Taylor County, Iowa

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 3,081 votes cast

Trump · R+56

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.7%	666	2,381	3,081
2020	R	−52.8%	746	2,463	3,249
2016	R	−44.1%	758	2,111	3,065
2012	R	−14.1%	1,262	1,683	2,995
2008	R	−8.6%	1,347	1,607	3,026
2004	R	−20.6%	1,252	1,908	3,190
2000	R	−16.9%	1,247	1,770	3,096
1996	D	+1.2%	1,458	1,419	3,276
1992	D	+6.5%	1,430	1,200	3,551
1988	D	+0.7%	1,671	1,647	3,332
1984	R	−24.8%	1,499	2,496	4,022
1980	R	−35.3%	1,226	2,715	4,213
1976	R	−2.8%	1,947	2,059	4,054
1972	R	−41.4%	1,247	3,042	4,336
1968	R	−27.3%	1,501	2,765	4,636
1964	D	+12.5%	2,780	2,162	4,942
1960	R	−23.8%	2,126	3,452	5,581
1956	R	−18.4%	2,436	3,533	5,978
1952	R	−44.0%	1,784	4,608	6,423
1948	R	−14.8%	2,402	3,244	5,698
1944	R	−23.0%	2,376	3,804	6,200
1940	R	−19.5%	2,976	4,420	7,421
1936	R	−10.7%	3,337	4,145	7,545
1932	D	+8.3%	3,159	2,670	5,924
1928	R	−38.4%	2,074	4,700	6,843
1924	R	−44.6%	1,138	4,254	6,980
1920	R	−46.9%	1,757	4,997	6,901
1916	R	−10.9%	1,775	2,219	4,057
1912	D	+0.2%	1,372	1,364	3,853
1908	R	−20.9%	1,585	2,460	4,186
1904	R	−39.5%	1,060	2,650	4,021
1900	R	−16.6%	1,984	2,792	4,877
1896	R	−3.7%	2,293	2,468	4,788
1892	R	−17.3%	1,423	2,088	3,846
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.4%

85+

2.2%

3.3%

75–84

3.6%

6.1%

65–74

6.2%

6.9%

55–64

6.8%

6.0%

45–54

5.8%

6.3%

35–44

5.6%

4.8%

25–34

4.7%

4.5%

18–24

2.9%

9.2%

5–17

8.5%

2.5%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,740

Taylor County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Taylor County$67,740

Iowa$75,059

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

17.4%

Other Christian

13.9%

Baptist

13.1%

Mainline Protestant

6.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Taylor County, tucked into Iowa's southwest corner, recorded a 55-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting a years-long consolidation of rural, agricultural communities toward one-party dominance.

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

Taylor County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,740, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,868 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 Switzerland County and Clearwater County.

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