Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+47%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,8212024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,5462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Crow Wing County, MN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lake of the Woods CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lake of the Woods 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | −37.1% |
| 1928 | −7.3% |
| 1932 | +38.5% |
| 1936 | +57.6% |
| 1940 | +31.2% |
| 1944 | +29.0% |
| 1948 | +35.9% |
| 1952 | +10.8% |
| 1956 | +18.3% |
| 1960 | +11.4% |
| 1964 | +44.0% |
| 1968 | +17.2% |
| 1972 | −13.0% |
| 1976 | +17.7% |
| 1980 | −14.4% |
| 1984 | −13.9% |
| 1988 | −10.3% |
| 1992 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | −16.8% |
| 2004 | −21.1% |
| 2008 | −13.3% |
| 2012 | −20.0% |
| 2016 | −44.0% |
| 2020 | −42.9% |
| 2024 | −47.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 604 | 1,710 | 2,347 | ||
| R | 671 | 1,704 | 2,408 | ||
| R | 553 | 1,540 | 2,242 | ||
| R | 859 | 1,306 | 2,234 | ||
| R | 971 | 1,278 | 2,313 | ||
| R | 921 | 1,428 | 2,400 | ||
| R | 848 | 1,216 | 2,187 | ||
| D | 888 | 814 | 2,011 | ||
| D | 794 | 762 | 2,198 | ||
| R | 798 | 984 | 1,814 | ||
| R | 824 | 1,094 | 1,940 | ||
| R | 763 | 1,052 | 2,000 | ||
| D | 1,105 | 757 | 1,965 | ||
| R | 672 | 877 | 1,582 | ||
| D | 875 | 607 | 1,558 | ||
| D | 1,266 | 489 | 1,765 | ||
| D | 1,053 | 835 | 1,904 | ||
| D | 1,048 | 723 | 1,777 | ||
| D | 1,117 | 898 | 2,027 | ||
| D | 1,302 | 583 | 2,005 | ||
| D | 1,168 | 642 | 1,811 | ||
| D | 1,638 | 850 | 2,528 | ||
| D | 1,566 | 385 | 2,052 | ||
| D | 972 | 369 | 1,567 | ||
| R | 671 | 781 | 1,508 | ||
| O | 92 | 703 | 1,646 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.3%
Irish
8.1%
English
5.3%
French
4.0%
American
2.9%
Italian
1.9%
Polish
1.9%
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: 50.7 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
$77,546
Lake of the Woods County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lake of the Woods County$77,546
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Lake of the Woods 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
6.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.5%
Working age (18–64)6.3%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.6%
Spanish0.3%
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 38.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With just over 4,500 residents spread across a remote lakeland border with Canada, Lake of the Woods County has delivered some of Minnesota's widest presidential margins, reflecting a pattern of lopsided Republican preference common to the state's sparsely populated north woods.
The Republican margin here reached forty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-seven points.
A population of 3,821, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,546 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Crow Wing County and Montgomery County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota voted Republican by 47.1 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,347 votes cast, 604 went Democratic and 1,710 went Republican.
What is Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Lake of the Woods 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 13 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota?
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota has a population of 3,821 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota is $77,546 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.