Itasca County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

73 precincts · 26,840 votes cast

Trump · R+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−20.1%	10,467	15,863	26,840
2020	R	−16.8%	10,786	15,239	26,561
2016	R	−16.4%	9,015	12,920	23,880
2012	D	+9.8%	12,852	10,501	23,919
2008	D	+12.9%	13,460	10,309	24,395
2004	D	+10.6%	13,290	10,705	24,367
2000	D	+4.8%	10,583	9,545	21,714
1996	D	+20.5%	10,706	6,506	20,473
1992	D	+17.6%	9,621	5,952	20,838
1988	D	+11.3%	10,517	8,358	19,053
1984	D	+10.3%	11,455	9,306	20,948
1980	D	+16.9%	12,134	8,368	22,228
1976	D	+31.2%	12,979	6,646	20,281
1972	D	+6.8%	8,683	7,558	16,583
1968	D	+34.6%	10,512	4,898	16,206
1964	D	+48.8%	12,054	4,137	16,231
1960	D	+23.8%	10,761	6,615	17,408
1956	D	+15.3%	8,737	6,408	15,178
1952	D	+16.2%	9,128	6,573	15,782
1948	D	+36.1%	9,653	4,334	14,716
1944	D	+34.8%	8,787	4,227	13,095
1940	D	+30.8%	9,899	5,196	15,254
1936	D	+41.4%	8,896	3,594	12,819
1932	D	+17.9%	5,616	3,782	10,237
1928	R	−22.9%	3,122	5,103	8,656
1924	R	−54.1%	496	4,961	8,255
1920	R	−30.0%	1,930	3,973	6,813
1916	D	+10.8%	1,504	1,163	3,153
1912	D	+9.4%	699	446	2,689
1908	R	−40.2%	684	1,883	2,982
1904	R	−64.5%	293	1,796	2,332
1900	R	−29.4%	413	770	1,216
1896	R	−6.5%	724	826	1,561
1892	R	−13.0%	520	686	1,279
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 46.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

1.6%

3.3%

75–84

3.9%

7.9%

65–74

7.6%

55–64

7.5%

5.9%

45–54

5.4%

5.8%

35–44

5.7%

5.0%

25–34

4.7%

3.5%

18–24

3.0%

8.1%

5–17

7.3%

2.5%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,603

Itasca County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Itasca County$68,603

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.2%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

13.8%

Mainline Protestant

12.3%

Other Christian

9.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Methodist

1.2%

Baptist

0.2%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Once reliably Democratic on the strength of mining and timber union households, Itasca County has shifted more than 30 points toward Republican presidential candidates over the past four election cycles, mirroring broader realignment across Minnesota's Iron Range.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-nine points in 1964; the Republican margin reached sixty-four points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Itasca County's demographics — a population of 45,275, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,603 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Freeborn County and Swift County.

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Itasca County delivered a near-tie in 2024.