About 8.50% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over. Becker County voters have voted solidly Republican in recent decades. In only one national election since 1980 has the county selected the Democratic Party candidate (as of 2016). Becker County is the setting of the 2006 independent film "Sweet Land", though it was filmed in Chippewa County.