† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAustin, MNMinnesotaUnited States
German26.7%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian16.6%12.1%—
Irish9.5%9.9%9.4%
English5.9%6.6%9.5%
American4.9%2.3%5.3%
Swedish2.5%6.5%—
French2.0%1.8%1.6%
Dutch1.8%——
Mexican9.1%3.9%11.3%
Guatemalan1.6%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.7%0.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Burmese3.0%0.2%—
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Chinese0.4%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Sri Lankan0.3%——
Cambodian0.2%——
Thai0.2%——
African American†1.9%3.8%9.9%
African0.6%0.5%0.5%
Sudanese0.5%——
Liberian0.4%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Austin, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median age
39.2
39
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Austin, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$73,074
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.4%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.9%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Austin, MN
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.6%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
10.9%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.4%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
1.4%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Austin, MN
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
22.2%
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.9%
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.7%
50.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
25.0%
13.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Austin, MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−23.3%
1896
−40.2%
1900
−45.9%
1904
−62.0%
1908
−34.3%
1912
−2.2%
1916
−22.4%
1920
−68.3%
1924
−49.5%
1928
−26.6%
1932
+22.8%
1936
+25.8%
1940
+5.4%
1944
+4.4%
1948
+24.8%
1952
−7.1%
1956
−1.9%
1960
−5.1%
1964
+35.1%
1968
+16.9%
1972
+1.7%
1976
+21.8%
1980
+12.9%
1984
+21.5%
1988
+25.9%
1992
+23.7%
1996
+30.0%
2000
+20.7%
2004
+23.5%
2008
+23.6%
2012
+22.6%
2016
−7.8%
2020
−5.8%
2024
−10.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.8%Harris8,312
54.3%Trump10,297
1.0%Kennedy185 +7
R+10.5
R+4.6
R+9.0
18,969
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican54.3%10,297
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic43.8%8,312
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.0%185
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%54
OtherAll other candidates0.2%43
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%39
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%23
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%9
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%5
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%2
R
46.0%Biden8,899
51.8%Trump10,025
2.2%
R+5.8
D+2.0
R+10.3
19,345
R
42.0%Clinton7,437
49.8%Trump8,823
8.2%
R+7.8
R+30.4
R+9.9
17,715
D
60.0%Obama11,129
37.4%Romney6,938
2.5%
D+22.6
R+1.0
D+18.8
18,539
D
60.5%Obama11,605
36.9%McCain7,075
2.6%
D+23.6
D+0.2
D+16.3
19,187
D
61.0%Kerry12,334
37.5%Bush7,591
1.5%
D+23.5
D+2.8
D+25.9
20,222
D
57.9%Gore10,693
37.2%Bush6,873
4.9%
D+20.7
R+9.3
D+20.2
18,480
D
57.6%Clinton10,413
27.6%Dole4,994
14.7%
D+30.0
D+6.3
D+21.5
18,063
D
49.2%Clinton9,935
25.5%Bush5,147
25.4%
D+23.7
R+2.2
D+18.1
20,210
D
62.5%Dukakis11,893
36.6%Bush6,969
0.9%
D+25.9
D+4.4
D+33.6
19,025
D
60.5%Mondale12,498
39.0%Reagan8,054
0.5%
D+21.5
D+8.6
D+39.7
20,647
D
51.8%Carter10,538
38.9%Reagan7,908
9.2%
D+12.9
R+8.8
D+22.7
20,325
D
59.7%Carter12,837
38.0%Ford8,163
2.3%
D+21.8
D+20.0
D+19.7
21,487
D
50.1%McGovern10,286
48.4%Nixon9,929
1.5%
D+1.7
R+15.1
D+24.9
20,530
D
56.6%Humphrey11,022
39.7%Nixon7,736
3.7%
D+16.9
R+18.2
D+17.6
19,486
D
67.4%Johnson13,573
32.3%Goldwater6,510
0.3%
D+35.1
D+40.2
D+12.5
20,140
R
47.3%Kennedy9,961
52.4%Nixon11,040
0.3%
R+5.1
R+3.3
R+5.3
21,068
R
48.8%Stevenson9,219
50.7%Eisenhower9,570
0.5%
R+1.9
D+5.2
D+13.5
18,890
R
46.1%Stevenson8,551
53.2%Eisenhower9,862
0.7%
R+7.1
R+31.9
D+3.7
18,551
D
61.9%Truman9,468
37.1%Dewey5,672
1.1%
D+24.8
D+20.4
D+20.3
15,301
D
52.0%Roosevelt7,199
47.6%Dewey6,588
0.3%
D+4.4
R+1.0
R+3.1
13,835
D
52.5%Roosevelt7,988
47.1%Willkie7,169
0.4%
D+5.4
R+20.5
R+4.6
15,217
D
61.0%Roosevelt8,228
35.2%Landon4,743
3.8%
D+25.8
D+3.0
D+1.6
13,487
D
60.6%Roosevelt6,421
37.8%Hoover4,005
1.6%
D+22.8
D+49.4
D+5.0
10,599
R
36.4%Smith3,587
63.1%Hoover6,209
0.5%
R+26.6
D+22.8
R+9.2
9,842
R
6.2%Davis564
55.7%Coolidge5,061
38.1%
R+49.5
D+18.8
R+24.3
9,088
R
13.7%Cox1,061
82.1%Harding6,339
4.2%
R+68.3
R+46.0
R+42.1
7,725
R
37.1%Wilson1,572
59.4%Hughes2,520
3.5%
R+22.4
R+20.1
R+25.5
4,240
O
29.4%Wilson1,228
31.6%Taft1,321
39.0%
Roosevelt +7.3
D+32.1
R+21.8
4,177
R
29.1%Bryan1,206
63.5%Taft2,629
7.4%
R+34.3
D+27.7
R+24.8
4,143
R
15.4%Parker552
77.5%Roosevelt2,769
7.1%
R+62.0
R+16.2
R+42.4
3,573
R
24.9%Bryan1,081
70.7%McKinley3,076
4.4%
R+45.9
R+5.7
R+38.3
4,348
R
28.7%Bryan1,407
68.8%McKinley3,379
2.5%
R+40.2
R+16.9
R+34.1
4,909
R
33.0%Cleveland1,310
56.4%Harrison2,234
10.6%
R+23.3
—
R+25.0
3,964
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
50.6%9,386
45.3%8,415
18,561
2020
R
44.9%8,472
45.7%8,615
18,859
2018
D
57.1%8,396
38.8%5,705
14,693
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Austin, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
21,358
2018
20,509
2020
22,695
2022
22,366
2024
23,742
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+18 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,098 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Austin, MN in Austin, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−30
2012
−170
2013
−218
2014
−169
2015
−318
2016
−191
2017
+1
2018
+90
2019
−372
2021
−27
2022
−397
2023
−289
2024
−26
2025
+18
Austin's large immigrant workforce—drawn by the Hormel Foods plant—has shifted its demographic profile steadily over recent decades, producing voter coalitions that diverge from the surrounding rural Minnesota baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 68.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.5 points.
A population of 40,343, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,074 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Albert Lea, MN and Mason City, IA.
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In 2024, Austin, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 10.5 points (R+10.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,969 votes cast, 8,312 went Democratic and 10,297 went Republican.
When did Austin, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Austin, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Austin, MN, Minnesota?
Austin, MN, Minnesota has a population of 40,343 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Austin, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Austin, MN, Minnesota is $73,074 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Austin, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Austin, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
