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1876–2024
Jackson County, Minnesota
Jackson County·Minnesota

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

One of Minnesota's most Republican-leaning rural counties by margin

18762024·38 elections
Jackson County, Minnesota · Jonathunder · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+42
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,933
2024 ACS
Most similar
Davis County
IA · similarity 1.00
28 precincts · 5,644 votes cast
Trump · R+42
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−42.0%
1,5813,9495,644
2020R
−37.9%
1,7453,9485,819
2016R
−38.6%
1,4923,6095,484
2012R
−14.3%
2,2683,0445,430
2008R
−4.3%
2,6182,8585,623
2004R
−6.4%
2,6523,0245,779
2000R
−7.5%
2,3642,7735,438
1996D
+9.8%
2,7272,1535,839
1992D
+10.5%
2,4811,8246,252
1988D
+10.8%
3,2752,6295,959
1984D
+4.6%
3,4373,1316,623
1980R
−4.7%
3,0623,3917,064
1976D
+19.8%
4,3112,8707,287
1972R
−4.2%
3,3043,5996,989
1968D
+9.3%
3,5152,8866,766
1964D
+30.4%
4,5762,4417,021
1960D
+4.1%
3,8983,5917,502
1956R
−4.6%
3,2323,5436,784
1952R
−24.3%
2,7714,5587,342
1948D
+32.3%
4,5412,2886,969
1944D
+10.1%
3,4172,7896,230
1940D
+9.1%
4,0653,3877,482
1936D
+48.8%
5,1871,6767,195
1932D
+45.2%
4,1291,5245,761
1928R
−10.6%
2,5033,0995,628
1924R
−41.7%
4072,7605,637
1920R
−69.8%
7154,3135,158
1916R
−8.0%
1,2721,5032,893
1912D
+16.3%
9134682,731
1908R
−21.0%
1,0131,5752,672
1904R
−55.3%
5542,0322,671
1900R
−26.7%
9931,7572,864
1896R
−14.8%
1,1501,5582,757
1892D
+9.2%
9017211,952
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%.
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
50.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
17.4%
Methodist
2.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jackson County's agricultural southwestern Minnesota landscape correlates with a 42-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, among the widest gaps recorded in a state that remains closely contested at the statewide level.

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

Jackson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,743, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,933 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 Davis County and Calhoun County.