Otter Tail County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

91 precincts · 36,736 votes cast

Trump · R+34

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−34.1%	11,752	24,276	36,736
2020	R	−32.5%	11,958	23,800	36,399
2016	R	−35.7%	9,340	20,939	32,500
2012	R	−21.1%	12,165	18,860	31,670
2008	R	−12.9%	13,856	18,077	32,687
2004	R	−23.9%	12,038	19,734	32,178
2000	R	−25.0%	9,844	16,963	28,511
1996	R	−5.0%	10,519	11,808	25,850
1992	R	−7.1%	9,176	11,074	26,670
1988	R	−14.8%	10,373	14,015	24,604
1984	R	−23.3%	9,714	15,664	25,551
1980	R	−22.9%	9,108	15,091	26,138
1976	R	−0.9%	11,881	12,113	24,510
1972	R	−25.9%	7,881	13,519	21,731
1968	R	−24.6%	7,400	12,483	20,701
1964	R	−2.7%	9,997	10,542	20,565
1960	R	−26.1%	8,054	13,747	21,843
1956	R	−32.0%	6,571	12,764	19,375
1952	R	−50.4%	5,388	16,447	21,921
1948	R	−25.2%	6,546	11,131	18,172
1944	R	−35.7%	5,823	12,351	18,284
1940	R	−27.9%	7,705	13,737	21,629
1936	R	−1.4%	8,642	8,899	18,110
1932	D	+8.2%	8,805	7,416	16,964
1928	R	−39.0%	4,990	11,624	17,025
1924	R	−51.3%	568	7,557	13,629
1920	R	−66.2%	1,741	11,084	14,119
1916	R	−18.5%	2,858	4,328	7,966
1912	D	+15.0%	1,739	755	6,546
1908	R	−24.1%	2,320	3,964	6,826
1904	R	−59.9%	869	4,642	6,299
1900	R	−2.6%	3,257	3,446	7,303
1896	D	+11.3%	4,482	3,544	8,294
1892	D	+8.7%	2,140	1,642	5,722
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

0.9%

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: 46.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.4%

85+

1.9%

3.3%

75–84

4.0%

7.6%

65–74

7.3%

7.7%

55–64

7.6%

5.4%

45–54

5.2%

5.7%

35–44

5.3%

5.0%

25–34

4.6%

3.3%

18–24

3.1%

8.4%

5–17

8.0%

2.8%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,255

Otter Tail County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Otter Tail County$72,255

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.7%

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

32.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

12.1%

Other Christian

6.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.5%

Methodist

1.2%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Baptist

0.2%

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

Otter Tail's 1,000-plus lakes draw seasonal tourism, but its year-round population skews rural and older — a demographic profile that has tracked closely with the broader shift toward lopsided Republican margins across Minnesota's lake belt.

The Republican margin in Otter Tail County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Otter Tail County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,255, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 60,475 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 Brown County and Bottineau County.

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Otter Tail County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.