McLeod County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 21,199 votes cast

Trump · R+38

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−37.8%	6,374	14,394	21,199
2020	R	−36.2%	6,413	13,986	20,933
2016	R	−38.2%	4,978	12,155	18,807
2012	R	−22.1%	6,968	11,069	18,553
2008	R	−18.3%	7,505	10,993	19,029
2004	R	−25.5%	6,712	11,407	18,412
2000	R	−20.6%	5,609	8,782	15,394
1996	D	+3.9%	6,027	5,474	14,063
1992	R	−3.3%	4,919	5,422	15,347
1988	R	−16.1%	5,736	7,967	13,862
1984	R	−28.1%	4,864	8,728	13,727
1980	R	−20.2%	4,987	7,819	14,035
1976	R	−2.0%	6,249	6,519	13,238
1972	R	−25.8%	4,538	7,820	12,733
1968	R	−14.6%	4,861	6,619	12,064
1964	D	+1.9%	5,755	5,545	11,316
1960	R	−25.5%	4,276	7,214	11,511
1956	R	−37.4%	3,068	6,743	9,828
1952	R	−44.4%	2,781	7,246	10,048
1948	R	−7.3%	3,987	4,623	8,716
1944	R	−38.3%	2,557	5,756	8,361
1940	R	−38.1%	2,884	6,474	9,420
1936	D	+18.7%	4,449	2,941	8,058
1932	D	+38.0%	5,187	2,293	7,608
1928	R	−10.4%	3,445	4,252	7,757
1924	R	−36.0%	563	2,841	6,329
1920	R	−61.3%	1,139	5,430	6,996
1916	R	−14.6%	1,305	1,772	3,209
1912	D	+19.8%	1,225	655	2,876
1908	R	−2.3%	1,506	1,579	3,197
1904	R	−28.8%	793	1,478	2,380
1900	R	−4.5%	1,540	1,691	3,381
1896	D	+1.7%	1,653	1,595	3,342
1892	R	−22.2%	902	1,523	2,794
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: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.6%

2.7%

75–84

3.7%

5.4%

65–74

5.6%

7.0%

55–64

6.9%

6.1%

45–54

5.7%

6.6%

35–44

6.2%

6.1%

25–34

5.3%

4.0%

18–24

4.0%

8.4%

5–17

8.0%

3.1%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,084

McLeod County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

McLeod County$80,084

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.7%

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

Mainline Protestant

39.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

25.4%

Other Christian

3.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Methodist

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

McLeod County, anchored by Hutchinson, has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades; its 2024 presidential margin of R+37.8 reflects a pattern of lopsided results common to agriculturally dominant, small-city counties in the region.

The Republican margin in McLeod County reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

McLeod County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $80,084, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,798 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 Schoharie County and Hardy County.

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