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1876–2024
Monroe County, Iowa
Monroe County·Iowa

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

One of Iowa's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Monroe County, Iowa · en:User:Cburnett · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,513
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ringgold County
IA · similarity 0.99
7 precincts · 4,158 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.6%
1,0023,1044,158
2020R
−46.4%
1,0782,9754,088
2016R
−40.5%
1,0562,6383,907
2012R
−7.7%
1,7312,0263,830
2008R
−5.2%
1,7982,0003,873
2004R
−5.3%
1,8552,0673,963
2000R
−4.4%
1,6991,8583,647
1996D
+17.4%
1,8841,2723,513
1992D
+13.4%
1,8291,3233,782
1988D
+28.0%
2,3381,3133,667
1984D
+9.7%
2,3421,9274,291
1980R
−3.3%
1,8662,0034,117
1976D
+19.5%
2,3601,5813,996
1972R
−14.9%
1,7362,3574,155
1968D
+2.1%
2,2402,1434,705
1964D
+33.4%
3,1861,5884,791
1960R
−8.6%
2,4592,9225,391
1956R
−6.6%
2,6162,9845,612
1952R
−7.2%
2,7853,2196,042
1948D
+18.1%
3,4452,3715,926
1944D
+10.7%
3,2582,6255,929
1940D
+9.9%
3,9943,2707,336
1936D
+16.1%
4,2053,0017,461
1932D
+19.6%
3,7162,4586,426
1928R
−17.8%
2,8194,0606,981
1924R
−33.7%
1,3884,0988,048
1920R
−32.9%
2,0814,5007,352
1916R
−1.0%
2,0952,1444,749
1912D
+1.9%
1,4851,3855,282
1908R
−13.6%
1,9792,6865,207
1904R
−39.6%
1,1823,2495,226
1900R
−12.2%
1,7052,2334,326
1896D
+6.2%
2,0861,8364,018
1892R
−10.1%
1,1691,5013,300
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%
Italian
0.9%
African American
1.0%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
18.6%
Other Christian
12.7%
Methodist
8.7%
Mainline Protestant
6.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Baptist
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Monroe County's R+50.5 margin in 2024 reflects a broader rural Iowa realignment that has compressed Democratic support to trace levels in small, agriculture-dependent communities over the past decade.

The Republican margin in Monroe County reached its widest at fifty-one points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Monroe County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,996, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,513 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 Ringgold County and Decatur County.