Sibley County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+76 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,0052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,6342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wirt County, WV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sibley CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sibley 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 | −9.6% |
| 1896 | −18.3% |
| 1900 | −15.0% |
| 1904 | −41.1% |
| 1908 | −18.3% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −27.4% |
| 1920 | −75.7% |
| 1924 | −27.8% |
| 1928 | −12.7% |
| 1932 | +53.8% |
| 1936 | +29.0% |
| 1940 | −47.1% |
| 1944 | −43.6% |
| 1948 | −7.2% |
| 1952 | −47.9% |
| 1956 | −38.6% |
| 1960 | −32.4% |
| 1964 | −3.7% |
| 1968 | −23.9% |
| 1972 | −29.8% |
| 1976 | −1.5% |
| 1980 | −25.4% |
| 1984 | −25.1% |
| 1988 | −7.2% |
| 1992 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | −19.1% |
| 2004 | −19.6% |
| 2008 | −19.3% |
| 2012 | −22.7% |
| 2016 | −41.7% |
| 2020 | −40.8% |
| 2024 | −42.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,351 | 6,014 | 8,537 | ||
| R | 2,417 | 5,864 | 8,452 | ||
| R | 1,954 | 5,193 | 7,774 | ||
| R | 2,916 | 4,693 | 7,815 | ||
| R | 2,998 | 4,492 | 7,729 | ||
| R | 3,109 | 4,669 | 7,949 | ||
| R | 2,687 | 4,087 | 7,335 | ||
| D | 2,769 | 2,590 | 6,647 | ||
| D | 2,421 | 2,315 | 7,185 | ||
| R | 3,154 | 3,655 | 6,939 | ||
| R | 2,761 | 4,638 | 7,468 | ||
| R | 2,521 | 4,460 | 7,642 | ||
| R | 3,752 | 3,871 | 7,860 | ||
| R | 2,433 | 4,543 | 7,080 | ||
| R | 2,540 | 4,250 | 7,154 | ||
| R | 3,577 | 3,854 | 7,436 | ||
| R | 2,541 | 4,987 | 7,542 | ||
| R | 2,099 | 4,737 | 6,842 | ||
| R | 1,871 | 5,323 | 7,214 | ||
| R | 2,818 | 3,260 | 6,157 | ||
| R | 1,683 | 4,311 | 6,024 | ||
| R | 1,986 | 5,564 | 7,589 | ||
| D | 4,140 | 2,184 | 6,735 | ||
| D | 4,756 | 1,398 | 6,236 | ||
| R | 2,553 | 3,301 | 5,901 | ||
| O | 341 | 1,749 | 5,060 | ||
| R | 502 | 4,198 | 4,885 | ||
| R | 973 | 1,737 | 2,785 | ||
| O | 890 | 383 | 2,529 | ||
| R | 1,110 | 1,623 | 2,802 | ||
| R | 662 | 1,628 | 2,352 | ||
| R | 1,272 | 1,736 | 3,087 | ||
| R | 1,251 | 1,826 | 3,150 | ||
| R | 950 | 1,191 | 2,514 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
54.5%
Irish
10.9%
English
3.8%
American
2.7%
Polish
2.4%
French
1.1%
Italian
0.5%
African American
1.0%
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: 42.4 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
$77,634
Sibley County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Sibley County$77,634
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Sibley 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
9.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.6%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)13.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.7%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sibley County, anchored by small agricultural communities along the Minnesota River valley, has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades, posting a 43-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 that outpaces most of its similarly rural neighbors.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-six points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A population of 15,005, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,634 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wirt County and Pendleton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sibley County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sibley County, Minnesota voted Republican by 42.9 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,537 votes cast, 2,351 went Democratic and 6,014 went Republican.
What is Sibley County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Sibley 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 4 times, Republican 28 times, and other 2 times.
When did Sibley County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sibley County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sibley County, Minnesota?
Sibley County, Minnesota has a population of 15,005 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sibley County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Sibley County, Minnesota is $77,634 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Sibley County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sibley County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.