Rice County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

31 precincts · 36,412 votes cast

Trump · R+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−2.5%	17,353	18,264	36,412
2020	R	−0.2%	17,402	17,464	35,686
2016	R	−3.1%	14,437	15,429	32,443
2012	D	+8.3%	17,054	14,384	32,267
2008	D	+11.5%	17,381	13,723	31,799
2004	D	+8.3%	16,425	13,881	30,745
2000	D	+8.7%	13,140	10,876	26,021
1996	D	+24.9%	12,821	7,016	23,320
1992	D	+16.1%	10,908	7,015	24,113
1988	D	+9.9%	11,570	9,460	21,267
1984	D	+2.0%	10,880	10,456	21,525
1980	D	+6.6%	9,531	8,168	20,673
1976	D	+11.6%	10,590	8,311	19,607
1972	R	−6.5%	8,065	9,195	17,475
1968	D	+4.9%	7,785	7,037	15,319
1964	D	+25.5%	9,299	5,518	14,843
1960	R	−10.0%	6,752	8,248	15,031
1956	R	−30.7%	4,489	8,471	12,984
1952	R	−36.5%	4,330	9,334	13,693
1948	R	−3.8%	5,832	6,301	12,321
1944	R	−20.8%	4,470	6,824	11,322
1940	R	−26.8%	4,687	8,143	12,875
1936	D	+8.4%	5,928	4,888	12,327
1932	D	+13.8%	6,289	4,743	11,215
1928	R	−13.4%	5,014	6,576	11,639
1924	R	−48.8%	1,199	5,883	9,603
1920	R	−51.2%	2,040	6,500	8,715
1916	R	−7.0%	2,083	2,408	4,661
1912	D	+12.9%	1,613	1,020	4,597
1908	R	−26.3%	1,614	2,821	4,590
1904	R	−47.4%	1,063	3,160	4,428
1900	R	−25.5%	1,688	2,924	4,844
1896	R	−25.9%	2,002	3,483	5,711
1892	D	+9.7%	2,245	1,794	4,649
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%

African American

5.4%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.1%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

4.8%

65–74

5.0%

6.3%

55–64

6.0%

45–54

5.4%

6.9%

35–44

5.3%

6.7%

25–34

5.1%

7.0%

18–24

7.1%

8.0%

5–17

8.0%

2.8%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$83,181

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

Rice County$83,181

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.2%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

25.4%

Mainline Protestant

20.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Other Christian

3.4%

Methodist

2.1%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Baptist

0.1%

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

Home to Faribault and Northfield — seat of Carleton and St. Olaf colleges — Rice County shifted from D+6 in 2020 to R+2.5 in 2024, a swing that mirrors broader rural Minnesota realignment despite its campus presence.

The Democratic margin in Rice County has rarely exceeded twenty-five points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-one points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by three points.

Rice County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a 10% poverty rate, and a median household income of $83,181 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pacific County and Iberville Parish.

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