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1876–2024
Hamilton County, Iowa
Hamilton County·Iowa

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

A north-central Iowa county where corn-belt geography shapes lopsided presidential margins

18762024·38 elections
Hamilton County, Iowa · Nst101 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+33
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
14,886
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hardin County
IA · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 7,597 votes cast
Trump · R+33
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−33.2%
2,4825,0047,597
2020R
−26.6%
2,8434,9567,943
2016R
−22.3%
2,7264,4637,785
2012R
−2.6%
3,7823,9917,927
2008D
+1.3%
4,0183,9138,078
2004R
−5.7%
3,8954,3678,335
2000R
−7.4%
3,4073,9687,574
1996D
+4.8%
3,4553,1097,277
1992D
+3.0%
3,2623,0317,681
1988D
+11.7%
4,1563,2777,494
1984R
−12.3%
3,3304,2797,695
1980R
−24.2%
2,7414,7458,266
1976D
+0.3%
3,9533,9328,025
1972R
−24.0%
2,9134,8037,890
1968R
−19.4%
3,0584,6078,001
1964D
+24.8%
5,1953,1278,332
1960R
−14.8%
3,9055,2659,174
1956R
−19.3%
3,8295,6679,514
1952R
−42.9%
2,7887,0069,828
1948D
+1.1%
3,6133,5357,345
1944D
+5.7%
4,3023,8378,180
1940D
+11.5%
5,2794,1839,501
1936D
+25.8%
5,4323,1748,758
1932D
+37.5%
5,1912,3307,624
1928R
−16.6%
2,9754,1717,190
1924R
−54.0%
4904,4017,246
1920R
−67.1%
1,1265,9247,148
1916R
−44.7%
1,1253,0374,281
1912D
+4.9%
1,0418314,290
1908R
−39.9%
1,1452,7654,056
1904R
−58.6%
7463,1184,045
1900R
−47.7%
1,1343,2594,455
1896R
−40.0%
1,3003,0744,439
1892R
−25.1%
1,2272,0733,373
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
0.8%
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.
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
25.3%
Methodist
9.0%
Other Christian
7.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hamilton County's agricultural economy and sparse small-town population have pushed its presidential margins steadily rightward over the past two decades, landing at R+33.2 in 2024 — well above the statewide average.

The Republican margin in Hamilton County reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Hamilton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,432, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,886 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 Hardin County and Carroll County.