Mower County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

39 precincts · 18,969 votes cast

Trump · R+10

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−10.5%	8,312	10,297	18,969
2020	R	−5.8%	8,899	10,025	19,345
2016	R	−7.8%	7,437	8,823	17,715
2012	D	+22.6%	11,129	6,938	18,539
2008	D	+23.6%	11,605	7,075	19,187
2004	D	+23.5%	12,334	7,591	20,222
2000	D	+20.7%	10,693	6,873	18,480
1996	D	+30.0%	10,413	4,994	18,063
1992	D	+23.7%	9,935	5,147	20,210
1988	D	+25.9%	11,893	6,969	19,025
1984	D	+21.5%	12,498	8,054	20,647
1980	D	+12.9%	10,538	7,908	20,325
1976	D	+21.8%	12,837	8,163	21,487
1972	D	+1.7%	10,286	9,929	20,530
1968	D	+16.9%	11,022	7,736	19,486
1964	D	+35.1%	13,573	6,510	20,140
1960	R	−5.1%	9,961	11,040	21,068
1956	R	−1.9%	9,219	9,570	18,890
1952	R	−7.1%	8,551	9,862	18,551
1948	D	+24.8%	9,468	5,672	15,301
1944	D	+4.4%	7,199	6,588	13,835
1940	D	+5.4%	7,988	7,169	15,217
1936	D	+25.8%	8,228	4,743	13,487
1932	D	+22.8%	6,421	4,005	10,599
1928	R	−26.6%	3,587	6,209	9,842
1924	R	−49.5%	564	5,061	9,088
1920	R	−68.3%	1,061	6,339	7,725
1916	R	−22.4%	1,572	2,520	4,240
1912	R	−2.2%	1,228	1,321	4,177
1908	R	−34.3%	1,206	2,629	4,143
1904	R	−62.0%	552	2,769	3,573
1900	R	−45.9%	1,081	3,076	4,348
1896	R	−40.2%	1,407	3,379	4,909
1892	D	+23.3%	2,234	1,310	3,964
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%

Polish

0.6%

African American

2.7%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 39.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.7%

2.3%

75–84

3.2%

5.5%

65–74

5.0%

6.1%

55–64

5.9%

5.7%

45–54

5.4%

7.0%

35–44

6.0%

5.9%

25–34

5.9%

4.5%

18–24

3.7%

9.3%

5–17

9.8%

3.0%

3.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,074

Mower County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Mower County$73,074

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.4%

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

26.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

22.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.5%

Other Christian

2.3%

Methodist

1.8%

Baptist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mower County anchors its economy around the Hormel Foods complex in Austin, giving it an unusually high share of Latino and immigrant workers for rural Minnesota. Despite that union heritage, the county has shifted more than 20 points toward Republicans over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Mower County has rarely exceeded thirty-five points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-eight points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by ten points.

Mower County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a 10% poverty rate, and a median household income of $73,074 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Des Moines County and Trumbull County.

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