Morrison County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 34,2492024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,4462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Worth County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Morrison CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Morrison County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
—
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 | −15.0% |
| 1896 | −6.0% |
| 1900 | −1.1% |
| 1904 | −36.6% |
| 1908 | −11.6% |
| 1912 | +17.6% |
| 1916 | −6.1% |
| 1920 | −61.2% |
| 1924 | −31.4% |
| 1928 | +15.1% |
| 1932 | +49.5% |
| 1936 | +34.8% |
| 1940 | −5.4% |
| 1944 | −12.4% |
| 1948 | +20.8% |
| 1952 | −14.1% |
| 1956 | −4.0% |
| 1960 | +24.9% |
| 1964 | +36.0% |
| 1968 | +14.2% |
| 1972 | +2.3% |
| 1976 | +27.0% |
| 1980 | +4.5% |
| 1984 | −9.6% |
| 1988 | −1.0% |
| 1992 | +3.8% |
| 1996 | +5.1% |
| 2000 | −19.9% |
| 2004 | −17.3% |
| 2008 | −19.0% |
| 2012 | −24.0% |
| 2016 | −52.7% |
| 2020 | −53.5% |
| 2024 | −55.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,306 | 15,666 | 20,313 | ||
| R | 4,367 | 14,821 | 19,558 | ||
| R | 3,637 | 12,925 | 17,614 | ||
| R | 6,153 | 10,159 | 16,714 | ||
| R | 6,547 | 9,735 | 16,743 | ||
| R | 6,794 | 9,698 | 16,758 | ||
| R | 5,274 | 8,197 | 14,677 | ||
| D | 5,728 | 5,054 | 13,288 | ||
| D | 5,588 | 5,038 | 14,442 | ||
| R | 6,469 | 6,598 | 13,227 | ||
| R | 6,225 | 7,556 | 13,880 | ||
| D | 6,930 | 6,296 | 14,018 | ||
| D | 8,176 | 4,590 | 13,294 | ||
| D | 5,993 | 5,714 | 12,329 | ||
| D | 6,111 | 4,511 | 11,256 | ||
| D | 7,492 | 3,515 | 11,032 | ||
| D | 7,337 | 4,403 | 11,764 | ||
| R | 4,653 | 5,042 | 9,727 | ||
| R | 4,551 | 6,050 | 10,639 | ||
| D | 6,026 | 3,922 | 10,092 | ||
| R | 3,920 | 5,035 | 9,002 | ||
| R | 5,144 | 5,734 | 10,936 | ||
| D | 6,112 | 2,682 | 9,848 | ||
| D | 6,712 | 2,198 | 9,123 | ||
| D | 5,222 | 3,846 | 9,119 | ||
| O | 769 | 3,128 | 7,514 | ||
| R | 1,131 | 5,371 | 6,924 | ||
| R | 1,650 | 1,887 | 3,864 | ||
| O | 1,341 | 699 | 3,645 | ||
| R | 1,513 | 1,936 | 3,632 | ||
| R | 1,128 | 2,498 | 3,743 | ||
| R | 1,838 | 1,880 | 3,817 | ||
| R | 1,734 | 1,960 | 3,786 | ||
| R | 1,135 | 1,585 | 3,006 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
38.6%
Polish
16.2%
Irish
6.0%
English
3.5%
American
3.2%
French
2.8%
Italian
1.1%
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: 42.5 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
$69,446
Morrison County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Morrison County$69,446
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Morrison 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
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.0%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)16.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Morrison's heavily rural, timber-country landscape anchors a presidential margin that has widened each cycle since 2008, reaching R+55.9 in 2024 and placing it among the most one-sided counties in a competitive battleground state.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-one points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-six points.
A population of 34,249, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,446 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Worth County and Van Buren County.
Most similar counties
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Morrison County, Minnesota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/27097/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
More in Minnesota
More farm belt counties
Frequently asked questions
How did Morrison County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morrison County, Minnesota voted Republican by 55.9 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,313 votes cast, 4,306 went Democratic and 15,666 went Republican.
What is Morrison County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Morrison 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 12 times, Republican 20 times, and other 2 times.
When did Morrison County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morrison County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Morrison County, Minnesota?
Morrison County, Minnesota has a population of 34,249 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morrison County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Morrison County, Minnesota is $69,446 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Morrison County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morrison County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.