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1876–2024
Crawford County, Iowa
Crawford County·Iowa

Crawford County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Iowa's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Crawford County, Iowa · Billwhittaker at en.wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,277
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clark County
WI · similarity 0.99
8 precincts · 6,545 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.4%
1,8124,6516,545
2020R
−36.8%
2,2204,8547,154
2016R
−37.3%
1,9914,6177,037
2012R
−7.8%
3,0663,5956,752
2008D
+5.1%
3,7153,3457,191
2004R
−10.1%
3,2203,9557,242
2000R
−9.8%
2,8383,4826,555
1996D
+6.8%
3,1402,6866,715
1992D
+4.1%
3,0042,6937,672
1988D
+6.7%
3,8683,3757,311
1984R
−14.4%
3,3964,5528,053
1980R
−29.8%
2,5004,8838,002
1976D
+0.3%
3,9033,8797,948
1972R
−19.2%
3,0184,4937,667
1968R
−18.5%
2,8514,2877,744
1964D
+25.2%
5,0242,9998,037
1960R
−12.6%
3,7204,7918,518
1956R
−10.3%
3,7494,6088,374
1952R
−28.6%
3,1075,6468,868
1948D
+9.6%
3,9833,2677,485
1944R
−13.6%
3,2184,2427,509
1940R
−12.2%
4,1305,2849,449
1936D
+23.2%
5,7203,5149,502
1932D
+41.9%
6,0842,3348,942
1928D
+13.3%
4,4953,4367,981
1924R
−20.5%
1,2552,8827,949
1920R
−41.7%
2,1515,4737,972
1916R
−17.7%
1,9192,7564,730
1912D
+21.9%
2,1931,1694,670
1908D
+3.3%
2,3222,1694,588
1904R
−11.2%
2,0042,5304,678
1900D
+6.2%
2,5782,2684,961
1896D
+4.4%
2,3962,1894,659
1892D
+19.3%
2,2721,5113,940
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
34.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.6%
Methodist
3.9%
Other Christian
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Crawford County's R+43.4 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a broader rural Iowa realignment, yet its population of roughly 17,000 includes a notable Latino meatpacking workforce that has reshaped the county's demography over two decades.

The Republican margin in Crawford County reached its widest at forty-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Crawford County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,027, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,277 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clark County and Murray County.