† 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
GroupFaribault-Northfield, MNMinnesotaUnited States
German29.5%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian12.1%12.1%—
Irish9.5%9.9%9.4%
English6.8%6.6%9.5%
Czech4.5%——
Swedish3.9%6.5%—
American2.8%2.3%5.3%
French2.6%1.8%1.6%
Mexican7.5%3.9%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Spanish0.4%——
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Somali4.0%1.1%—
African American†2.3%3.8%9.9%
Ethiopian0.2%0.5%—
Chinese0.6%0.5%1.3%
Hmong0.5%1.7%—
Vietnamese0.4%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
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
Faribault-Northfield, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median age
37.1
39
39.1
Age 18–24
14.1%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Faribault-Northfield, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$83,181
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.2%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Faribault-Northfield, MN
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.7%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.5%
4.2%
13.6%
Other languages
3.2%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Faribault-Northfield, MN
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
25.3%
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.1%
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
44.1%
50.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
17.5%
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.
Faribault-Northfield, MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.7%
1896
−25.9%
1900
−25.5%
1904
−47.4%
1908
−26.3%
1912
+12.9%
1916
−7.0%
1920
−51.2%
1924
−48.8%
1928
−13.4%
1932
+13.8%
1936
+8.4%
1940
−26.8%
1944
−20.8%
1948
−3.8%
1952
−36.5%
1956
−30.7%
1960
−10.0%
1964
+25.5%
1968
+4.9%
1972
−6.5%
1976
+11.6%
1980
+6.6%
1984
+2.0%
1988
+9.9%
1992
+16.1%
1996
+24.9%
2000
+8.7%
2004
+8.3%
2008
+11.5%
2012
+8.3%
2016
−3.1%
2020
−0.2%
2024
−2.5%
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
47.7%Harris17,353
50.2%Trump18,264
0.8%Kennedy289 +7
R+2.5
R+2.3
R+1.0
36,412
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.2%18,264
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic47.7%17,353
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.8%289
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%155
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%139
OtherAll other candidates0.4%128
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%34
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%25
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%21
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%4
R
48.8%Biden17,402
48.9%Trump17,464
2.3%
R+0.2
D+2.9
R+4.6
35,686
R
44.5%Clinton14,437
47.6%Trump15,429
7.9%
R+3.1
R+11.3
R+5.1
32,443
D
52.9%Obama17,054
44.6%Romney14,384
2.6%
D+8.3
R+3.2
D+4.4
32,267
D
54.7%Obama17,381
43.2%McCain13,723
2.2%
D+11.5
D+3.2
D+4.2
31,799
D
53.4%Kerry16,425
45.1%Bush13,881
1.4%
D+8.3
R+0.4
D+10.7
30,745
D
50.5%Gore13,140
41.8%Bush10,876
7.7%
D+8.7
R+16.2
D+8.2
26,021
D
55.0%Clinton12,821
30.1%Dole7,016
14.9%
D+24.9
D+8.7
D+16.4
23,320
D
45.2%Clinton10,908
29.1%Bush7,015
25.7%
D+16.1
D+6.2
D+10.6
24,113
D
54.4%Dukakis11,570
44.5%Bush9,460
1.1%
D+9.9
D+8.0
D+17.6
21,267
D
50.5%Mondale10,880
48.6%Reagan10,456
0.9%
D+2.0
R+4.6
D+20.2
21,525
D
46.1%Carter9,531
39.5%Reagan8,168
14.4%
D+6.6
R+5.0
D+16.3
20,673
D
54.0%Carter10,590
42.4%Ford8,311
3.6%
D+11.6
D+18.1
D+9.6
19,607
R
46.2%McGovern8,065
52.6%Nixon9,195
1.2%
R+6.5
R+11.3
D+16.7
17,475
D
50.8%Humphrey7,785
45.9%Nixon7,037
3.2%
D+4.9
R+20.6
D+5.6
15,319
D
62.6%Johnson9,299
37.2%Goldwater5,518
0.2%
D+25.5
D+35.4
D+2.9
14,843
R
44.9%Kennedy6,752
54.9%Nixon8,248
0.2%
R+10.0
D+20.7
R+10.1
15,031
R
34.6%Stevenson4,489
65.2%Eisenhower8,471
0.2%
R+30.7
D+5.9
R+15.3
12,984
R
31.6%Stevenson4,330
68.2%Eisenhower9,334
0.2%
R+36.5
R+32.7
R+25.8
13,693
R
47.3%Truman5,832
51.1%Dewey6,301
1.5%
R+3.8
D+17.0
R+8.3
12,321
R
39.5%Roosevelt4,470
60.3%Dewey6,824
0.2%
R+20.8
D+6.1
R+28.3
11,322
R
36.4%Roosevelt4,687
63.2%Willkie8,143
0.3%
R+26.8
R+35.3
R+36.8
12,875
D
48.1%Roosevelt5,928
39.7%Landon4,888
12.3%
D+8.4
R+5.3
R+15.8
12,327
D
56.1%Roosevelt6,289
42.3%Hoover4,743
1.6%
D+13.8
D+27.2
R+4.0
11,215
R
43.1%Smith5,014
56.5%Hoover6,576
0.4%
R+13.4
D+35.4
D+4.0
11,639
R
12.5%Davis1,199
61.3%Coolidge5,883
26.3%
R+48.8
D+2.4
R+23.6
9,603
R
23.4%Cox2,040
74.6%Harding6,500
2.0%
R+51.2
R+44.2
R+25.0
8,715
R
44.7%Wilson2,083
51.7%Hughes2,408
3.6%
R+7.0
R+19.9
R+10.1
4,661
O
35.1%Wilson1,613
22.2%Taft1,020
42.7%
Roosevelt +7.6
D+39.2
R+6.6
4,597
R
35.2%Bryan1,614
61.5%Taft2,821
3.4%
R+26.3
D+21.1
R+16.7
4,590
R
24.0%Parker1,063
71.4%Roosevelt3,160
4.6%
R+47.4
R+21.8
R+27.7
4,428
R
34.8%Bryan1,688
60.4%McKinley2,924
4.8%
R+25.5
D+0.4
R+18.0
4,844
R
35.1%Bryan2,002
61.0%McKinley3,483
4.0%
R+25.9
R+16.2
R+19.9
5,711
R
38.6%Cleveland1,794
48.3%Harrison2,245
13.1%
R+9.7
—
R+11.4
4,649
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
53.9%19,235
43.0%15,362
35,701
2020
D
46.2%16,201
45.6%15,999
35,063
2018
D
59.2%16,881
37.2%10,604
28,500
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Faribault-Northfield, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
38,696
2018
38,169
2020
41,465
2022
40,597
2024
43,248
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+13 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −580 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Faribault-Northfield, MN in Faribault-Northfield, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−211
2012
−367
2013
−127
2014
−107
2015
−123
2016
−35
2017
−63
2018
−53
2019
−25
2021
+80
2022
+253
2023
+18
2024
+167
2025
+13
Northfield's two private colleges—Carleton and St. Olaf—inject a younger, more educated demographic into a metro that nonetheless returned a double-digit Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the dominant rural and small-city vote share surrounding it.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 51.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.5 points.
A population of 67,917, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,181 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mankato, MN and Austin, MN.
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How did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 2.5 points (R+2.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,412 votes cast, 17,353 went Democratic and 18,264 went Republican.
When did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota has a population of 67,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota is $83,181 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
