Mahnomen County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

19 precincts · 2,183 votes cast

Trump · R+9

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.7%	975	1,165	2,183
2020	R	−1.3%	1,112	1,142	2,304
2016	R	−2.9%	930	991	2,088
2012	D	+18.6%	1,276	871	2,182
2008	D	+25.3%	1,436	843	2,343
2004	D	+8.3%	1,339	1,132	2,508
2000	R	−9.0%	921	1,122	2,224
1996	D	+6.7%	1,026	877	2,209
1992	D	+7.6%	1,035	854	2,389
1988	D	+9.6%	1,277	1,051	2,358
1984	R	−3.4%	1,241	1,328	2,597
1980	R	−3.8%	1,175	1,275	2,635
1976	D	+26.2%	1,590	905	2,613
1972	D	+5.6%	1,397	1,246	2,691
1968	D	+23.6%	1,508	893	2,605
1964	D	+50.4%	1,967	648	2,619
1960	D	+35.8%	1,864	880	2,749
1956	D	+26.7%	1,513	875	2,392
1952	D	+8.1%	1,436	1,220	2,660
1948	D	+55.7%	2,125	579	2,775
1944	D	+33.0%	1,494	748	2,260
1940	D	+29.3%	1,959	1,069	3,042
1936	D	+58.9%	2,025	474	2,634
1932	D	+71.0%	1,734	264	2,069
1928	D	+38.1%	1,378	606	2,027
1924	R	−27.2%	122	629	1,867
1920	R	−57.6%	215	1,076	1,495
1916	D	+20.7%	411	262	720
1912	D	+36.0%	293	68	625
1908	R	−24.7%	143	265	494
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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: 35.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.4%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

5.6%

65–74

4.8%

6.2%

55–64

6.2%

5.2%

45–54

4.5%

5.0%

35–44

5.2%

25–34

5.2%

4.3%

18–24

4.0%

12.1%

5–17

10.9%

4.1%

3.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,441

Mahnomen County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Mahnomen County$59,441

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.3%

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

23.8%

Mainline Protestant

18.4%

Other Christian

2.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mahnomen County sits entirely within the White Earth Nation reservation, giving it a Native American majority and a political profile distinct from surrounding rural Minnesota — one that has shifted notably rightward over recent cycles.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-one points in 1932; the Republican margin reached fifty-eight points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Mahnomen County's demographics — a population of 5,358, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,441 — 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 Winneshiek County and Benson County.

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Mahnomen County delivered a near-tie in 2024.