Cook County, Minnesota: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+35%. Republican peak: R+70 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,6352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,6382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Juneau City and Borough, AK · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cook CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cook County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +37.1% |
| 1896 | +13.5% |
| 1900 | −10.4% |
| 1904 | −70.4% |
| 1908 | −65.1% |
| 1912 | +10.1% |
| 1916 | +10.2% |
| 1920 | −57.6% |
| 1924 | −63.8% |
| 1928 | −46.5% |
| 1932 | +7.7% |
| 1936 | +33.7% |
| 1940 | +1.0% |
| 1944 | +3.0% |
| 1948 | +1.0% |
| 1952 | −30.5% |
| 1956 | −23.5% |
| 1960 | −20.5% |
| 1964 | +12.2% |
| 1968 | −4.4% |
| 1972 | −16.8% |
| 1976 | −0.8% |
| 1980 | −12.2% |
| 1984 | −3.8% |
| 1988 | +0.1% |
| 1992 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | +6.3% |
| 2000 | −4.4% |
| 2004 | +7.4% |
| 2008 | +23.3% |
| 2012 | +23.2% |
| 2016 | +22.3% |
| 2020 | +34.0% |
| 2024 | +34.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,416 | 1,142 | 3,660 | ||
| D | 2,496 | 1,203 | 3,806 | ||
| D | 1,912 | 1,156 | 3,395 | ||
| D | 1,993 | 1,221 | 3,322 | ||
| D | 2,019 | 1,240 | 3,348 | ||
| D | 1,733 | 1,489 | 3,303 | ||
| R | 1,171 | 1,295 | 2,820 | ||
| D | 1,169 | 1,010 | 2,529 | ||
| D | 1,005 | 878 | 2,618 | ||
| D | 1,080 | 1,078 | 2,184 | ||
| R | 1,129 | 1,219 | 2,361 | ||
| R | 871 | 1,147 | 2,266 | ||
| R | 1,018 | 1,034 | 2,130 | ||
| R | 742 | 1,047 | 1,817 | ||
| R | 777 | 853 | 1,729 | ||
| D | 976 | 764 | 1,742 | ||
| R | 650 | 987 | 1,641 | ||
| R | 668 | 1,078 | 1,748 | ||
| R | 503 | 946 | 1,454 | ||
| D | 688 | 674 | 1,406 | ||
| D | 545 | 513 | 1,066 | ||
| D | 686 | 673 | 1,366 | ||
| D | 793 | 387 | 1,204 | ||
| D | 492 | 418 | 966 | ||
| R | 219 | 609 | 839 | ||
| R | 29 | 471 | 693 | ||
| R | 98 | 467 | 641 | ||
| D | 162 | 125 | 363 | ||
| O | 65 | 30 | 348 | ||
| R | 42 | 255 | 327 | ||
| R | 31 | 207 | 250 | ||
| R | 65 | 81 | 154 | ||
| D | 107 | 81 | 192 | ||
| D | 68 | 19 | 132 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.5%
Irish
11.1%
English
9.0%
Polish
4.8%
French
3.9%
Scottish
2.5%
Italian
2.3%
African American
1.0%
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: 53.0 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
$72,638
Cook County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cook County$72,638
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Cook 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
10.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.1%
Working age (18–64)8.0%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Other languages0.9%
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 69.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cook County's vast wilderness and small, dispersed population have long produced lopsided Democratic margins — its 2024 result of D+34.8 makes it one of Minnesota's most reliably left-leaning rural counties, an unusual pattern in nonurban America.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of seventy points in 1904 at its widest — Cook County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-five points.
A median household income of $72,638 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 5,635 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Juneau City and Borough and Whatcom County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cook County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cook County, Minnesota voted Democratic by 34.8 points (D+35), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,660 votes cast, 2,416 went Democratic and 1,142 went Republican.
What is Cook County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Cook County, Minnesota in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Cook County, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Cook County, Minnesota voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Cook County, Minnesota?
Cook County, Minnesota has a population of 5,635 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cook County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Cook County, Minnesota is $72,638 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Cook County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cook County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.