Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 3,996 votes cast

Trump · R+32

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−32.2%	1,314	2,600	3,996
2020	R	−26.8%	1,446	2,528	4,040
2016	R	−25.6%	1,305	2,293	3,860
2012	D	+0.9%	1,974	1,938	3,984
2008	D	+5.9%	2,160	1,912	4,192
2004	D	+6.5%	2,390	2,093	4,541
2000	D	+6.8%	2,244	1,941	4,453
1996	D	+21.8%	2,420	1,447	4,465
1992	D	+18.3%	2,342	1,435	4,968
1988	D	+13.8%	2,805	2,116	4,983
1984	R	−0.8%	2,685	2,731	5,497
1980	R	−8.9%	2,457	2,981	5,903
1976	D	+22.3%	3,647	2,292	6,065
1972	D	+1.3%	2,845	2,773	5,726
1968	D	+4.5%	2,937	2,672	5,828
1964	D	+27.5%	3,934	2,236	6,180
1960	D	+1.1%	3,253	3,185	6,449
1956	R	−7.4%	2,826	3,276	6,108
1952	R	−17.5%	2,753	3,924	6,705
1948	D	+22.3%	3,690	2,330	6,100
1944	R	−5.5%	2,779	3,104	5,900
1940	R	−9.9%	3,106	3,789	6,923
1936	D	+19.6%	3,243	2,066	5,996
1932	D	+34.7%	3,992	1,911	6,000
1928	R	−20.3%	2,245	3,406	5,710
1924	R	−50.3%	106	2,860	5,473
1920	R	−69.6%	653	4,219	5,127
1916	R	−19.8%	1,047	1,614	2,867
1912	D	+10.4%	608	343	2,538
1908	R	−45.0%	661	1,894	2,738
1904	R	−72.5%	243	1,886	2,265
1900	R	−47.6%	642	1,924	2,692
1896	R	−26.1%	932	1,620	2,641
1892	D	+31.8%	1,164	457	2,225
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: 47.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.9%

85+

2.9%

4.0%

75–84

4.3%

7.4%

65–74

7.1%

7.5%

55–64

6.9%

5.4%

45–54

4.6%

5.5%

35–44

5.7%

4.6%

25–34

4.4%

3.2%

18–24

2.9%

9.2%

5–17

7.3%

2.8%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$74,432

Lac qui Parle County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lac qui Parle County$74,432

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.1%

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

73.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

20.8%

Other Christian

2.6%

Methodist

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 2.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lac qui Parle sits along the South Dakota border in Minnesota's agricultural southwest, where a shrinking population and deep-rooted farming heritage have pushed presidential margins steadily rightward over the past two decades, reaching R+32.2 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Lac qui Parle County reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lac qui Parle County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,432, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,682 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 Big Stone County and Belmont County.

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Lac qui Parle County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.