Crow Wing County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+31%. Republican peak: R+65 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+31MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 67,6862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,5892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lake of the Woods County, MN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Crow Wing CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Crow Wing 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 | +23.0% |
| 1896 | −22.2% |
| 1900 | −37.2% |
| 1904 | −65.1% |
| 1908 | −36.1% |
| 1912 | +0.5% |
| 1916 | −3.8% |
| 1920 | −55.9% |
| 1924 | −45.1% |
| 1928 | −37.8% |
| 1932 | +11.2% |
| 1936 | +27.6% |
| 1940 | +10.8% |
| 1944 | +10.0% |
| 1948 | +17.5% |
| 1952 | −8.6% |
| 1956 | −9.0% |
| 1960 | −6.1% |
| 1964 | +28.3% |
| 1968 | +4.9% |
| 1972 | −8.7% |
| 1976 | +13.2% |
| 1980 | −7.0% |
| 1984 | −13.1% |
| 1988 | −6.4% |
| 1992 | −0.9% |
| 1996 | +4.3% |
| 2000 | −13.4% |
| 2004 | −15.2% |
| 2008 | −7.7% |
| 2012 | −13.3% |
| 2016 | −31.5% |
| 2020 | −29.7% |
| 2024 | −31.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 14,173 | 27,423 | 42,366 | ||
| R | 13,726 | 25,676 | 40,173 | ||
| R | 10,982 | 22,287 | 35,842 | ||
| R | 14,760 | 19,415 | 34,920 | ||
| R | 15,859 | 18,567 | 35,165 | ||
| R | 14,005 | 19,106 | 33,545 | ||
| R | 11,255 | 15,035 | 28,128 | ||
| D | 11,156 | 10,095 | 24,963 | ||
| R | 8,896 | 9,112 | 24,539 | ||
| R | 9,674 | 11,017 | 20,911 | ||
| R | 8,719 | 11,362 | 20,232 | ||
| R | 9,323 | 10,844 | 21,677 | ||
| D | 10,653 | 8,072 | 19,564 | ||
| R | 7,328 | 8,774 | 16,551 | ||
| D | 7,411 | 6,687 | 14,795 | ||
| D | 9,197 | 5,131 | 14,349 | ||
| R | 6,835 | 7,727 | 14,614 | ||
| R | 5,556 | 6,657 | 12,243 | ||
| R | 5,883 | 6,992 | 12,956 | ||
| D | 6,773 | 4,702 | 11,845 | ||
| D | 5,504 | 4,500 | 10,067 | ||
| D | 6,876 | 5,524 | 12,550 | ||
| D | 6,561 | 3,611 | 10,673 | ||
| D | 5,068 | 3,991 | 9,578 | ||
| R | 2,851 | 6,436 | 9,483 | ||
| R | 417 | 4,230 | 8,449 | ||
| R | 1,077 | 5,262 | 7,481 | ||
| R | 1,568 | 1,715 | 3,861 | ||
| O | 709 | 691 | 3,297 | ||
| R | 661 | 1,681 | 2,829 | ||
| R | 333 | 2,150 | 2,792 | ||
| R | 804 | 1,803 | 2,682 | ||
| R | 1,066 | 1,701 | 2,866 | ||
| D | 916 | 519 | 1,725 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.5%
Irish
11.3%
English
8.0%
Polish
5.0%
French
4.4%
American
4.0%
Italian
2.7%
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. 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: 45.7 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
$72,589
Crow Wing County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Crow Wing County$72,589
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Crow Wing 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
9.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.6%
Working age (18–64)9.0%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.8%
Spanish0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Brainerd and hundreds of recreational lakes, Crow Wing draws retirees and seasonal residents whose presence has reinforced a rural conservative lean that now clears 30 points in presidential cycles.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-five points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points.
A population of 67,686, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,589 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake of the Woods County and Stearns County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Crow Wing County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crow Wing County, Minnesota voted Republican by 31.3 points (R+31), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 42,366 votes cast, 14,173 went Democratic and 27,423 went Republican.
What is Crow Wing County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Crow Wing County, Minnesota in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 1 times.
When did Crow Wing County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crow Wing County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Crow Wing County, Minnesota?
Crow Wing County, Minnesota has a population of 67,686 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crow Wing County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Crow Wing County, Minnesota is $72,589 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Crow Wing County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crow Wing County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.