Roseau County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,3022024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,4742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stutsman County, ND · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Roseau CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Roseau 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 | +29.0% |
| 1900 | −8.0% |
| 1904 | −60.6% |
| 1908 | −25.8% |
| 1912 | +1.1% |
| 1916 | +0.6% |
| 1920 | −50.7% |
| 1924 | −34.6% |
| 1928 | −30.8% |
| 1932 | +40.9% |
| 1936 | +46.2% |
| 1940 | +41.8% |
| 1944 | +41.6% |
| 1948 | +40.1% |
| 1952 | +8.1% |
| 1956 | +23.3% |
| 1960 | +16.9% |
| 1964 | +37.5% |
| 1968 | +11.9% |
| 1972 | −8.4% |
| 1976 | +14.5% |
| 1980 | −11.7% |
| 1984 | −19.4% |
| 1988 | −14.1% |
| 1992 | −6.0% |
| 1996 | −3.3% |
| 2000 | −35.8% |
| 2004 | −36.8% |
| 2008 | −17.4% |
| 2012 | −22.3% |
| 2016 | −46.1% |
| 2020 | −46.0% |
| 2024 | −49.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,093 | 6,279 | 8,499 | ||
| R | 2,188 | 6,065 | 8,421 | ||
| R | 1,856 | 5,451 | 7,804 | ||
| R | 2,772 | 4,409 | 7,352 | ||
| R | 3,097 | 4,438 | 7,700 | ||
| R | 2,442 | 5,355 | 7,911 | ||
| R | 2,128 | 4,695 | 7,166 | ||
| R | 2,759 | 2,988 | 6,909 | ||
| R | 2,346 | 2,785 | 7,269 | ||
| R | 2,630 | 3,500 | 6,192 | ||
| R | 2,319 | 3,445 | 5,811 | ||
| R | 2,616 | 3,358 | 6,317 | ||
| D | 3,215 | 2,382 | 5,752 | ||
| R | 2,396 | 2,844 | 5,344 | ||
| D | 2,649 | 2,048 | 5,035 | ||
| D | 3,636 | 1,651 | 5,293 | ||
| D | 3,198 | 2,274 | 5,482 | ||
| D | 3,062 | 1,901 | 4,973 | ||
| D | 3,062 | 2,596 | 5,727 | ||
| D | 3,674 | 1,458 | 5,528 | ||
| D | 3,697 | 1,513 | 5,250 | ||
| D | 4,289 | 1,730 | 6,123 | ||
| D | 3,761 | 1,326 | 5,266 | ||
| D | 2,805 | 1,078 | 4,224 | ||
| R | 1,342 | 2,618 | 4,145 | ||
| O | 148 | 1,300 | 3,334 | ||
| R | 500 | 2,387 | 3,722 | ||
| D | 834 | 821 | 2,121 | ||
| O | 299 | 278 | 1,918 | ||
| R | 444 | 900 | 1,768 | ||
| R | 182 | 1,042 | 1,420 | ||
| R | 537 | 632 | 1,192 | ||
| D | 527 | 287 | 828 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.8%
Irish
5.6%
American
5.2%
English
4.6%
Polish
4.5%
French
3.8%
Italian
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 41.9 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
$74,474
Roseau County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Roseau County$74,474
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Roseau 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
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)10.6%
Seniors (65+)12.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Roseau County sits along Minnesota's northern edge, where a sparse, agriculturally rooted population and tight-knit communities centered on farming and snowmobile manufacturing have produced some of the state's most lopsided federal election results.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-one points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.
A population of 15,302, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,474 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stutsman County and Foster County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Roseau County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Roseau County, Minnesota voted Republican by 49.3 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,499 votes cast, 2,093 went Democratic and 6,279 went Republican.
What is Roseau County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Roseau 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 18 times, and other 2 times.
When did Roseau County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Roseau County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Roseau County, Minnesota?
Roseau County, Minnesota has a population of 15,302 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Roseau County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Roseau County, Minnesota is $74,474 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Roseau County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Roseau County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.