Stearns County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

97 precincts · 86,631 votes cast

Trump · R+27

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−26.7%	30,829	53,932	86,631
2020	R	−22.5%	31,879	50,959	84,835
2016	R	−27.7%	25,576	47,617	79,592
2012	R	−12.1%	33,551	43,015	78,477
2008	R	−7.0%	35,690	41,194	78,756
2004	R	−12.0%	32,659	41,726	75,577
2000	R	−12.2%	24,800	32,402	62,476
1996	D	+5.0%	24,238	21,474	55,045
1992	R	−1.8%	21,451	22,502	59,340
1988	R	−7.2%	23,798	27,529	52,093
1984	R	−18.0%	20,944	30,216	51,645
1980	R	−5.9%	21,862	24,888	51,522
1976	D	+11.4%	25,027	19,574	47,821
1972	D	+0.9%	19,315	18,951	41,400
1968	D	+1.7%	15,990	15,422	33,580
1964	D	+18.8%	19,063	13,009	32,166
1960	D	+16.9%	19,026	13,522	32,581
1956	R	−27.6%	9,829	17,364	27,257
1952	R	−29.6%	9,907	18,267	28,213
1948	D	+19.9%	15,261	10,153	25,706
1944	R	−21.1%	8,647	13,298	22,029
1940	R	−26.4%	9,305	16,027	25,434
1936	D	+33.2%	12,760	5,262	22,580
1932	D	+59.8%	18,293	4,499	23,050
1928	D	+42.6%	16,104	6,459	22,615
1924	R	−29.5%	1,354	6,469	17,314
1920	R	−76.0%	1,616	13,566	15,714
1916	R	−12.1%	3,350	4,312	7,921
1912	D	+33.9%	3,317	1,134	6,434
1908	D	+18.1%	3,835	2,614	6,745
1904	R	−4.0%	2,625	2,849	5,649
1900	D	+25.8%	4,244	2,460	6,920
1896	D	+25.6%	4,911	2,873	7,967
1892	R	−41.4%	1,624	4,461	6,859
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

1.0%

African American

7.3%

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: 35.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.2%

75–84

2.5%

4.6%

65–74

4.7%

6.1%

55–64

5.9%

5.1%

45–54

5.0%

6.4%

35–44

5.6%

6.3%

25–34

5.6%

7.2%

18–24

7.1%

8.7%

5–17

8.6%

3.3%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,066

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

Stearns County$77,066

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.9%

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

34.0%

Mainline Protestant

10.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.5%

Other Christian

2.1%

Non-Christian

1.2%

Methodist

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stearns County, anchored by St. Cloud, combines a substantial Catholic German-heritage rural base with a mid-sized urban core, producing Republican presidential margins that have widened consistently over the past three election cycles.

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

Stearns County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,066, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 160,865 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 Crow Wing County and Lake of the Woods County.

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