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      Home›Missouri›MO-08

      Missouri's 8th Congressional District

      R+54.4
      → Even vs 2022· Missouri · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 3 times in 25 elections

      Population773K

      Current Representative

      REPJason SmithElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 54.0% margin
      • Shifted 21.7 points toward Republicans over the last 4 elections

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      2024 House ElectionMissouri Profile

      Who lives in Missouri's 8th Congressional District? 772,835 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      MO-08 vs Missouri vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      773K
      State: 6.2M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      74.5%
      State: 75.1% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      2.8%
      State: 6.7% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      97.2%
      State: 93.3% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $60,159
      State: $72,143 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      15.5%
      State: 12.6% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      20.8%
      State: 32.4% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      72.3%
      State: 68.1% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      40.3 yrs
      State: 39.2 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.5%
      State: 15.6% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      18.9%
      State: 17.9% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      1.8%
      State: 4.5% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      MO-08 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 87.0%Multiracial 5.5%Black 3.8%Hispanic 2.6%Asian 0.9%
      GroupMO-08StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      87.0%76.3%57.4%
      Multiracial / Other
      5.5%4.9%4.0%
      ▶Black(8)
      3.8%11.0%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      2.6%5.2%19.3%
      ▶Asian(6)
      0.9%2.1%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.4%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.2%0.3%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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