Sibley County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

24 precincts · 8,537 votes cast

Trump · R+43

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.9%	2,351	6,014	8,537
2020	R	−40.8%	2,417	5,864	8,452
2016	R	−41.7%	1,954	5,193	7,774
2012	R	−22.7%	2,916	4,693	7,815
2008	R	−19.3%	2,998	4,492	7,729
2004	R	−19.6%	3,109	4,669	7,949
2000	R	−19.1%	2,687	4,087	7,335
1996	D	+2.7%	2,769	2,590	6,647
1992	D	+1.5%	2,421	2,315	7,185
1988	R	−7.2%	3,154	3,655	6,939
1984	R	−25.1%	2,761	4,638	7,468
1980	R	−25.4%	2,521	4,460	7,642
1976	R	−1.5%	3,752	3,871	7,860
1972	R	−29.8%	2,433	4,543	7,080
1968	R	−23.9%	2,540	4,250	7,154
1964	R	−3.7%	3,577	3,854	7,436
1960	R	−32.4%	2,541	4,987	7,542
1956	R	−38.6%	2,099	4,737	6,842
1952	R	−47.9%	1,871	5,323	7,214
1948	R	−7.2%	2,818	3,260	6,157
1944	R	−43.6%	1,683	4,311	6,024
1940	R	−47.1%	1,986	5,564	7,589
1936	D	+29.0%	4,140	2,184	6,735
1932	D	+53.8%	4,756	1,398	6,236
1928	R	−12.7%	2,553	3,301	5,901
1924	R	−27.8%	341	1,749	5,060
1920	R	−75.7%	502	4,198	4,885
1916	R	−27.4%	973	1,737	2,785
1912	D	+20.0%	890	383	2,529
1908	R	−18.3%	1,110	1,623	2,802
1904	R	−41.1%	662	1,628	2,352
1900	R	−15.0%	1,272	1,736	3,087
1896	R	−18.3%	1,251	1,826	3,150
1892	R	−9.6%	950	1,191	2,514
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

1.0%

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: 42.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

2.1%

2.7%

75–84

2.8%

5.9%

65–74

5.1%

8.1%

55–64

7.0%

6.5%

45–54

5.5%

6.3%

35–44

5.8%

6.1%

25–34

5.8%

3.5%

18–24

3.4%

8.6%

5–17

8.2%

3.1%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,634

Sibley County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Sibley County$77,634

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.0%

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

43.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

17.4%

Other Christian

3.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Methodist

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sibley County, anchored by small agricultural communities along the Minnesota River valley, has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades, posting a 43-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 that outpaces most of its similarly rural neighbors.

The Republican margin in Sibley County reached its widest at seventy-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sibley County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,634, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,005 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 Wirt County and Pendleton County.

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Sibley County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.