Isanti County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+41%. Republican peak: R+77 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 42,5962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,4402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gilmer County, WV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Isanti CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Isanti County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +44.6% |
| 1896 | −33.0% |
| 1900 | −48.7% |
| 1904 | −76.9% |
| 1908 | −35.7% |
| 1912 | +0.9% |
| 1916 | −8.1% |
| 1920 | −58.5% |
| 1924 | −37.6% |
| 1928 | −44.1% |
| 1932 | +34.1% |
| 1936 | +39.1% |
| 1940 | +0.7% |
| 1944 | +0.4% |
| 1948 | +16.8% |
| 1952 | −5.6% |
| 1956 | +5.2% |
| 1960 | −8.2% |
| 1964 | +34.0% |
| 1968 | +15.9% |
| 1972 | −0.7% |
| 1976 | +30.3% |
| 1980 | +9.0% |
| 1984 | −2.5% |
| 1988 | +7.2% |
| 1992 | +10.5% |
| 1996 | +12.3% |
| 2000 | −9.5% |
| 2004 | −17.1% |
| 2008 | −15.3% |
| 2012 | −18.1% |
| 2016 | −38.0% |
| 2020 | −38.6% |
| 2024 | −41.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,384 | 18,027 | 25,918 | ||
| R | 7,138 | 16,491 | 24,235 | ||
| R | 5,657 | 13,635 | 21,016 | ||
| R | 8,024 | 11,675 | 20,217 | ||
| R | 8,248 | 11,324 | 20,053 | ||
| R | 7,883 | 11,190 | 19,313 | ||
| R | 6,247 | 7,668 | 14,929 | ||
| D | 6,041 | 4,450 | 12,955 | ||
| D | 5,386 | 3,988 | 13,366 | ||
| D | 6,075 | 5,246 | 11,452 | ||
| R | 5,378 | 5,660 | 11,117 | ||
| D | 5,457 | 4,480 | 10,809 | ||
| D | 6,013 | 3,159 | 9,417 | ||
| R | 3,660 | 3,715 | 7,634 | ||
| D | 3,439 | 2,429 | 6,337 | ||
| D | 4,026 | 1,982 | 6,018 | ||
| R | 2,599 | 3,067 | 5,694 | ||
| D | 2,605 | 2,348 | 4,959 | ||
| R | 2,393 | 2,682 | 5,142 | ||
| D | 2,758 | 1,918 | 4,994 | ||
| D | 2,225 | 2,205 | 4,487 | ||
| D | 2,654 | 2,617 | 5,361 | ||
| D | 3,442 | 1,437 | 5,123 | ||
| D | 3,147 | 1,484 | 4,877 | ||
| R | 1,191 | 3,137 | 4,410 | ||
| O | 79 | 1,588 | 4,016 | ||
| R | 405 | 3,007 | 4,450 | ||
| R | 935 | 1,123 | 2,331 | ||
| O | 333 | 314 | 2,160 | ||
| R | 466 | 1,198 | 2,049 | ||
| R | 137 | 1,603 | 1,907 | ||
| R | 504 | 1,525 | 2,098 | ||
| R | 750 | 1,490 | 2,240 | ||
| D | 728 | 105 | 1,397 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.9%
Irish
9.3%
American
8.3%
English
5.9%
Polish
4.8%
French
2.9%
Italian
1.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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. 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: 40.2 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
$87,440
Isanti County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Isanti County$87,440
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Isanti County ranks in the top 10% 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
7.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.1%
Working age (18–64)7.2%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Spanish0.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Isanti County, anchored by small towns along the Rum River corridor northeast of the Twin Cities, has shifted dramatically over two decades from competitive to reliably Republican, tracking a broader rural and exurban realignment across the upper Midwest.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-seven points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-one points.
A population of 42,596, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,440 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gilmer County and Lewis County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Isanti County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Isanti County, Minnesota voted Republican by 41.1 points (R+41), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,918 votes cast, 7,384 went Democratic and 18,027 went Republican.
What is Isanti County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Isanti 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 14 times, Republican 18 times, and other 2 times.
When did Isanti County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Isanti County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Isanti County, Minnesota?
Isanti County, Minnesota has a population of 42,596 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Isanti County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Isanti County, Minnesota is $87,440 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Isanti County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Isanti County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.