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1876–2024
Mills County, Iowa
Mills County·Iowa

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

A Missouri River county where Republican margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Mills County, Iowa · Scott Romine · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+39
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
14,568
2024 ACS
Most similar
Miami County
IN · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 8,253 votes cast
Trump · R+39
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−39.0%
2,4565,6718,253
2020R
−37.2%
2,5085,5858,268
2016R
−38.3%
2,0905,0677,772
2012R
−19.0%
2,8484,2167,212
2008R
−16.6%
2,9764,1837,282
2004R
−32.4%
2,3084,5566,940
2000R
−27.8%
2,0393,6845,915
1996R
−15.4%
2,0682,9585,772
1992R
−14.6%
1,7982,6996,166
1988R
−20.9%
2,0923,2125,369
1984R
−46.7%
1,4343,9945,486
1980R
−45.1%
1,2443,5815,183
1976R
−17.3%
1,9082,7224,710
1972R
−52.4%
1,0603,5314,712
1968R
−36.4%
1,2162,9164,672
1964D
+0.8%
2,4632,4244,889
1960R
−30.7%
1,8203,4365,256
1956R
−30.1%
1,8973,5395,454
1952R
−38.3%
1,7924,0285,834
1948R
−15.0%
2,1552,9215,107
1944R
−21.8%
2,1063,2885,421
1940R
−15.0%
2,8623,8736,749
1936D
+2.6%
3,6103,4247,075
1932D
+22.7%
3,8612,4206,356
1928R
−22.2%
2,1793,4295,634
1924R
−27.4%
1,7503,3485,835
1920R
−39.2%
1,5923,6835,338
1916R
−3.2%
1,6001,7073,375
1912D
+13.8%
1,3128503,345
1908R
−12.3%
1,5221,9593,561
1904R
−26.5%
1,2742,2523,688
1900R
−11.9%
1,7332,2124,022
1896R
−4.7%
1,9582,1534,146
1892R
−8.0%
1,4801,7613,531
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
Methodist
11.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.7%
Mainline Protestant
7.6%
Other Christian
3.9%
Baptist
0.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mills County sits along Iowa's western edge, anchored by Glenwood, and has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade — its 2024 presidential margin of R+39 reflects a rural consolidation pattern common across the Loess Hills corridor.

The Republican margin in Mills County reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Mills County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,753, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,568 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 Miami County and Otoe County.