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1876–2024
Greene County, Iowa
Greene County·Iowa

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

A rural county where GOP presidential margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Greene County, Iowa · Dan Breyfogle · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+33
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,688
2024 ACS
Most similar
Decatur County
IA · similarity 0.99
6 precincts · 4,881 votes cast
Trump · R+33
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−32.9%
1,6033,2114,881
2020R
−28.8%
1,7693,2235,057
2016R
−23.2%
1,6912,8204,876
2012R
−0.1%
2,3752,3804,846
2008D
+0.5%
2,3712,3494,804
2004R
−3.1%
2,4592,6185,113
2000D
+0.4%
2,3012,2824,719
1996D
+13.7%
2,5191,8614,799
1992D
+8.8%
2,4221,9525,353
1988D
+17.8%
3,0112,0915,164
1984D
+4.5%
2,8312,5795,554
1980R
−15.9%
2,2103,1545,939
1976D
+4.7%
3,0942,8115,989
1972R
−21.5%
2,1523,3715,680
1968R
−17.4%
2,2083,2085,736
1964D
+28.2%
3,8282,1415,986
1960R
−17.0%
2,8794,0636,954
1956R
−20.3%
2,8024,2557,162
1952R
−40.8%
2,2285,3787,725
1948R
−1.8%
2,9463,0596,290
1944R
−10.2%
2,7973,4376,263
1940R
−4.7%
3,5663,9207,506
1936D
+7.6%
3,9613,3847,559
1932D
+7.3%
2,7472,3605,278
1928R
−36.2%
2,0074,2996,337
1924R
−55.3%
7904,5996,889
1920R
−58.8%
1,3035,1026,460
1916R
−23.1%
1,4552,3453,854
1912R
−9.7%
9801,3243,562
1908R
−37.2%
1,1522,5743,826
1904R
−45.6%
9082,5833,676
1900R
−33.6%
1,3602,7774,215
1896R
−22.8%
1,6292,6064,286
1892R
−20.6%
1,3332,0843,649
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%
Irish
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Methodist
16.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.7%
Mainline Protestant
8.2%
Other Christian
7.5%
Baptist
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Greene County's economy centers on agriculture, and its roughly 10,000 residents have shifted steadily toward Republican presidential candidates over the past decade, producing a 33-point margin in 2024 that reflects broader rural Iowa realignment.

The Republican margin in Greene County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Greene County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,409, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,688 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 Decatur County and Benton County.