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1876–2024
Iowa County, Iowa
Iowa County·Iowa

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

A rural north-central county where Republican margins have widened each cycle since 2008.

18762024·38 elections
Iowa County, Iowa · cwwycoff1 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,507
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marshall County
MN · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 9,639 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.7%
3,4006,0689,639
2020R
−25.3%
3,5476,0099,742
2016R
−23.6%
3,0845,2059,002
2012R
−4.8%
4,1444,5698,866
2008D
+0.2%
4,2024,1888,546
2004R
−8.3%
3,8414,5448,454
2000R
−9.0%
3,2303,8947,413
1996D
+4.4%
3,3543,0427,035
1992R
−1.4%
2,5602,6566,965
1988D
+1.4%
3,3383,2476,685
1984R
−21.2%
2,8154,3527,251
1980R
−20.6%
2,6064,1537,522
1976R
−7.5%
3,3673,9267,411
1972R
−23.3%
2,5784,2026,964
1968R
−21.8%
2,5864,1337,111
1964D
+20.2%
4,2612,8287,102
1960R
−27.2%
2,8284,9447,790
1956R
−27.3%
2,7534,8757,777
1952R
−37.2%
2,5145,6258,362
1948R
−9.0%
3,0303,6596,978
1944R
−11.4%
3,1193,9597,340
1940R
−12.3%
3,6494,6968,488
1936D
+10.4%
4,1633,3607,712
1932D
+23.3%
4,3762,6287,499
1928R
−14.1%
3,0754,0917,196
1924R
−30.6%
1,4583,5496,837
1920R
−41.1%
2,0194,8926,997
1916R
−16.8%
1,7632,4844,290
1912D
+15.0%
1,8411,2374,022
1908R
−7.6%
1,9072,2304,241
1904R
−9.4%
1,8912,3034,361
1900R
−8.0%
1,9832,3364,433
1896R
−9.8%
1,9562,3914,446
1892D
+12.2%
2,1571,6723,967
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%.
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
Mainline Protestant
23.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
12.1%
Methodist
9.2%
Other Christian
3.6%
Non-Christian
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iowa County sits in a stretch of small agricultural communities where population has drifted downward for decades, a pattern that correlates strongly with the lopsided presidential margins the county has recorded in recent elections.

The Republican margin in Iowa County reached its widest at forty-one points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Iowa County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,223, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,507 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 Marshall County and Franklin County.