Red Lake County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 2,116 votes cast

Trump · R+37

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−37.0%	642	1,425	2,116
2020	R	−34.7%	691	1,454	2,196
2016	R	−32.0%	540	1,141	1,881
2012	R	−2.5%	928	978	1,975
2008	D	+6.3%	1,120	983	2,191
2004	R	−9.2%	963	1,164	2,177
2000	R	−12.4%	830	1,090	2,090
1996	D	+17.0%	1,053	695	2,106
1992	D	+14.9%	1,020	691	2,201
1988	D	+14.3%	1,229	918	2,175
1984	D	+4.4%	1,294	1,184	2,493
1980	D	+3.5%	1,318	1,223	2,707
1976	D	+38.9%	1,748	737	2,600
1972	D	+14.0%	1,409	1,052	2,541
1968	D	+32.3%	1,467	718	2,318
1964	D	+52.6%	1,861	573	2,450
1960	D	+46.5%	1,865	679	2,549
1956	D	+33.0%	1,555	782	2,345
1952	D	+15.9%	1,431	1,034	2,491
1948	D	+47.8%	1,771	592	2,468
1944	D	+36.7%	1,642	757	2,414
1940	D	+39.3%	2,023	876	2,915
1936	D	+59.2%	2,057	487	2,653
1932	D	+65.9%	1,893	351	2,341
1928	D	+35.2%	1,507	712	2,256
1924	R	−23.5%	213	643	1,827
1920	R	−35.8%	558	1,308	2,097
1916	D	+18.8%	694	463	1,228
1912	D	+12.4%	374	259	929
1908	R	−21.2%	856	1,428	2,694
1904	R	−49.0%	399	1,430	2,103
1900	D	+16.2%	1,165	823	2,105
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: 43.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

1.7%

2.8%

75–84

3.5%

7.3%

65–74

5.9%

7.4%

55–64

6.4%

5.8%

45–54

5.2%

6.3%

35–44

7.3%

4.5%

25–34

4.0%

3.3%

18–24

2.8%

9.8%

5–17

8.0%

3.6%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,188

Red Lake County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Red Lake County$77,188

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.2%

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

42.1%

Mainline Protestant

35.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Red Lake County's roughly 4,300 residents make it one of Minnesota's least populous counties, yet it delivers consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins — a pattern tied to its sparse, agriculturally rooted demographic profile in the far northwest of the state.

The Republican margin in Red Lake County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Red Lake County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,188, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,915 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 Saline County and Grant County.

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Red Lake County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.