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1876–2024
Aitkin County, Minnesota
Aitkin County·Minnesota

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

A rural lake-country county that has swung sharply toward Republicans over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Aitkin County, Minnesota · Elkman · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,056
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pine County
MN · similarity 0.99
51 precincts · 10,446 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.8%
3,5246,74110,446
2020R
−26.4%
3,6076,25810,025
2016R
−25.8%
3,1345,5169,231
2012R
−1.3%
4,4124,5339,142
2008D
+0.1%
4,5954,5899,410
2004R
−2.4%
4,5394,7689,452
2000D
+0.9%
3,8303,7558,260
1996D
+20.0%
3,8102,3277,404
1992D
+16.5%
3,4002,1517,559
1988D
+12.3%
3,8633,0116,942
1984D
+7.0%
3,9433,4227,416
1980D
+3.7%
3,6773,3967,670
1976D
+26.4%
4,3082,4766,949
1972R
−9.2%
2,6873,2416,032
1968D
+14.8%
3,0942,2545,657
1964D
+31.8%
3,8742,0005,890
1960R
−1.9%
2,9803,0976,113
1956R
−0.5%
2,7332,7625,504
1952R
−13.3%
2,5773,3846,050
1948D
+13.5%
3,2772,4666,007
1944D
+0.4%
2,7432,7205,509
1940R
−1.8%
3,6103,7447,470
1936D
+20.3%
3,8062,4666,611
1932D
+10.5%
2,9452,3415,743
1928R
−44.8%
1,4283,9515,636
1924R
−49.5%
2122,7205,068
1920R
−55.5%
6132,9334,181
1916R
−10.1%
8771,1222,427
1912D
+2.4%
4133622,083
1908R
−45.4%
3891,2051,798
1904R
−69.3%
1911,3271,639
1900R
−56.8%
2629881,278
1896R
−41.5%
3448551,231
1892D
+32.1%
445217711
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
24.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.0%
Other Christian
4.2%
Methodist
2.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Aitkin's economy revolves around tourism, timber, and seasonal residents, and its predominantly white, non-college electorate has shifted the presidential margin from competitive to R+30 territory since the early 2000s.

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

Aitkin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,833, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,056 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 Pine County and Jefferson County.