Wright County, Minnesota: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+65 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 148,2692024 5-year
- Median household income
- $107,2092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sherburne County, MN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wright CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wright County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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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 | +9.5% |
| 1896 | −20.4% |
| 1900 | −24.4% |
| 1904 | −54.8% |
| 1908 | −32.1% |
| 1912 | +11.5% |
| 1916 | −8.2% |
| 1920 | −64.8% |
| 1924 | −41.3% |
| 1928 | −14.4% |
| 1932 | +35.1% |
| 1936 | +11.2% |
| 1940 | −34.8% |
| 1944 | −30.7% |
| 1948 | −0.6% |
| 1952 | −29.7% |
| 1956 | −18.9% |
| 1960 | −5.3% |
| 1964 | +22.6% |
| 1968 | +15.7% |
| 1972 | −6.7% |
| 1976 | +17.3% |
| 1980 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | −10.4% |
| 1988 | −2.7% |
| 1992 | +2.3% |
| 1996 | +6.6% |
| 2000 | −16.4% |
| 2004 | −22.8% |
| 2008 | −17.4% |
| 2012 | −21.7% |
| 2016 | −33.0% |
| 2020 | −28.6% |
| 2024 | −29.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 30,883 | 57,210 | 90,038 | ||
| R | 28,430 | 51,973 | 82,426 | ||
| R | 20,334 | 43,274 | 69,618 | ||
| R | 25,741 | 40,466 | 67,816 | ||
| R | 26,343 | 37,779 | 65,578 | ||
| R | 22,618 | 36,176 | 59,534 | ||
| R | 16,762 | 23,861 | 43,366 | ||
| D | 15,542 | 13,224 | 34,874 | ||
| D | 12,465 | 11,650 | 35,160 | ||
| R | 14,177 | 14,987 | 29,543 | ||
| R | 12,486 | 15,399 | 28,090 | ||
| D | 12,383 | 12,293 | 26,991 | ||
| D | 13,379 | 9,314 | 23,464 | ||
| R | 8,695 | 9,996 | 19,386 | ||
| D | 8,793 | 6,321 | 15,753 | ||
| D | 8,687 | 5,476 | 14,185 | ||
| R | 6,452 | 7,180 | 13,658 | ||
| R | 4,944 | 7,257 | 12,213 | ||
| R | 4,373 | 8,089 | 12,524 | ||
| R | 5,523 | 5,589 | 11,297 | ||
| R | 3,678 | 6,961 | 10,711 | ||
| R | 3,993 | 8,297 | 12,377 | ||
| D | 5,363 | 4,087 | 11,351 | ||
| D | 7,205 | 3,406 | 10,830 | ||
| R | 4,483 | 6,011 | 10,626 | ||
| R | 567 | 4,349 | 9,151 | ||
| R | 1,299 | 7,013 | 8,820 | ||
| R | 2,262 | 2,683 | 5,136 | ||
| O | 1,333 | 837 | 4,309 | ||
| R | 1,396 | 2,820 | 4,442 | ||
| R | 860 | 3,183 | 4,242 | ||
| R | 1,888 | 3,153 | 5,193 | ||
| R | 2,172 | 3,312 | 5,579 | ||
| D | 2,271 | 1,829 | 4,677 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.9%
Irish
10.0%
English
5.8%
American
4.7%
Polish
4.3%
French
3.4%
Italian
1.7%
African American
1.8%
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: 37.6 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
$107,209
Wright County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Wright County$107,209
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Wright County ranks in the top 5% 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
5.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.6%
Working age (18–64)4.6%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other languages1.4%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Once a swing-county on Minneapolis's outer fringe, Wright has trended decisively Republican as population growth drew working-class and middle-income households outward from the metro core, producing a 2024 margin of R+29.2.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-five points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A population of 148,269, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $107,209 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sherburne County and Sweetwater County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wright County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wright County, Minnesota voted Republican by 29.2 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 90,038 votes cast, 30,883 went Democratic and 57,210 went Republican.
What is Wright County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Wright County, Minnesota in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 9 times, Republican 24 times, and other 1 times.
When did Wright County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wright County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Wright County, Minnesota?
Wright County, Minnesota has a population of 148,269 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wright County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Wright County, Minnesota is $107,209 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Wright County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wright County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.