Jasper County, Missouri | |
|---|---|
 Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage (August 2008) | |
 Location within the U.S. state ofMissouri | |
 Missouri's location within theU.S. | |
| Coordinates:37°12′N94°20′W / 37.2°N 94.34°W /37.2; -94.34 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| Founded | January 2, 1841 |
| Named after | William Jasper |
| Seat | Carthage |
| Largest city | Joplin |
| Area | |
• Total | 641 sq mi (1,660 km2) |
| • Land | 638 sq mi (1,650 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2) 0.4% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 122,761 |
• Estimate (2022) | 124,075 |
| • Density | 192/sq mi (74.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Website | www |
Jasper County is located in the southwest portion of theU.S. state ofMissouri. As of the2020 census, the population was 122,761.[1] Itscounty seat isCarthage,[2] and its largest city isJoplin. The county was organized in 1841 and named forWilliam Jasper, a hero of theAmerican Revolutionary War. Jasper County is included in the JoplinMetropolitan Statistical Area. The Jasper County Sheriff's Office has legal jurisdiction throughout the county.
Before European contact, the area that today makes up Jasper County was the domain of theOsage Native Americans, who called themselves the "Children of the Middle Waters" (Ni-U-Kon-Ska).[3] ASiouan language tribe, they had migrated west and south centuries before from the Ohio Valley.
They were powerful and dominated a large territory encompassed the land between theMissouri andOsage rivers to the north, theMississippi River to the east, and theArkansas River to the south. To the west were theGreat Plains, where they hunted buffalo. By the late 17th century, the Osage were calling themselvesWah-Zha-Zhe.[4]
The earliest record of European-Osage contact is a 1673 map by FrenchJesuit priest and explorerJacques Marquette. He noted the people he encountered as theOuchage, his way of pronouncing the sound of the name with French spelling conventions.[5] A few years after the Marquette expedition, French explorers discovered a Little Osage village and called itOuazhigi.[6] French transliterations of the tribe's name settled on a spelling ofOsage, which was later adopted by English-speaking European Americans.[7]
In 1682Robert de La Salle canoed down the length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, claiming and naming the entire Mississippi basin as "La Louisiane" in honor ofKing Louis XIV. In 1699 Louisiana was designated as an administrative district ofNew France. The European colonists and nationals (France, England and Spain) considered this to be French territory. The French divided the Louisiana district into upper and lower parts, with the Arkansas River as the dividing line.
After France and Spain's defeat by Great Britain in theSeven Years' War in 1763, France ceded Louisiana to Spain and most of the rest of New France, on the east side of the Mississippi River, to the British. They exchanged Cuba with Spain and took over east Florida. For a few decades, the Spanish District of New Madrid, containing present-day Jasper County, was the southernmost of the five Spanish districts comprising Upper Louisiana. France regained control of Louisiana through the secretTreaty of San Ildefonso in 1800, but in 1803, following defeat of his troops in an effort to retake the colony ofSaint Domingue in the Caribbean, Napoleon Bonaparte I decided to sell his North American territory to the United States in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase.
The Osage began treaty-making with the United States in 1808 with the first cession of lands in Missouri in the (Osage Treaty). The Osage moved from their homelands on the Osage River in 1808 to the Jasper County area of southwest Missouri. In 1825, the Osages ceded their traditional lands across present-day Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma (then known as Indian Territory). They were first moved onto a southeastern Kansas reservation in the Cherokee Strip, on which the city ofIndependence, Kansas developed. In 1872 they were forced to move again, south toIndian Territory.
TheUpper Louisiana Territory, including the Jasper County area, was renamed as theMissouri Territory on June 4, 1812, to avoid confusion with the state of Louisiana. This had joined the Union in 1812. The new New Madrid District became New Madrid County, Missouri Territory. Old Lawrence County was established in 1815 from New Madrid County west of theSt. Francis River and north of Arkansas County. It originally consisted of all of present-day southwestern Missouri and part of northwestern Arkansas.
Three years later (1818), Lawrence County was combined with part of Cape Girardeau County and renamed as Wayne County. By 1819,Arkansas Territory had been created; Wayne County lost some of its area but still consisted of most of southern Missouri: from present-day Wayne County west to the Kansas State Line and bordered on the south by the Arkansas State Line.
In 1820, all of Missouri Territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Missouri. In 1831, with increased population in the region, Crawford County was carved from the original Wayne. This new division covered all of the southern part of Missouri and included Jasper County in its boundaries. This alignment was also short-lived; in 1833 Greene County was organized from Crawford County, and extended from theNiangua River west to the Kansas State Line.
On January 5, 1835, a big piece was cut out of Greene County and organized as Barry County. In 1838 Barry County was divided into four parts called Barry, Dade, Newton and Jasper counties. At this time Jasper was not a full-fledged county but was attached to Newton County and it would remain so until 1841.
On January 29, 1841, theMissouri Legislature enacted a bill authorizing formation of Jasper County; it was named in honor of Sergeant William Jasper, a hero in the American Revolutionary War.[8][9] The Jasper County Court initially divided the area into three townships: North Fork, Center Creek and Marion. Later it was organized as 15 townships, which continue as unincorporated jurisdictions.
The county court, as a temporary seat of justice, was established on February 25, 1841, in the home of George Hornback. It was a 12×16-foot log cabin, one and a half miles northwest of Carthage onSpring River. The officers of the court were Charles S. Yancey, judge, and Elwood B. James, clerk. Mount Vernon attorney Robert W. Crawford was appointed circuit attorneypro tem. John P. Osborn, the first sheriff, gave public notice that the county court of Jasper County would meet in the home of George Hornback until the permanent seat of justice was established. The first session of the court was two days; the proceedings covered four pages of record.
A permanent county seat was chosen in March 1842 and designated by the name of Carthage. The courthouse, a one-story single-room wooden structure with a large door in the south, was completed on June 29, 1842. It was located on the north side of the present public square in Carthage. This courthouse was later replaced by a larger two-story brick-and-stone structure that was completed in 1854; it also had facilities in the building for the county jail. At the second term of the court held in October of the same year, attorneys Robert W. Crawford and John R. Chenault were cited for contempt and fined the sum of ten dollars for "fighting in the presence and view of said court during the said sitting."[10]
At the March 1861 Secession Convention held in Jefferson City, Chenault represented Jasper County while Crawford represented Lawrence County. Possibly for their own self-preservation, and to buy time to make preparations in Southwest Missouri for the war, the two former adversaries voted in favor of keeping Missouri in the Union. Missouri was the only state whose secession convention resulted in voting to stay in the Union.[11]
At the outset of the war Chenault, by then a circuit court judge, moved with his family toTexas. Following theBattle of Carthage, on July 12, 1861, Crawford was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Missouri Cavalry Regiment and 5th Missouri Infantry, both of the 8th Division, Missouri State Guard. They were part of the Confederate States Army (CSA), although Missouri remained with the Union.[12] After leading the 13th Cavalry Regiment into numerous battles, in a command that included two of his sons in first lieutenant and quartermaster ranks, Crawford moved his noncombatant family toTexas for safety.
He served as a recruiter for theConfederate Army in Missouri, a post he was nominated for byWaldo P. Johnson, formerly a United States Senator from Missouri in a letter to Missouri governor-in-exileClaiborne Fox Jackson dated October 24, 1862.[13][14]
By the start of theAmerican Civil War in 1861, there were several smallriver mill settlements, somemining camps, and aboutnine or ten towns (seven platted) in Jasper County, Missouri. The county seat ofCarthage, Missouri had an estimated population of between four and five hundred at that time. The newer brick courthouse was used as a hospital during the American Civil War and was destroyed by fire during fighting in October 1863. By the end of the war, Carthage had been evacuated and completely destroyed, and much of Jasper County laid in ruins. Other than military tribunals, no courts were held in Jasper County between May 11, 1861, and October 10, 1865.
By order of the Governor in 1865, the courthouse was relocated to the pioneer schoolhouse at Cave Springs (near present-dayLa Russell, Missouri), with John C. Price of Mount Vernon appointed as the circuit court judge. Price later (before?) served as treasurer of the United States under PresidentJames Buchanan.[15] The county court operated in other temporary locations within the county until the current Jasper County Courthouse was constructed on Carthage square in the mid-1890s.[16]
The county adopted an official flag in 2001, which was unveiled during the county's 160th birthday celebration. The flag depicts the county courthouse surrounded by 15 stars, representing Jasper County's 15 townships. The center blue and red stars memorialize the struggle in Jasper County during the Civil War years, including theBattle of Carthage in 1861 and second battle in 1863.
| Current Town Name | Accepted Date Founded | Official Date ofPlat | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcoxie | 1833 | 1840 | The first settlement in Jasper County Missouri, initially known asCenterville. The first settler wasThackeray Vivion in 1831. |
| (Old) Jasper | 1840 | 1842 | Was located northeast of Carthage and no longer exists. Later, another settlement named Jasper existed southeast of Carthage. The present town ofJasper, Missouri, north of Carthage, is a different community previously known as Coon Creek settlement or "Midway". |
| Carthage | 1841 | 1842 | HistoricCarthage was planned from the start with the purpose of being the Jasper County seat and was promptly rebuilt after being completely destroyed during the Civil War. The current Jasper County Courthouse was erected in the mid-1890s. |
| (Old) Sherwood | 1846 | 1856 | First calledRural and was located near present-dayWebb City. It was not rebuilt after being destroyed during the Civil War and no longer exists. |
| Oronogo | 1848 | 1856 | Known asMinersville around the time of the Civil War, it evolved from early mining camps and had other names such as Leadville Hollow. The Post Office had also used the nameCenter Mines. |
| (Old) Medoc | 1848 | After the Civil War | Started as an oldIndian trading post near theKansas state line, it was destroyed during the Civil War and later resettled, but the plat was abandoned by the 20th century and the town no longer exists. |
| Avilla | 1856 | 1858 | Founded by merchant-landowners as a business center on the edge of the frontier in the mid-1850s. The citizens of Avilla formed a town militia for defense at the beginning of the Civil War and the site later served as a Union Army garrison (Enrolled Missouri Militia), subsequently prevailing intact and undamaged after the war. The town's growth was ultimately stunted after being bypassed by the railroad in the latter 19th century and it remains a small village in the 21st century today. |
| Fidelity | 1856 | After the Civil War | Considered to have been founded by William Cloe about the same time as Avilla for similar reasons (mirroring it in some ways),Fidelity was not platted until after the Civil War. |
| Waco | 1857 | After the Civil War, 1878 | Started as an old trading post first known asLoshick |
| (Old) Preston | 1859 | 1860 | A village northwest of Carthage, plat abandoned and town no longer exists. |
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 641 square miles (1,660 km2), of which 638 square miles (1,650 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) (0.4%) is water.[19]
On Sunday, May 22, 2011, Jasper County was struck in Joplin with a catastrophic EF5 multiple-vortex tornado . The2011 Joplin tornado ranked as the seventh deadliest in America's history.
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I-49 BL (Joplin) – former US 71 Bus.
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Route 571 – former US 71 Alt.| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 4,223 | — | |
| 1860 | 6,883 | 63.0% | |
| 1870 | 14,928 | 116.9% | |
| 1880 | 32,019 | 114.5% | |
| 1890 | 50,500 | 57.7% | |
| 1900 | 84,018 | 66.4% | |
| 1910 | 89,673 | 6.7% | |
| 1920 | 75,941 | −15.3% | |
| 1930 | 73,810 | −2.8% | |
| 1940 | 78,705 | 6.6% | |
| 1950 | 79,106 | 0.5% | |
| 1960 | 78,863 | −0.3% | |
| 1970 | 79,852 | 1.3% | |
| 1980 | 86,958 | 8.9% | |
| 1990 | 90,465 | 4.0% | |
| 2000 | 104,686 | 15.7% | |
| 2010 | 117,404 | 12.1% | |
| 2020 | 122,761 | 4.6% | |
| 2022 (est.) | 124,075 | [20] | 1.1% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[21] 1790-1960[22] 1900-1990[23] 1990-2000[24] 2010-2019[25] | |||
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1980[26] | Pop 1990[27] | Pop 2000[28] | Pop 2010[29] | Pop 2020[30] | % 1980 | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 84,252 | 86,530 | 95,336 | 101,019 | 96,388 | 96.89% | 95.65% | 91.07% | 86.04% | 78.52% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,008 | 1,147 | 1,520 | 2,166 | 2,260 | 1.16% | 1.27% | 1.45% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 687 | 1,471 | 1,341 | 1,617 | 1,894 | 0.79% | 1.63% | 1.28% | 1.38% | 1.54% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 340 | 495 | 714 | 1,160 | 1,491 | 0.39% | 0.55% | 0.68% | 0.99% | 1.21% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | x[31] | x[32] | 46 | 233 | 440 | x | x | 0.04% | 0.20% | 0.36% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 46 | 25 | 66 | 92 | 388 | 0.05% | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.32% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | x[33] | x[34] | 2,048 | 3,090 | 8,523 | x | x | 1.96% | 2.63% | 6.94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 625 | 797 | 3,615 | 8,027 | 11,377 | 0.72% | 0.88% | 3.45% | 6.84% | 9.27% |
| Total | 86,958 | 90,465 | 104,686 | 117,404 | 122,761 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
As of thecensus[2] of 2010, there were 117,404 people, 45,639 households, and 30,202 families residing in the county. The population density was 164 people per square mile (63 people/km2). There were 50,668 housing units at an average density of 71 units per square mile (27/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 88.24%White, 1.93%Black orAfrican American, 1.51%Native American, 0.99%Asian, 0.25%Pacific Islander, 3.89% fromother races, and 3.18% from two or more races. Approximately 6.84% of the population wereHispanic orLatino of any race.
There were 45,639 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.8% were non-families. 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.05
In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.17% under the age of 19, 7.4% from 20 to 24, 25.11% from 25 to 44, 22.24% from 45 to 64, and 12.14% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.20 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $31,323, and the median income for a family was $37,611. Males had a median income of $28,573 versus $20,386 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,227. About 10.40% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.20% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over.
Unified K-12 school districts covering parts of the county, no matter how small, including those which have offices and/or schools in other counties, include:[35]
There is also a single elementary school district,Avilla R-XIII School District.[35]
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TheRepublican Party completely controls politics at the local level in Jasper County. Republicans hold every elected position in the county.[41]In 2016,Hillary Clinton received 21.9% of the vote in Jasper County, lower than anyDemocratic presidential candidate in the county's history.
| Jasper County, Missouri | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elected countywide officials | |||
| Assessor | Lisa Perry | Republican | |
| Auditor | Sarah Hoover | Republican | |
| Circuit Clerk | Melissa Holcomb | Republican | |
| County Clerk | Charlie Davis | Republican | |
| Collector | Steven E. McIntosh | Republican | |
| Commissioner (presiding) | John Bartosh | Republican | |
| Commissioner (district 1) | Tom Flanigan | Republican | |
| Commissioner (district 2) | Mike Landis | Republican | |
| Coroner | Randy Nace | Republican | |
| Prosecuting Attorney | Theresa Kenney | Republican | |
| Public Administrator | Angela Casavecchia | Republican | |
| Recorder | Charlotte Pickering | Republican | |
| Sheriff | Randee Kaiser | Republican | |
| Treasurer | Shannon Karraker | Republican | |
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.55%39,119 | 24.04%12,785 | 2.41%1,282 |
| 2020 | 72.30%37,714 | 25.30%13,204 | 2.30%1,242 |
| 2016 | 69.11%33,436 | 27.36%13,236 | 3.53%1,710 |
| 2012 | 53.78%24,218 | 43.21%19,457 | 3.01%1,356 |
| 2008 | 58.61%27,764 | 39.42%18,676 | 1.97%932 |
| 2004 | 74.54%33,293 | 24.30%10,853 | 1.16%519 |
| 2000 | 65.31%24,335 | 32.75%12,203 | 1.94%721 |
| 1996 | 56.55%18,977 | 40.63%13,637 | 2.82%946 |
Jasper County is divided into four districts in theMissouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Kelley | 5,690 | 85.10% | −14.90 | |
| Independent | George R. Parsons | 996 | 14.90% | +14.90 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Kelley | 3,034 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Kelley | 5,857 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill White | 8,953 | 100.00% | +27.55 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill White | 3,092 | 72.45% | −27.55 | |
| Democratic | Charles Shields | 1,176 | 27.55% | +27.55 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill White | 7,789 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charlie Davis | 13,941 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charlie Davis | 6,263 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charlie Davis | 12,893 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Cody Smith | 13,502 | 100.00% | +17.68 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Flanigan | 5,850 | 82.32% | −17.68 | |
| Democratic | Michael Jarrett | 1,256 | 17.68% | +17.68 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Flanigan | 12,663 | 100.00% | ||
All of Jasper County is a part of Missouri's 32nd District in theMissouri Senate and is represented by Jill Carter (R-Joplin).[46]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ron Richard | 19,362 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Roy Blunt | 32,123 | 66.35% | +11.47 | |
| Democratic | Jason Kander | 13,799 | 28.50% | −10.56 | |
| Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 1,240 | 2.56% | −3.50 | |
| Green | Johnathan McFarland | 552 | 1.14% | +1.14 | |
| Constitution | Fred Ryman | 699 | 1.44% | +1.44 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Todd Akin | 24,563 | 54.88% | ||
| Democratic | Claire McCaskill | 17,485 | 39.06% | ||
| Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 2,713 | 6.06% | ||
All of Jasper County is included inMissouri's 7th Congressional District and is represented byEric Burlison (R-Springfield) in theU.S. House of Representatives.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Billy Long | 33,855 | 70.83% | −1.81 | |
| Democratic | Genevieve Williams | 11,681 | 24.51% | +2.61 | |
| Libertarian | Benjamin T. Brixey | 2,218 | 4.65% | −0.77 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Billy Long | 15,989 | 72.64% | +4.43 | |
| Democratic | Jim Evans | 4,819 | 21.90% | −5.56 | |
| Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 1,193 | 5.42% | +1.09 | |
| Write-In | Write-ins | 9 | 0.04% | +0.04 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Billy Long | 30,145 | 68.21% | ||
| Democratic | Jim Evans | 12,138 | 27.46% | ||
| Libertarian | Kevin Craig | 1,913 | 4.33% | ||
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 1888 | 4,522 | 48.90% | 3,684 | 39.84% | 1,042 | 11.27% |
| 1892 | 5,369 | 44.19% | 4,805 | 39.55% | 1,976 | 16.26% |
| 1896 | 4,835 | 40.39% | 7,026 | 58.69% | 111 | 0.93% |
| 1900 | 8,747 | 45.91% | 9,658 | 50.69% | 647 | 3.40% |
| 1904 | 7,851 | 50.53% | 6,006 | 38.66% | 1,680 | 10.81% |
| 1908 | 9,143 | 49.02% | 8,130 | 43.59% | 1,379 | 7.39% |
| 1912 | 4,571 | 27.36% | 6,789 | 40.64% | 5,344 | 31.99% |
| 1916 | 9,358 | 44.48% | 10,513 | 49.97% | 1,166 | 5.54% |
| 1920 | 17,074 | 58.42% | 11,006 | 37.66% | 1,145 | 3.92% |
| 1924 | 13,701 | 55.11% | 9,176 | 36.91% | 1,983 | 7.98% |
| 1928 | 20,587 | 70.85% | 8,292 | 28.54% | 180 | 0.62% |
| 1932 | 11,788 | 39.82% | 17,349 | 58.60% | 467 | 1.58% |
| 1936 | 14,440 | 41.75% | 19,822 | 57.31% | 323 | 0.93% |
| 1940 | 18,755 | 50.54% | 18,249 | 49.17% | 107 | 0.29% |
| 1944 | 17,301 | 56.77% | 13,111 | 43.02% | 63 | 0.21% |
| 1948 | 14,593 | 48.52% | 15,404 | 51.21% | 81 | 0.27% |
| 1952 | 23,065 | 61.00% | 14,665 | 38.78% | 82 | 0.22% |
| 1956 | 20,414 | 60.36% | 13,404 | 39.64% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 21,804 | 59.30% | 14,962 | 40.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1964 | 15,481 | 46.18% | 18,045 | 53.82% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 16,794 | 54.24% | 10,987 | 35.49% | 3,181 | 10.27% |
| 1972 | 22,482 | 74.61% | 7,652 | 25.39% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1976 | 17,086 | 53.15% | 14,910 | 46.38% | 153 | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 21,664 | 62.49% | 11,953 | 34.48% | 1,049 | 3.03% |
| 1984 | 23,066 | 71.36% | 9,259 | 28.64% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1988 | 19,934 | 63.92% | 11,159 | 35.78% | 94 | 0.30% |
| 1992 | 17,592 | 49.04% | 11,727 | 32.69% | 6,553 | 18.27% |
| 1996 | 18,361 | 54.39% | 11,462 | 33.95% | 3,938 | 11.66% |
| 2000 | 24,899 | 66.43% | 11,737 | 31.31% | 845 | 2.25% |
| 2004 | 31,846 | 70.64% | 13,002 | 28.84% | 237 | 0.53% |
| 2008 | 31,667 | 65.67% | 15,730 | 32.62% | 822 | 1.70% |
| 2012 | 31,349 | 69.33% | 12,809 | 28.33% | 1,060 | 2.34% |
| 2016 | 35,070 | 72.57% | 10,572 | 21.88% | 2,684 | 5.55% |
| 2020 | 37,728 | 71.81% | 13,549 | 25.79% | 1,262 | 2.40% |
| 2024 | 39,084 | 72.32% | 13,943 | 25.80% | 1,014 | 1.88% |
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