Mower County, Minnesota: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted R+10%. Republican peak: R+68 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+10MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 40,3432024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,0742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Des Moines County, IA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mower CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mower County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +23.3% |
| 1896 | −40.2% |
| 1900 | −45.9% |
| 1904 | −62.0% |
| 1908 | −34.3% |
| 1912 | −2.2% |
| 1916 | −22.4% |
| 1920 | −68.3% |
| 1924 | −49.5% |
| 1928 | −26.6% |
| 1932 | +22.8% |
| 1936 | +25.8% |
| 1940 | +5.4% |
| 1944 | +4.4% |
| 1948 | +24.8% |
| 1952 | −7.1% |
| 1956 | −1.9% |
| 1960 | −5.1% |
| 1964 | +35.1% |
| 1968 | +16.9% |
| 1972 | +1.7% |
| 1976 | +21.8% |
| 1980 | +12.9% |
| 1984 | +21.5% |
| 1988 | +25.9% |
| 1992 | +23.7% |
| 1996 | +30.0% |
| 2000 | +20.7% |
| 2004 | +23.5% |
| 2008 | +23.6% |
| 2012 | +22.6% |
| 2016 | −7.8% |
| 2020 | −5.8% |
| 2024 | −10.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,312 | 10,297 | 18,969 | ||
| R | 8,899 | 10,025 | 19,345 | ||
| R | 7,437 | 8,823 | 17,715 | ||
| D | 11,129 | 6,938 | 18,539 | ||
| D | 11,605 | 7,075 | 19,187 | ||
| D | 12,334 | 7,591 | 20,222 | ||
| D | 10,693 | 6,873 | 18,480 | ||
| D | 10,413 | 4,994 | 18,063 | ||
| D | 9,935 | 5,147 | 20,210 | ||
| D | 11,893 | 6,969 | 19,025 | ||
| D | 12,498 | 8,054 | 20,647 | ||
| D | 10,538 | 7,908 | 20,325 | ||
| D | 12,837 | 8,163 | 21,487 | ||
| D | 10,286 | 9,929 | 20,530 | ||
| D | 11,022 | 7,736 | 19,486 | ||
| D | 13,573 | 6,510 | 20,140 | ||
| R | 9,961 | 11,040 | 21,068 | ||
| R | 9,219 | 9,570 | 18,890 | ||
| R | 8,551 | 9,862 | 18,551 | ||
| D | 9,468 | 5,672 | 15,301 | ||
| D | 7,199 | 6,588 | 13,835 | ||
| D | 7,988 | 7,169 | 15,217 | ||
| D | 8,228 | 4,743 | 13,487 | ||
| D | 6,421 | 4,005 | 10,599 | ||
| R | 3,587 | 6,209 | 9,842 | ||
| R | 564 | 5,061 | 9,088 | ||
| R | 1,061 | 6,339 | 7,725 | ||
| R | 1,572 | 2,520 | 4,240 | ||
| O | 1,228 | 1,321 | 4,177 | ||
| R | 1,206 | 2,629 | 4,143 | ||
| R | 552 | 2,769 | 3,573 | ||
| R | 1,081 | 3,076 | 4,348 | ||
| R | 1,407 | 3,379 | 4,909 | ||
| D | 2,234 | 1,310 | 3,964 | ||
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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
9.5%
English
5.9%
American
4.9%
French
2.0%
Polish
1.3%
Scottish
0.9%
African American
2.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 39.2 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
$73,074
Mower County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mower County$73,074
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Mower 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
10.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.5%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
81.4%
speak English only
Spanish10.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.5%
Other Indo-European1.8%
Other languages1.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mower County anchors its economy around the Hormel Foods complex in Austin, giving it an unusually high share of Latino and immigrant workers for rural Minnesota. Despite that union heritage, the county has shifted more than 20 points toward Republicans over the past decade.
The Democratic margin here once reached thirty-five points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was ten points.
A population of 40,343, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,074 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Des Moines County and Trumbull County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mower County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mower County, Minnesota voted Republican by 10.5 points (R+10), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,969 votes cast, 8,312 went Democratic and 10,297 went Republican.
What is Mower County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Mower County, Minnesota in the "Florida Surge" typology — Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply Republican across the Trump era. 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 Mower County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mower County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Mower County, Minnesota?
Mower County, Minnesota has a population of 40,343 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mower County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Mower County, Minnesota is $73,074 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Mower County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mower County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.