2.04% 1.72% 1.60% 1.14%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 12 13 28 21 15 0.10% 0.12% 0.27% 0.23% 0.18%
Asian alone (NH) 17 11 13 10 15 0.14% 0.10% 0.13% 0.11% 0.18%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [15] x [16] 1 8 0 x x 0.01% 0.09% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 7 5 1 1 6 0.06% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.07%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [17] x [18] 73 95 324 x x 0.71% 1.02% 3.81%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75 40 73 118 132 0.62% 0.37% 0.71% 1.27% 1.55%
Total 12,131 10,748 10,285 9,295 8,495 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Education

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School districts include:[19]

Public schools

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Public libraries

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  • Carrollton Public Library[20]
  • Norborne Public Library[21]

Communities

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Cities

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Village

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Unincorporated communities

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Townships

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Notable people

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Politics

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Local

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The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Carroll County. Republicans hold all but three of the elected positions in the county.

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State

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Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2024 81.27% 3,623 16.94% 754 1.81% 81
2020 81.61% 3,671 17.12% 770 1.27% 57
2016 65.31% 2,837 32.04% 1,392 2.65% 115
2012 52.91% 2,256 44.61% 1,902 2.48% 106
2008 49.48% 2,233 48.77% 2,201 1.75% 79
2004 60.13% 2,828 38.91% 1,830 0.96% 45
2000 57.71% 2,643 40.87% 1,872 1.42% 65
1996 36.21% 1,625 62.25% 2,794 1.54% 69

All of Carroll County is a part of Missouri's 39th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton). Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

All of Carroll County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg). Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

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Federal

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All of Carroll County is included in Missouri's 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Graves was elected to an eleventh term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Gena Ross. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

Carroll County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Roy Blunt (R-Strafford). Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

Political culture

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United States presidential election results for Carroll County, Missouri[22]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
1888 2,929 47.71% 2,906 47.34% 304 4.95%
1892 2,896 46.51% 2,969 47.68% 362 5.81%
1896 3,363 48.16% 3,555 50.91% 65 0.93%
1900 3,192 48.33% 3,300 49.96% 113 1.71%
1904 3,032 51.67% 2,673 45.55% 163 2.78%
1908 3,015 51.55% 2,753 47.07% 81 1.38%
1912 1,519 26.85% 2,648 46.80% 1,491 26.35%
1916 2,978 50.65% 2,822 48.00% 79 1.34%
1920 5,609 57.35% 4,075 41.67% 96 0.98%
1924 4,907 51.05% 4,502 46.83% 204 2.12%
1928 5,875 61.05% 3,735 38.81% 14 0.15%
1932 3,894 43.25% 5,072 56.34% 37 0.41%
1936 5,432 51.22% 5,141 48.48% 32 0.30%
1940 6,000 57.38% 4,446 42.52% 11 0.11%
1944 5,127 60.82% 3,283 38.94% 20 0.24%
1948 4,212 55.29% 3,401 44.64% 5 0.07%
1952 5,410 63.14% 3,146 36.72% 12 0.14%
1956 4,751 58.06% 3,432 41.94% 0 0.00%
1960 4,555 58.02% 3,296 41.98% 0 0.00%
1964 2,994 42.39% 4,069 57.61% 0 0.00%
1968 3,680 54.13% 2,473 36.38% 645 9.49%
1972 4,100 68.03% 1,927 31.97% 0 0.00%
1976 2,936 48.31% 3,114 51.24% 27 0.44%
1980 3,291 58.95% 2,130 38.15% 162 2.90%
1984 3,495 63.84% 1,980 36.16% 0 0.00%
1988 2,811 54.59% 2,330 45.25% 8 0.16%
1992 1,774 32.99% 2,100 39.05% 1,504 27.97%
1996 1,839 40.73% 2,080 46.07% 596 13.20%
2000 2,880 62.87% 1,620 35.36% 81 1.77%
2004 3,155 66.55% 1,568 33.07% 18 0.38%
2008 2,955 65.12% 1,535 33.83% 48 1.06%
2012 3,072 71.38% 1,154 26.81% 78 1.81%
2016 3,480 79.80% 745 17.08% 136 3.12%
2020 3,706 81.77% 786 17.34% 40 0.88%
2024 3,708 81.76% 789 17.40% 38 0.84%
2016 1 33.33% 1 33.33% 1 33.33%


At the presidential level, Carroll County has become solidly Republican in recent years. Carroll County strongly favored Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Carroll County in 1996 with a plurality of the vote, and a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Like most rural areas throughout Missouri, voters in Carroll County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. Despite Carroll County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes. In 2018, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition A) concerning right to work, the outcome of which ultimately reversed the right to work legislation passed in the state the previous year. 63.63% of Carroll County voters cast their ballots to overturn the law.

Missouri presidential preference primaries

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2020

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The 2020 presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties were held in Missouri on March 10. On the Democratic side, former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Delaware) both won statewide and carried Carroll County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Carroll County and statewide by overwhelming margins. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

2016

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The 2016 presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties were held in Missouri on March 15. Businessman Donald Trump (R-New York) narrowly won the state overall, but carried a majority of the vote in Carroll County. He went on to win the presidency. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried a majority in Carroll County. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

2012

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The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Carroll County supported former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), who finished first in the state at large, but eventually lost the nomination to former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts). Delegates to the congressional district and state conventions were chosen at a county caucus, which selected a delegation favoring Santorum. Incumbent President Barack Obama easily won the Missouri Democratic Primary and renomination. He defeated Romney in the general election.

2008

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In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) prevailing and eventually winning the nomination. Carroll County gave McCain his highest vote share of any county in Missouri. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Carroll County during the 2008 presidential primary. Despite initial reports that Clinton had won Missouri, Barack Obama (D-Illinois), also a Senator at the time, narrowly defeated her statewide and later became that year's Democratic nominee, going on to win the presidency. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box end

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 70.
  5. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  7. ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  8. ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  10. ↑ "1980 Census of Population - General Social and Economic Characteristics - Missouri- Table 16 - Persons by Spanish Origin, Race, and Sex: 1980" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. pp. 20–25.
  11. ↑ "1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Missouri: Table 5 - Race and Hispanic Origin" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. pp. 13–63.
  12. ↑ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Carroll County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau.
  13. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Carroll County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau.
  14. ↑ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Carroll County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau.
  15. ↑ included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census
  16. ↑ included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census
  17. ↑ not an option in the 1980 Census
  18. ↑ not an option in the 1990 Census
  19. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carroll County, MO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2024. - Text list
  20. ↑ Breeding, Marshall. "Carrollton Public Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  21. ↑ Breeding, Marshall. "Norborne Public Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  22. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

Further reading

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