† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLe Mars, IAIowaUnited States
German39.0%30.5%12.5%
Irish12.1%12.8%9.4%
American6.7%4.6%5.3%
English6.3%10.2%9.5%
Dutch4.4%2.7%—
Norwegian2.4%4.1%—
French1.7%—1.6%
Swedish1.4%1.9%—
Mexican4.8%5.0%11.3%
Honduran1.0%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
African0.9%0.3%0.5%
Sudanese0.9%0.2%—
African American†0.6%2.6%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Le Mars, IA
Iowa
United States
Median age
41.3
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Le Mars, IA
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$83,251
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.9%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.7%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Le Mars, IA
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.9%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
4.7%
13.6%
Other languages
1.5%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Le Mars, IA
Iowa
United States
Catholic
26.0%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.4%
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
38.9%
55.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
22.9%
15.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Le Mars, IA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+13.7%
1896
−4.5%
1900
−7.9%
1904
−26.3%
1908
−9.2%
1912
+24.5%
1916
−8.1%
1920
−53.6%
1924
−24.3%
1928
+1.7%
1932
+44.3%
1936
+16.3%
1940
−33.6%
1944
−34.3%
1948
−7.0%
1952
−49.0%
1956
−34.8%
1960
−15.9%
1964
+7.3%
1968
−29.9%
1972
−22.0%
1976
−13.0%
1980
−34.3%
1984
−30.1%
1988
−11.4%
1992
−19.3%
1996
−13.8%
2000
−26.6%
2004
−28.9%
2008
−25.1%
2012
−34.2%
2016
−51.2%
2020
−49.3%
2024
−54.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
22.2%Harris3,104
76.3%Trump10,661
1.5%
R+54.1
R+4.8
R+52.6
13,971
R
24.6%Biden3,494
73.9%Trump10,492
1.4%
R+49.3
D+1.9
R+53.8
14,188
R
21.7%Clinton2,885
72.9%Trump9,680
5.3%
R+51.2
R+17.0
R+53.3
13,274
R
32.2%Obama4,164
66.4%Romney8,597
1.5%
R+34.2
R+9.2
R+38.1
12,950
R
37.0%Obama4,629
62.1%McCain7,765
0.9%
R+25.1
D+3.8
R+32.3
12,512
R
35.0%Kerry4,278
63.9%Bush7,810
1.1%
R+28.9
R+2.3
R+26.4
12,222
R
34.6%Gore3,499
61.2%Bush6,189
4.2%
R+26.6
R+12.8
R+27.1
10,118
R
37.6%Clinton3,745
51.4%Dole5,117
11.0%
R+13.8
D+5.5
R+22.3
9,956
R
30.2%Clinton3,171
49.6%Bush5,196
20.2%
R+19.3
R+7.9
R+24.9
10,484
R
43.9%Dukakis4,220
55.3%Bush5,316
0.7%
R+11.4
D+18.7
R+3.7
9,607
R
34.5%Mondale3,464
64.6%Reagan6,482
0.8%
R+30.1
D+4.2
R+11.9
10,027
R
28.7%Carter2,965
63.0%Reagan6,515
8.4%
R+34.3
R+21.3
R+24.6
10,346
R
42.8%Carter4,284
55.8%Ford5,590
1.4%
R+13.0
D+9.0
R+15.1
10,016
R
38.5%McGovern4,033
60.6%Nixon6,339
0.9%
R+22.0
D+7.9
D+1.1
10,466
R
32.2%Humphrey3,234
62.1%Nixon6,236
5.6%
R+29.9
R+37.2
R+29.2
10,037
D
53.6%Johnson5,691
46.4%Goldwater4,920
0.0%
D+7.3
D+23.1
R+15.3
10,613
R
42.1%Kennedy4,671
57.9%Nixon6,432
0.0%
R+15.9
D+19.0
R+16.0
11,103
R
32.6%Stevenson3,502
67.4%Eisenhower7,246
0.0%
R+34.8
D+14.2
R+19.4
10,748
R
25.3%Stevenson2,768
74.3%Eisenhower8,140
0.4%
R+49.0
R+42.0
R+38.3
10,957
R
46.1%Truman4,339
53.1%Dewey5,002
0.8%
R+7.0
D+27.3
R+11.5
9,416
R
32.7%Roosevelt2,970
67.0%Dewey6,085
0.2%
R+34.3
R+0.7
R+41.8
9,076
R
33.1%Roosevelt3,831
66.7%Willkie7,725
0.2%
R+33.6
R+49.9
R+43.6
11,579
D
52.4%Roosevelt5,994
36.1%Landon4,133
11.5%
D+16.3
R+28.0
R+8.0
11,445
D
71.6%Roosevelt7,565
27.3%Hoover2,888
1.0%
D+44.3
D+42.6
D+26.5
10,563
D
50.7%Smith5,015
49.0%Hoover4,848
0.3%
D+1.7
D+26.0
D+19.2
9,897
R
17.8%Davis1,605
42.1%Coolidge3,803
40.2%
R+24.3
D+29.3
D+0.9
9,036
R
22.5%Cox1,801
76.2%Harding6,090
1.3%
R+53.6
R+45.5
R+27.4
7,996
R
45.0%Wilson2,258
53.1%Hughes2,666
1.9%
R+8.1
R+32.7
R+11.3
5,017
O
41.2%Wilson2,038
16.7%Taft825
42.1%
Roosevelt +0.8
D+33.8
D+5.0
4,942
R
44.0%Bryan2,168
53.2%Taft2,622
2.8%
R+9.2
D+17.1
D+0.3
4,930
R
35.2%Parker1,663
61.5%Roosevelt2,905
3.3%
R+26.3
R+18.4
R+6.6
4,726
R
45.1%Bryan2,307
53.0%McKinley2,712
1.9%
R+7.9
R+3.4
R+0.4
5,114
R
46.9%Bryan2,392
51.4%McKinley2,623
1.7%
R+4.5
R+18.2
D+1.6
5,103
D
53.8%Cleveland2,244
40.1%Harrison1,672
6.1%
D+13.7
—
D+12.1
4,169
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
21.1%2,053
78.7%7,650
9,716
2020
R
25.6%3,587
72.3%10,145
14,028
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+37.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+54.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Le Mars, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
17,528
3,704
7,401
6,418
5
2010
17,807
3,703
7,749
6,344
11
2012
18,105
3,579
8,268
6,242
16
2014
17,757
3,421
8,177
6,129
30
2016
18,149
3,378
8,766
5,932
73
2018
17,749
3,185
8,709
5,755
100
2020
18,243
3,351
9,426
5,353
113
2022
18,270
3,130
9,494
5,515
131
2024
18,437
2,896
9,734
5,685
122
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+7 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −650 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Le Mars, IA in Le Mars, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−221
2012
−16
2013
+37
2014
−109
2015
−75
2016
+189
2017
−176
2018
−79
2019
+95
2021
−4
2022
−111
2023
−94
2024
−93
2025
+7
Le Mars, IA sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 54.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.1 points.
A population of 25,747, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,251 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wapakoneta, OH and Sidney, OH.
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In 2024, Le Mars, IA, Iowa voted Republican by 54.1 points (R+54.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,971 votes cast, 3,104 went Democratic and 10,661 went Republican.
When did Le Mars, IA, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Le Mars, IA, Iowa voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Le Mars, IA, Iowa?
Le Mars, IA, Iowa has a population of 25,747 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Le Mars, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Le Mars, IA, Iowa is $83,251 — above the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Le Mars, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Le Mars, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
