Lincoln County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+64 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,6032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,6942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clark County, MO · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lincoln CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lincoln County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | −7.0% |
| 1896 | +2.0% |
| 1900 | −23.3% |
| 1904 | −64.2% |
| 1908 | −12.5% |
| 1912 | +17.6% |
| 1916 | +19.5% |
| 1920 | −55.4% |
| 1924 | −40.7% |
| 1928 | +2.8% |
| 1932 | +48.9% |
| 1936 | +33.8% |
| 1940 | +6.6% |
| 1944 | +17.9% |
| 1948 | +33.8% |
| 1952 | −18.3% |
| 1956 | +5.8% |
| 1960 | +7.6% |
| 1964 | +36.8% |
| 1968 | +9.4% |
| 1972 | +6.5% |
| 1976 | +23.3% |
| 1980 | −11.7% |
| 1984 | −2.1% |
| 1988 | +12.0% |
| 1992 | +13.0% |
| 1996 | +13.1% |
| 2000 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | −5.3% |
| 2008 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | −5.3% |
| 2016 | −35.5% |
| 2020 | −38.0% |
| 2024 | −37.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 972 | 2,190 | 3,235 | ||
| R | 937 | 2,121 | 3,115 | ||
| R | 860 | 1,931 | 3,019 | ||
| R | 1,429 | 1,595 | 3,120 | ||
| D | 1,517 | 1,491 | 3,126 | ||
| R | 1,558 | 1,736 | 3,342 | ||
| D | 1,590 | 1,513 | 3,284 | ||
| D | 1,641 | 1,199 | 3,378 | ||
| D | 1,555 | 1,084 | 3,636 | ||
| D | 1,891 | 1,479 | 3,425 | ||
| R | 1,827 | 1,905 | 3,803 | ||
| R | 1,640 | 2,122 | 4,121 | ||
| D | 2,594 | 1,599 | 4,267 | ||
| D | 2,148 | 1,881 | 4,095 | ||
| D | 2,109 | 1,732 | 4,030 | ||
| D | 3,024 | 1,393 | 4,428 | ||
| D | 2,500 | 2,147 | 4,657 | ||
| D | 2,316 | 2,060 | 4,390 | ||
| R | 1,892 | 2,746 | 4,657 | ||
| D | 2,694 | 1,312 | 4,090 | ||
| D | 2,302 | 1,600 | 3,917 | ||
| D | 2,536 | 2,220 | 4,789 | ||
| D | 2,662 | 1,199 | 4,334 | ||
| D | 2,963 | 974 | 4,064 | ||
| D | 2,064 | 1,952 | 4,050 | ||
| R | 252 | 1,657 | 3,450 | ||
| R | 673 | 2,548 | 3,384 | ||
| D | 1,174 | 777 | 2,035 | ||
| O | 548 | 264 | 1,610 | ||
| R | 683 | 891 | 1,665 | ||
| R | 258 | 1,323 | 1,660 | ||
| R | 528 | 866 | 1,452 | ||
| D | 703 | 674 | 1,437 | ||
| R | 318 | 396 | 1,110 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
40.3%
Polish
8.6%
Irish
6.8%
English
4.4%
American
3.4%
French
2.2%
Scottish
1.0%
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: 45.6 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
$69,694
Lincoln County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lincoln County$69,694
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Lincoln 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
11.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)17.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 20.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lincoln County sits in the southwest Minnesota plains, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has voted Republican by growing margins over the past decade, reaching a 37-point gap in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-four points in 1904. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points.
A population of 5,603, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,694 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clark County and Crawford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lincoln County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln County, Minnesota voted Republican by 37.7 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,235 votes cast, 972 went Democratic and 2,190 went Republican.
What is Lincoln County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Lincoln 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 19 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lincoln County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Lincoln County, Minnesota?
Lincoln County, Minnesota has a population of 5,603 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Lincoln County, Minnesota is $69,694 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Lincoln County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lincoln County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.