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1876–2024
Cedar County, Iowa
Cedar County·Iowa

Cedar County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A small Mississippi River county where rural margins have grown steadily rightward

18762024·38 elections
Cedar County, Iowa · Scott Romine · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+22
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
18,349
2024 ACS
Most similar
Tama County
IA · similarity 0.99
12 precincts · 10,644 votes cast
Trump · R+22
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−21.7%
4,0756,39010,644
2020R
−17.0%
4,3376,16110,703
2016R
−17.6%
3,5995,2959,631
2012D
+4.6%
4,9724,5299,649
2008D
+9.6%
5,2214,2899,665
2004R
−1.3%
4,7474,8699,694
2000D
+0.0%
4,0334,0318,344
1996D
+11.6%
3,8562,9667,676
1992D
+4.0%
3,2962,9658,240
1988D
+8.8%
4,0323,3737,479
1984R
−19.8%
3,0864,6177,748
1980R
−23.2%
2,5894,3987,797
1976R
−12.2%
3,3544,3087,822
1972R
−28.3%
2,4654,4527,023
1968R
−23.9%
2,6754,4947,614
1964D
+19.5%
4,6173,1067,735
1960R
−23.9%
3,2035,2178,425
1956R
−29.5%
2,9125,3448,258
1952R
−43.2%
2,4476,1768,640
1948R
−14.2%
2,9583,9577,016
1944R
−28.2%
2,6104,6737,307
1940R
−25.2%
3,2935,5218,840
1936D
+8.5%
4,3853,6868,235
1932D
+17.9%
4,7183,2778,068
1928R
−31.5%
2,5174,8567,415
1924R
−41.3%
1,4784,6257,615
1920R
−58.5%
1,4205,6977,315
1916R
−28.1%
1,5952,8624,503
1912D
+20.4%
1,9381,0364,420
1908R
−10.3%
1,9862,4554,532
1904R
−16.2%
1,9262,6914,726
1900R
−12.3%
2,1312,7404,965
1896R
−11.8%
2,1282,7174,985
1892D
+4.7%
2,3472,1304,644
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.
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
15.9%
Methodist
8.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.2%
Other Christian
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cedar County's roughly 18,000 residents are concentrated in small agricultural towns, and its presidential margins have widened consistently over the past three cycles, reaching R+21.8 in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty points in 1912; the Republican margin reached fifty-eight points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Cedar County's demographics — a population of 18,349, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,602 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tama County and Mitchell County.