Stevens County, Minnesota: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted R+27%. Republican peak: R+64 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,7392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,7332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Pike County, OH · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Stevens CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Stevens 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 | +8.4% |
| 1896 | −17.3% |
| 1900 | −19.8% |
| 1904 | −53.4% |
| 1908 | −19.5% |
| 1912 | +21.5% |
| 1916 | −8.7% |
| 1920 | −64.2% |
| 1924 | −41.5% |
| 1928 | −21.8% |
| 1932 | +29.0% |
| 1936 | +23.3% |
| 1940 | −12.9% |
| 1944 | −16.8% |
| 1948 | +9.0% |
| 1952 | −35.0% |
| 1956 | −17.7% |
| 1960 | −6.0% |
| 1964 | +13.4% |
| 1968 | −6.2% |
| 1972 | +0.7% |
| 1976 | +11.9% |
| 1980 | −11.2% |
| 1984 | −13.9% |
| 1988 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | +4.1% |
| 1996 | +11.0% |
| 2000 | −6.9% |
| 2004 | −3.5% |
| 2008 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | −0.4% |
| 2016 | −12.7% |
| 2020 | −22.1% |
| 2024 | −27.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,826 | 3,213 | 5,138 | ||
| R | 1,922 | 3,044 | 5,085 | ||
| R | 2,116 | 2,799 | 5,398 | ||
| R | 2,742 | 2,766 | 5,652 | ||
| D | 2,781 | 2,710 | 5,634 | ||
| R | 2,821 | 3,030 | 5,949 | ||
| R | 2,434 | 2,831 | 5,752 | ||
| D | 2,741 | 2,141 | 5,455 | ||
| D | 2,466 | 2,229 | 5,816 | ||
| D | 2,721 | 2,679 | 5,458 | ||
| R | 2,451 | 3,251 | 5,746 | ||
| R | 2,559 | 3,283 | 6,476 | ||
| D | 3,171 | 2,484 | 5,789 | ||
| D | 2,870 | 2,830 | 5,811 | ||
| R | 2,247 | 2,560 | 5,062 | ||
| D | 2,910 | 2,220 | 5,137 | ||
| R | 2,405 | 2,710 | 5,126 | ||
| R | 1,822 | 2,606 | 4,430 | ||
| R | 1,579 | 3,288 | 4,879 | ||
| D | 2,313 | 1,928 | 4,283 | ||
| R | 1,693 | 2,377 | 4,082 | ||
| R | 2,018 | 2,619 | 4,652 | ||
| D | 2,352 | 1,431 | 3,958 | ||
| D | 2,552 | 1,396 | 3,990 | ||
| R | 1,457 | 2,275 | 3,748 | ||
| R | 238 | 1,553 | 3,170 | ||
| R | 457 | 2,339 | 2,930 | ||
| R | 787 | 943 | 1,794 | ||
| O | 640 | 286 | 1,644 | ||
| R | 582 | 877 | 1,514 | ||
| R | 362 | 1,254 | 1,669 | ||
| R | 682 | 1,036 | 1,786 | ||
| R | 685 | 981 | 1,709 | ||
| D | 622 | 509 | 1,346 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
36.8%
Irish
8.3%
English
4.8%
American
3.8%
Polish
2.8%
French
1.4%
Italian
0.7%
African American
0.9%
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: 33.9 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
$75,733
Stevens County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Stevens County$75,733
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Stevens 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
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.4%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.3%
speak English only
Spanish10.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other languages0.6%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 23.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Stevens County sits in Minnesota's western plains, where a small, agriculture-dependent population has shifted sharply rightward over successive presidential cycles, delivering a 27-point Republican margin in 2024.
The Democratic margin here once reached twenty-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-seven points.
A population of 9,739, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,733 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pike County and Watonwan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Stevens County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Stevens County, Minnesota voted Republican by 27.0 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,138 votes cast, 1,826 went Democratic and 3,213 went Republican.
What is Stevens County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Stevens 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 11 times, Republican 22 times, and other 1 times.
When did Stevens County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Stevens County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Stevens County, Minnesota?
Stevens County, Minnesota has a population of 9,739 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stevens County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Stevens County, Minnesota is $75,733 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Stevens County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Stevens County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.