akashic
1876–2024
Mahnomen County, Minnesota
Mahnomen County·Minnesota

Mahnomen County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Minnesota's smallest county by population, anchored by tribal sovereignty

18762024·38 elections
Mahnomen County, Minnesota · Myotus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+9
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
5,358
2024 ACS
Most similar
Winneshiek County
IA · similarity 0.94
19 precincts · 2,183 votes cast
Trump · R+9
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−8.7%
9751,1652,183
2020R
−1.3%
1,1121,1422,304
2016R
−2.9%
9309912,088
2012D
+18.6%
1,2768712,182
2008D
+25.3%
1,4368432,343
2004D
+8.3%
1,3391,1322,508
2000R
−9.0%
9211,1222,224
1996D
+6.7%
1,0268772,209
1992D
+7.6%
1,0358542,389
1988D
+9.6%
1,2771,0512,358
1984R
−3.4%
1,2411,3282,597
1980R
−3.8%
1,1751,2752,635
1976D
+26.2%
1,5909052,613
1972D
+5.6%
1,3971,2462,691
1968D
+23.6%
1,5088932,605
1964D
+50.4%
1,9676482,619
1960D
+35.8%
1,8648802,749
1956D
+26.7%
1,5138752,392
1952D
+8.1%
1,4361,2202,660
1948D
+55.7%
2,1255792,775
1944D
+33.0%
1,4947482,260
1940D
+29.3%
1,9591,0693,042
1936D
+58.9%
2,0254742,634
1932D
+71.0%
1,7342642,069
1928D
+38.1%
1,3786062,027
1924R
−27.2%
1226291,867
1920R
−57.6%
2151,0761,495
1916D
+20.7%
411262720
1912D
+36.0%
29368625
1908R
−24.7%
143265494
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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
Catholic & Orthodox
23.8%
Mainline Protestant
18.4%
Other Christian
2.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mahnomen County sits entirely within the White Earth Nation reservation, giving it a Native American majority and a political profile distinct from surrounding rural Minnesota — one that has shifted notably rightward over recent cycles.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-one points in 1932; the Republican margin reached fifty-eight points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Mahnomen County's demographics — a population of 5,358, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,441 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winneshiek County and Benson County.