Jackson County, Minnesota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
58 precincts · 5,644 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -JACKSON W-1JACKSON W-1 | 351 | 522 | 30 | 903 | 38.9% | 57.8% | R+18.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -JACKSON W-2JACKSON W-2 | 236 | 555 | 16 | 807 | 29.2% | 68.8% | R+39.5 |
| Precinct -LAKEFIELD P-2LAKEFIELD P-2 | 135 | 320 | 6 | 461 | 29.3% | 69.4% | R+40.1 |
| Precinct -LAKEFIELD P-1LAKEFIELD P-1 | 136 | 312 | 10 | 458 | 29.7% | 68.1% | R+38.4 |
| Precinct -HERON LAKEHERON LAKE | 107 | 189 | 6 | 302 | 35.4% | 62.6% | R+27.2 |
| Precinct -HERON LAKE TWPHERON LAKE TWP | 26 | 165 | 6 | 197 | 13.2% | 83.8% | R+70.6 |
| Precinct -CHRISTIANIA TWPCHRISTIANIA TWP | 57 | 119 | 2 | 178 | 32.0% | 66.9% | R+34.8 |
| Precinct -MINNEOTA TWPMINNEOTA TWP | 47 | 122 | 3 | 172 | 27.3% | 70.9% | R+43.6 |
| Precinct -DELAFIELD TWPDELAFIELD TWP | 34 | 124 | 1 | 159 | 21.4% | 78.0% | R+56.6 |
| Precinct -DES MOINES TWPDES MOINES TWP | 42 | 111 | 3 | 156 | 26.9% | 71.2% | R+44.2 |
| Precinct -PETERSBURG TWPPETERSBURG TWP | 23 | 112 | 2 | 137 | 16.8% | 81.8% | R+65.0 |
| Precinct -WISCONSIN TWPWISCONSIN TWP | 21 | 109 | 3 | 133 | 15.8% | 82.0% | R+66.2 |
| Precinct -EWINGTON TWPEWINGTON TWP | 16 | 108 | 4 | 128 | 12.5% | 84.4% | R+71.9 |
| Precinct -HUNTER TWPHUNTER TWP | 28 | 95 | 5 | 128 | 21.9% | 74.2% | R+52.3 |
| Precinct -ROST TWPROST TWP | 24 | 104 | 0 | 128 | 18.8% | 81.3% | R+62.5 |
| Precinct -MIDDLETOWN TWPMIDDLETOWN TWP | 32 | 91 | 0 | 123 | 26.0% | 74.0% | R+48.0 |
| Precinct -BELMONT TWPBELMONT TWP | 30 | 88 | 3 | 121 | 24.8% | 72.7% | R+47.9 |
| Precinct -SIOUX VALLEY TWPSIOUX VALLEY TWP | 21 | 96 | 0 | 117 | 17.9% | 82.1% | R+64.1 |
| Precinct -ENTERPRISE TWPENTERPRISE TWP | 25 | 84 | 1 | 110 | 22.7% | 76.4% | R+53.6 |
| Precinct -LA CROSSE TWPLA CROSSE TWP | 21 | 83 | 0 | 104 | 20.2% | 79.8% | R+59.6 |
| Precinct -ALBA TWPALBA TWP | 20 | 76 | 2 | 98 | 20.4% | 77.6% | R+57.1 |
| Precinct -WEST HERON LAKE TWPWEST HERON LAKE TWP | 16 | 81 | 0 | 97 | 16.5% | 83.5% | R+67.0 |
| Precinct -ROUND LAKE TWPROUND LAKE TWP | 17 | 79 | 0 | 96 | 17.7% | 82.3% | R+64.6 |
| Precinct -WEIMER TWPWEIMER TWP | 28 | 61 | 4 | 93 | 30.1% | 65.6% | R+35.5 |
| Precinct -OKABENAOKABENA | 36 | 50 | 5 | 91 | 39.6% | 54.9% | R+15.4 |
| Precinct -KIMBALL TWPKIMBALL TWP | 24 | 47 | 1 | 72 | 33.3% | 65.3% | R+31.9 |
| Precinct -ALPHAALPHA | 17 | 33 | 1 | 51 | 33.3% | 64.7% | R+31.4 |
| Precinct -WILDERWILDER | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 45.8% | 54.2% | R+8.3 |
| Alba Twp. Voting District27_270630005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Alpha Voting District27_270630010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Belmont Twp. Voting District27_270630015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Christiania Twp. Voting District27_270630020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Delafield Twp. Voting District27_270630025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Des Moines Twp. Voting District27_270630030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Enterprise Twp. Voting District27_270630035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Ewington Twp. Voting District27_270630040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Heron Lake Twp. Voting District27_270630050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Heron Lake Voting District27_270630045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Hunter Twp. Voting District27_270630055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Jackson W-1 P-127_270630060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Jackson W-1 P-227_270630065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Jackson W-2 P-127_270630070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Jackson W-2 P-227_270630075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Kimball Twp. Voting District27_270630080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| La Crosse Twp. Voting District27_270630085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lakefield P-127_270630090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lakefield P-227_270630095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Middletown Twp. Voting District27_270630100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Minneota Twp. Voting District27_270630105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Okabena Voting District27_270630110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Petersburg Twp. Voting District27_270630115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Rost Twp. Voting District27_270630120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Round Lake Twp. Voting District27_270630125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sioux Valley Twp. Voting District27_270630130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Weimer Twp. Voting District27_270630135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| West Heron Lake Twp. Voting District27_270630140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Wilder Voting District27_270630145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Wisconsin Twp. Voting District27_270630150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −9.2% |
| 1896 | −14.8% |
| 1900 | −26.7% |
| 1904 | −55.3% |
| 1908 | −21.0% |
| 1912 | +16.3% |
| 1916 | −8.0% |
| 1920 | −69.8% |
| 1924 | −41.7% |
| 1928 | −10.6% |
| 1932 | +45.2% |
| 1936 | +48.8% |
| 1940 | +9.1% |
| 1944 | +10.1% |
| 1948 | +32.3% |
| 1952 | −24.3% |
| 1956 | −4.6% |
| 1960 | +4.1% |
| 1964 | +30.4% |
| 1968 | +9.3% |
| 1972 | −4.2% |
| 1976 | +19.8% |
| 1980 | −4.7% |
| 1984 | +4.6% |
| 1988 | +10.8% |
| 1992 | +10.5% |
| 1996 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | −7.5% |
| 2004 | −6.4% |
| 2008 | −4.3% |
| 2012 | −14.3% |
| 2016 | −38.6% |
| 2020 | −37.9% |
| 2024 | −42.0% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 6,316 |
| 2018 | 6,178 |
| 2020 | 6,503 |
| 2022 | 6,361 |
| 2024 | 6,700 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−14 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −600 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $49,263 in average income, against $81,534 for residents who stayed — 40% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+38.5 on average — 3.4 points more Democratic-leaning than Jackson County, MN itself (R+42.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Cottonwood County, MN37R+41.0
- Nobles County, MN30R+35.6
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Cottonwood County, MN31
- Nobles County, MN30
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −40 |
| 2012 | +112 |
| 2013 | −66 |
| 2014 | −6 |
| 2015 | −203 |
| 2016 | −151 |
| 2017 | +4 |
| 2018 | −96 |
| 2019 | −45 |
| 2021 | +32 |
| 2022 | −110 |
| 2023 | +13 |
| 2024 | −30 |
| 2025 | −14 |
Jackson County's agricultural southwestern Minnesota landscape correlates with a 42-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, among the widest gaps recorded in a state that remains closely contested at the statewide level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 69.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.0 points.
A population of 9,933, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,743 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Renville County and Murray County.
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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Jackson County, Minnesota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/27063/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.