Lake County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted D+4%. Democratic peak: D+62 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+4MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,8792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,5412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Deer Lodge County, MT · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lake CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lake 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 | +34.0% |
| 1896 | −29.6% |
| 1900 | −37.8% |
| 1904 | −58.8% |
| 1908 | −37.9% |
| 1912 | +1.0% |
| 1916 | +7.9% |
| 1920 | −16.4% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −50.5% |
| 1932 | −7.7% |
| 1936 | +61.9% |
| 1940 | +48.7% |
| 1944 | +49.7% |
| 1948 | +43.7% |
| 1952 | +31.8% |
| 1956 | +19.9% |
| 1960 | +26.1% |
| 1964 | +59.1% |
| 1968 | +49.5% |
| 1972 | +16.8% |
| 1976 | +25.2% |
| 1980 | +20.9% |
| 1984 | +37.8% |
| 1988 | +35.5% |
| 1992 | +30.7% |
| 1996 | +28.3% |
| 2000 | +17.0% |
| 2004 | +20.4% |
| 2008 | +22.1% |
| 2012 | +21.0% |
| 2016 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | +3.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3,534 | 3,265 | 6,953 | ||
| D | 3,647 | 3,393 | 7,202 | ||
| D | 3,077 | 2,932 | 6,521 | ||
| D | 4,043 | 2,610 | 6,820 | ||
| D | 4,174 | 2,636 | 6,969 | ||
| D | 4,212 | 2,769 | 7,071 | ||
| D | 3,579 | 2,465 | 6,563 | ||
| D | 3,388 | 1,684 | 6,029 | ||
| D | 3,415 | 1,465 | 6,357 | ||
| D | 3,887 | 1,838 | 5,775 | ||
| D | 4,468 | 2,003 | 6,529 | ||
| D | 3,864 | 2,414 | 6,931 | ||
| D | 3,973 | 2,313 | 6,599 | ||
| D | 3,640 | 2,575 | 6,327 | ||
| D | 4,266 | 1,351 | 5,891 | ||
| D | 4,704 | 1,205 | 5,925 | ||
| D | 3,888 | 2,276 | 6,180 | ||
| D | 3,079 | 2,055 | 5,143 | ||
| D | 2,814 | 1,451 | 4,289 | ||
| D | 2,555 | 924 | 3,729 | ||
| D | 2,401 | 792 | 3,239 | ||
| D | 2,750 | 933 | 3,733 | ||
| D | 2,717 | 617 | 3,390 | ||
| R | 1,059 | 1,290 | 3,002 | ||
| R | 618 | 2,014 | 2,765 | ||
| O | 60 | 1,251 | 2,683 | ||
| R | 594 | 990 | 2,419 | ||
| D | 506 | 401 | 1,327 | ||
| O | 195 | 182 | 1,266 | ||
| R | 152 | 584 | 1,140 | ||
| R | 77 | 603 | 894 | ||
| R | 278 | 639 | 954 | ||
| R | 320 | 595 | 929 | ||
| D | 290 | 126 | 483 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
26.7%
Irish
9.6%
English
8.9%
American
4.7%
Polish
3.5%
Italian
2.5%
French
2.5%
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: 49.4 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
$75,541
Lake County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lake County$75,541
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Lake County ranks in the top 25% 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
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.9%
Working age (18–64)8.8%
Seniors (65+)8.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.5%
speak English only
Spanish0.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lake County hugs Minnesota's North Shore and relies heavily on tourism and remnant mining employment. Its small, predominantly white rural electorate has drifted steadily rightward over the past decade while still landing just inside the Democratic column in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-nine points in 1904. The 2024 margin was four points.
A population of 10,879, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,541 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Deer Lodge County and Carlton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lake County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake County, Minnesota voted Democratic by 3.9 points (D+4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,953 votes cast, 3,534 went Democratic and 3,265 went Republican.
What is Lake County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Lake 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 25 times, Republican 7 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lake County, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake County, Minnesota voted Republican was 1932.
How many people live in Lake County, Minnesota?
Lake County, Minnesota has a population of 10,879 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Lake County, Minnesota is $75,541 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Lake County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lake County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.