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1876–2024
Kossuth County, Iowa
Kossuth County·Iowa

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

Iowa's largest county by area tilts decisively toward Republicans

18762024·38 elections
Kossuth County, Iowa · Scott Romine · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+44
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
14,516
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hardin County
IA · similarity 0.99
20 precincts · 8,397 votes cast
Trump · R+44
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−44.1%
2,2845,9838,397
2020R
−39.4%
2,6966,2759,090
2016R
−35.6%
2,5435,6538,742
2012R
−12.2%
3,8504,9378,923
2008D
+3.3%
4,6254,3299,097
2004R
−9.8%
4,1325,0429,258
2000R
−7.3%
3,9604,6128,878
1996D
+6.5%
4,0313,4778,505
1992D
+2.2%
3,6603,4649,059
1988D
+12.6%
5,0883,9389,107
1984R
−0.3%
4,8384,8729,814
1980R
−17.1%
3,8105,56810,262
1976D
+5.3%
5,1904,65310,046
1972R
−14.0%
4,3935,84110,358
1968R
−9.5%
4,3925,35010,089
1964D
+29.2%
6,8933,77610,674
1960R
−3.9%
5,8066,27812,084
1956R
−9.6%
5,5146,68012,204
1952R
−28.4%
4,3307,76512,105
1948D
+17.9%
6,0394,18610,353
1944D
+5.5%
5,4884,91810,433
1940D
+7.1%
6,5025,63912,165
1936D
+37.9%
8,0713,56911,863
1932D
+37.9%
6,9253,07510,148
1928R
−1.5%
4,7364,8789,686
1924R
−27.9%
1,3693,8068,747
1920R
−55.8%
1,6826,0187,769
1916R
−20.3%
1,7482,6474,439
1912D
+20.8%
1,8138574,586
1908R
−17.5%
1,8262,6124,482
1904R
−37.4%
1,3523,0014,412
1900R
−27.2%
1,7773,1224,951
1896R
−22.0%
1,8612,9304,859
1892R
−8.5%
1,5131,8013,401
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
Catholic & Orthodox
34.3%
Mainline Protestant
30.0%
Methodist
9.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.0%
Other Christian
1.0%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kossuth covers more square miles than any other Iowa county, yet holds fewer than 18,000 residents — a density that mirrors its agricultural economy and helps explain the 44-point Republican margin it delivered in 2024.

The Republican margin in Kossuth County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kossuth County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,697, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,516 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 Hardin County and Wright County.