Wabasha County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

33 precincts · 13,509 votes cast

Trump · R+28

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Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−28.1%	4,721	8,523	13,509
2020	R	−26.3%	4,696	8,153	13,123
2016	R	−26.4%	3,866	6,989	11,832
2012	R	−5.4%	5,415	6,049	11,763
2008	R	−2.4%	5,646	5,935	11,893
2004	R	−4.8%	5,548	6,120	11,835
2000	R	−6.9%	4,522	5,245	10,531
1996	D	+11.2%	4,523	3,452	9,573
1992	D	+3.3%	3,736	3,397	10,217
1988	R	−2.6%	4,442	4,681	9,215
1984	R	−15.4%	3,872	5,299	9,247
1980	R	−13.5%	3,712	4,986	9,453
1976	R	−2.2%	4,286	4,484	9,049
1972	R	−25.4%	3,017	5,158	8,413
1968	R	−8.0%	3,452	4,081	7,886
1964	D	+16.4%	4,367	3,133	7,504
1960	R	−11.4%	3,628	4,566	8,197
1956	R	−34.3%	2,301	4,728	7,068
1952	R	−39.6%	2,356	5,461	7,843
1948	D	+6.1%	3,730	3,297	7,102
1944	R	−25.7%	2,482	4,213	6,728
1940	R	−36.1%	2,655	5,656	8,324
1936	D	+19.0%	4,122	2,663	7,697
1932	D	+31.8%	4,540	2,319	6,978
1928	R	−12.1%	3,087	3,944	7,063
1924	R	−34.7%	644	2,834	6,307
1920	R	−57.1%	1,275	4,907	6,364
1916	R	−10.0%	1,449	1,787	3,365
1912	D	+18.3%	1,422	797	3,417
1908	R	−19.9%	1,416	2,150	3,684
1904	R	−35.2%	1,083	2,315	3,500
1900	R	−19.3%	1,406	2,114	3,665
1896	R	−20.9%	1,630	2,530	4,298
1892	R	−5.3%	1,580	1,774	3,661
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: 45.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.6%

3.6%

75–84

4.0%

6.7%

65–74

6.5%

7.6%

55–64

7.7%

6.0%

45–54

5.5%

6.0%

35–44

5.6%

5.2%

25–34

5.1%

3.0%

18–24

3.1%

8.3%

5–17

8.0%

2.7%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$82,007

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

Wabasha County$82,007

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.1%

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

36.7%

Mainline Protestant

29.5%

Methodist

2.5%

Other Christian

1.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wabasha hugs the Wisconsin border along the Mississippi bluffs, and its predominantly rural, non-college white electorate has shifted the county from a single-digit Republican lean to a 28-point margin over the past four presidential elections.

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

Wabasha County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $82,007, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,565 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 Le Sueur County and Renville County.

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