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1876–2024
Winnebago County, Iowa
Winnebago County·Iowa

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

A small north-Iowa county where margins have widened each election cycle

18762024·38 elections
Winnebago County, Iowa · Chuckmor · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,583
2024 ACS
Most similar
Monroe County
WI · similarity 0.98
10 precincts · 5,642 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.6%
1,9093,6365,642
2020R
−26.3%
2,1353,7075,970
2016R
−25.9%
1,9313,4475,864
2012R
−0.1%
2,9032,9065,918
2008D
+8.6%
3,2542,7306,082
2004R
−7.9%
2,7073,1755,952
2000D
+0.5%
2,6912,6625,527
1996D
+8.5%
2,6792,2115,521
1992R
−1.4%
2,3222,4076,078
1988R
−1.0%
2,8042,8635,703
1984R
−15.0%
2,6693,6166,314
1980R
−24.7%
2,2083,8086,479
1976R
−5.8%
2,9503,3156,346
1972R
−29.6%
2,3244,3006,669
1968R
−23.2%
2,1633,5435,954
1964D
+22.4%
3,6772,3316,017
1960R
−24.7%
2,4634,0826,549
1956R
−21.8%
2,5213,9266,453
1952R
−41.1%
1,9054,5746,499
1948R
−0.2%
2,6262,6365,451
1944R
−2.8%
2,6542,8085,480
1940R
−4.0%
3,0513,3086,388
1936D
+9.1%
3,1332,5925,927
1932D
+23.1%
3,2812,0125,499
1928R
−43.8%
1,2683,3864,831
1924R
−42.9%
2252,4455,172
1920R
−76.7%
4693,9314,514
1916R
−48.1%
5841,7132,349
1912R
−6.4%
3905322,231
1908R
−54.3%
4891,7102,248
1904R
−81.7%
1742,0022,238
1900R
−61.2%
4742,0522,577
1896R
−45.2%
7141,9122,651
1892R
−45.9%
3421,0831,614
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%
African American
1.8%
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
53.1%
Methodist
9.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.7%
Other Christian
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Winnebago County's roughly 11,700 residents are concentrated in Forest City, the county seat, and have shifted steadily rightward in presidential voting over the past decade, reaching a 30-point Republican margin in 2024.

The Republican margin in Winnebago County reached its widest at eighty-two points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Winnebago County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,642, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,583 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 Monroe County and Kewaunee County.