Grand Marais, MN
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+25.6 |
| 2012 | D+30.1 |
| 2016 | D+29.5 |
| 2020 | D+42.7 |
| 2024 | D+47.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,796 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+47.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $70,583 |
| County | Cook County |
| State | MN |
Place narrative
Grand Marais anchors Cook County, one of Minnesota's most sparsely populated counties, where outdoor-economy demographics and a strong tourism sector shape an electorate that routinely produces outsized swings relative to its small headcount.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +47.8% | 596 | 202 | 27 | 825 |
| 2020 | D | +42.7% | 620 | 240 | 29 | 889 |
| 2016 | D | +29.5% | 474 | 241 | 76 | 791 |
| 2012 | D | +30.1% | 497 | 261 | 25 | 783 |
| 2008 | D | +25.6% | 507 | 296 | 22 | 825 |
| 2004† | D | +8.9% | 430 | 359 | 4 | 793 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 87.2% |
| Black | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.5% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $70,583 |
| Poverty rate | 10.1% |
| Median age | 45.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 7.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 26.9% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 42.2% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 5.9% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Cook County county page and the MN state page.