Becker County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

46 precincts · 19,739 votes cast

Trump · R+33

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−33.1%	6,435	12,961	19,739
2020	R	−30.1%	6,589	12,438	19,401
2016	R	−32.9%	5,208	10,880	17,222
2012	R	−14.5%	6,829	9,204	16,382
2008	R	−6.9%	7,687	8,851	16,965
2004	R	−18.1%	6,756	9,795	16,801
2000	R	−20.2%	5,253	8,152	14,333
1996	D	+3.4%	5,911	5,461	13,374
1992	R	−3.4%	4,958	5,430	13,702
1988	R	−7.5%	5,787	6,738	12,651
1984	R	−16.0%	5,456	7,553	13,101
1980	R	−12.4%	5,221	6,848	13,134
1976	D	+7.8%	6,597	5,611	12,566
1972	R	−12.3%	4,695	6,033	10,884
1968	D	+1.4%	4,875	4,728	10,196
1964	D	+26.4%	6,453	3,751	10,220
1960	D	+1.6%	5,257	5,090	10,389
1956	D	+0.1%	4,619	4,608	9,251
1952	R	−12.3%	4,539	5,815	10,414
1948	D	+24.6%	5,885	3,495	9,727
1944	D	+12.4%	4,889	3,803	8,750
1940	D	+19.8%	6,432	4,292	10,816
1936	D	+40.0%	6,473	2,683	9,466
1932	D	+39.6%	5,547	2,299	8,210
1928	R	−13.2%	3,253	4,273	7,703
1924	R	−38.9%	429	2,936	6,452
1920	R	−61.6%	901	4,811	6,349
1916	R	−8.8%	1,453	1,761	3,491
1912	D	+7.3%	732	509	3,037
1908	R	−41.6%	728	2,058	3,196
1904	R	−66.3%	310	1,872	2,355
1900	R	−36.8%	771	1,790	2,770
1896	R	−19.6%	985	1,479	2,515
1892	D	+38.1%	853	266	1,539
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

0.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.7%

3.4%

75–84

3.2%

7.1%

65–74

6.8%

7.2%

55–64

7.4%

5.5%

45–54

5.2%

5.7%

35–44

5.7%

5.0%

25–34

5.0%

3.7%

18–24

3.5%

9.0%

5–17

8.9%

2.8%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$71,388

Becker County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Becker County$71,388

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

21.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

16.5%

Other Christian

13.6%

Methodist

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Becker County's R+33 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a broader rural realignment across Minnesota's lake belt, where a mix of resort towns and agricultural communities has moved steadily away from its historically competitive past.

The Democratic margin in Becker County peaked at forty points in 1936. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-three points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Becker County's median household income of $71,388 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crow Wing County and Stearns County.

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Becker County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.