Beltrami County, Minnesota: Industrial Catholic Metro county. In 2024, voted R+6%. Republican peak: R+73 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 46,5122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,9752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Mason County, WA · similarity 0.91
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Beltrami CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Beltrami County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +10.2% |
| 1896 | +2.6% |
| 1900 | −26.5% |
| 1904 | −72.5% |
| 1908 | −41.6% |
| 1912 | +9.9% |
| 1916 | +14.4% |
| 1920 | −41.9% |
| 1924 | −41.2% |
| 1928 | −28.2% |
| 1932 | +28.6% |
| 1936 | +48.3% |
| 1940 | +32.9% |
| 1944 | +33.7% |
| 1948 | +30.2% |
| 1952 | −8.1% |
| 1956 | −2.1% |
| 1960 | +1.9% |
| 1964 | +30.4% |
| 1968 | +11.7% |
| 1972 | −6.6% |
| 1976 | +17.5% |
| 1980 | +6.1% |
| 1984 | +0.4% |
| 1988 | +6.4% |
| 1992 | +12.5% |
| 1996 | +13.9% |
| 2000 | −6.1% |
| 2004 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +9.9% |
| 2016 | −9.7% |
| 2020 | −3.2% |
| 2024 | −5.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,493 | 12,898 | 24,874 | ||
| R | 11,426 | 12,188 | 24,189 | ||
| R | 8,688 | 10,783 | 21,564 | ||
| D | 11,818 | 9,637 | 22,051 | ||
| D | 12,019 | 9,762 | 22,236 | ||
| D | 10,592 | 10,237 | 21,131 | ||
| R | 7,301 | 8,346 | 17,217 | ||
| D | 8,006 | 5,806 | 15,848 | ||
| D | 7,210 | 5,204 | 15,987 | ||
| D | 7,566 | 6,652 | 14,380 | ||
| D | 7,481 | 7,414 | 14,998 | ||
| D | 7,432 | 6,481 | 15,537 | ||
| D | 7,540 | 5,214 | 13,285 | ||
| R | 5,194 | 5,947 | 11,393 | ||
| D | 5,034 | 3,912 | 9,565 | ||
| D | 5,967 | 3,184 | 9,166 | ||
| D | 4,653 | 4,482 | 9,157 | ||
| R | 3,807 | 3,974 | 7,797 | ||
| R | 4,092 | 4,817 | 8,962 | ||
| D | 6,020 | 3,126 | 9,580 | ||
| D | 5,490 | 2,705 | 8,256 | ||
| D | 7,036 | 3,511 | 10,713 | ||
| D | 6,507 | 2,182 | 8,957 | ||
| D | 4,386 | 2,318 | 7,222 | ||
| R | 2,221 | 4,062 | 6,522 | ||
| O | 323 | 2,960 | 6,404 | ||
| R | 1,427 | 4,518 | 7,375 | ||
| D | 1,912 | 1,331 | 4,028 | ||
| O | 790 | 490 | 3,025 | ||
| R | 648 | 1,882 | 2,969 | ||
| R | 234 | 1,953 | 2,371 | ||
| R | 767 | 1,339 | 2,158 | ||
| D | 213 | 202 | 421 | ||
| D | 57 | 44 | 127 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
24.4%
Irish
6.6%
English
6.0%
American
5.4%
French
3.1%
Polish
1.9%
Italian
1.6%
African American
0.8%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,975
Beltrami County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Beltrami County$68,975
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Beltrami County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.4%
Working age (18–64)15.7%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Other languages2.9%
Spanish0.8%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Beltrami County sits in Minnesota's lake-dense north country and is home to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, whose reservation shapes local demographics and voting patterns in ways that have kept presidential margins narrower than surrounding rural counties.
Its margins are typically close. The Democratic margin reached forty-eight points in 1936; the Republican margin reached seventy-three points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was six points.
Its demographics sit near national norms: a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,975, and a 16% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mason County and Gogebic County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Beltrami County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Beltrami County, Minnesota voted Republican by 5.6 points (R+6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,874 votes cast, 11,493 went Democratic and 12,898 went Republican.
What is Beltrami County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Beltrami County, Minnesota in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology — Mid-size industrial metros with Catholic ethnic roots — among the most competitive, swing-prone ground in the country. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Beltrami County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Beltrami County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Beltrami County, Minnesota?
Beltrami County, Minnesota has a population of 46,512 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Beltrami County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Beltrami County, Minnesota is $68,975 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Beltrami County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Beltrami County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.