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1876–2024
Fillmore County, Minnesota
Fillmore County·Minnesota

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

Bluff-country county where Republican margins have deepened each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Fillmore County, Minnesota · Jonathunder · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,414
2024 ACS
Most similar
Juneau County
WI · similarity 0.98
37 precincts · 12,385 votes cast
Trump · R+25
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−25.4%
4,4917,63812,385
2020R
−22.7%
4,5517,30112,141
2016R
−21.7%
3,8726,27111,055
2012D
+7.3%
5,7134,91310,892
2008D
+8.3%
5,9214,99311,234
2004D
+1.1%
5,8255,69411,698
2000D
+3.7%
5,0204,64610,223
1996D
+12.8%
4,7323,4669,861
1992D
+3.7%
3,9773,58310,658
1988R
−9.7%
4,1145,0049,200
1984R
−18.5%
4,3516,34210,760
1980R
−21.6%
4,0106,45211,312
1976R
−11.2%
4,7585,98410,957
1972R
−37.8%
3,1557,10710,460
1968R
−22.1%
3,9186,25710,607
1964D
+9.3%
5,8134,82410,651
1960R
−31.3%
3,9267,50711,444
1956R
−34.3%
3,4277,00410,440
1952R
−52.4%
2,6128,40511,057
1948R
−11.6%
4,4145,58710,128
1944R
−33.0%
3,1836,3399,562
1940R
−34.3%
3,8267,83911,704
1936R
−2.8%
4,7645,05410,404
1932D
+1.8%
5,1664,97910,325
1928R
−56.2%
2,1437,7199,925
1924R
−57.5%
4605,5508,845
1920R
−75.4%
8997,3418,544
1916R
−36.1%
1,3132,9454,517
1912R
−4.0%
9901,1694,460
1908R
−45.1%
1,1533,2594,666
1904R
−66.5%
5543,2424,045
1900R
−44.4%
1,3643,7415,359
1896R
−35.5%
1,9394,1956,351
1892D
+30.5%
2,9251,3465,174
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
46.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.6%
Other Christian
10.1%
Methodist
5.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fillmore County's rolling karst terrain and small agricultural towns anchor a voting pattern that shifted roughly 10 points toward Republicans between 2012 and 2024, reflecting broader rural realignment across southeastern Minnesota.

The Republican margin in Fillmore County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Fillmore County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,512, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,414 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 Juneau County and Monroe County.