† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 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
GroupMinot, NDNorth DakotaUnited States
German30.6%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian22.6%20.3%—
Irish8.6%7.3%9.4%
English6.3%5.1%9.5%
Swedish2.8%3.2%—
French2.6%2.3%1.6%
American2.5%2.9%5.3%
Polish1.4%1.6%2.2%
Mexican3.3%2.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Spaniard0.3%0.2%—
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
African American†2.8%1.6%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Somali0.2%——
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Turtle Mountain Chippewa0.3%0.6%—
Filipino0.6%0.3%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Indonesian0.2%——
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
Minot, ND
North Dakota
United States
Median age
34.6
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
11.0%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.8%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Minot, ND
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$78,289
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.7%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.7%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Minot, ND
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
2.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Minot, ND
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
16.8%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.2%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.4%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.2%
21.0%
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.
Minot, ND
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−61.4%
1896
−17.8%
1900
−41.5%
1904
−58.4%
1908
−21.0%
1912
+13.1%
1916
+24.4%
1920
−48.0%
1924
−35.3%
1928
−15.0%
1932
+37.1%
1936
+37.1%
1940
−1.8%
1944
−4.5%
1948
−6.3%
1952
−38.8%
1956
−20.6%
1960
−8.1%
1964
+23.7%
1968
−11.2%
1972
−32.6%
1976
−10.9%
1980
−42.7%
1984
−36.0%
1988
−12.4%
1992
−14.3%
1996
−7.6%
2000
−28.8%
2004
−33.2%
2008
−19.1%
2012
−30.5%
2016
−48.2%
2020
−47.1%
2024
−49.1%
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
24.2%Harris7,873
73.4%Trump23,851
1.7%Oliver540 +1
R+49.1
R+2.1
R+47.7
32,512
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.4%23,851
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic24.2%7,873
Chase OliverLibertarian1.7%540
OtherAll other candidates0.8%248
R
24.8%Biden8,077
71.9%Trump23,403
3.3%
R+47.1
D+1.1
R+51.5
32,568
R
20.6%Clinton6,497
68.8%Trump21,679
10.6%
R+48.2
R+17.7
R+50.2
31,525
R
33.2%Obama9,782
63.7%Romney18,759
3.1%
R+30.5
R+11.4
R+34.3
29,453
R
39.6%Obama11,630
58.7%McCain17,234
1.8%
R+19.1
D+14.2
R+26.3
29,383
R
32.7%Kerry9,763
65.9%Bush19,705
1.4%
R+33.2
R+4.5
R+30.8
29,901
R
33.4%Gore8,864
62.1%Bush16,499
4.5%
R+28.8
R+21.1
R+29.3
26,551
R
39.6%Clinton10,318
47.2%Dole12,309
13.2%
R+7.6
D+6.7
R+16.2
26,074
R
31.1%Clinton9,609
45.4%Bush14,032
23.5%
R+14.3
R+1.9
R+19.9
30,918
R
43.4%Dukakis12,408
55.9%Bush15,960
0.7%
R+12.4
D+23.6
R+4.7
28,561
R
31.5%Mondale9,211
67.6%Reagan19,725
0.9%
R+36.0
D+6.7
R+17.8
29,198
R
25.1%Carter7,063
67.8%Reagan19,073
7.1%
R+42.7
R+31.8
R+32.9
28,135
R
43.5%Carter12,486
54.4%Ford15,606
2.0%
R+10.9
D+21.7
R+12.9
28,678
R
33.1%McGovern8,962
65.8%Nixon17,786
1.1%
R+32.6
R+21.4
R+9.5
27,049
R
41.6%Humphrey9,580
52.8%Nixon12,156
5.6%
R+11.2
R+34.8
R+10.5
23,017
D
61.7%Johnson14,870
38.0%Goldwater9,166
0.3%
D+23.7
D+31.7
D+1.1
24,111
R
45.9%Kennedy11,402
54.0%Nixon13,407
0.1%
R+8.1
D+12.5
R+8.2
24,831
R
39.6%Stevenson8,612
60.2%Eisenhower13,096
0.2%
R+20.6
D+18.2
R+5.2
21,753
R
30.1%Stevenson6,961
69.0%Eisenhower15,928
0.9%
R+38.8
R+32.6
R+28.1
23,089
R
44.2%Truman7,797
50.5%Dewey8,904
5.4%
R+6.3
R+1.7
R+10.8
17,646
R
47.3%Roosevelt8,851
51.9%Dewey9,701
0.8%
R+4.5
R+2.7
R+12.0
18,693
R
48.6%Roosevelt11,192
50.4%Willkie11,615
0.9%
R+1.8
R+38.9
R+11.8
23,023
D
60.4%Roosevelt13,932
23.3%Landon5,372
16.4%
D+37.1
±0.0
D+12.8
23,085
D
67.1%Roosevelt14,035
30.0%Hoover6,280
2.9%
D+37.1
D+52.1
D+19.3
20,923
R
42.1%Smith8,071
57.2%Hoover10,948
0.7%
R+15.0
D+20.3
D+2.4
19,154
O
7.2%Davis1,105
42.6%Coolidge6,507
50.2%
La Follette +7.6
D+12.6
R+10.2
15,285
R
22.4%Cox3,720
70.3%Harding11,687
7.3%
R+48.0
R+72.4
R+21.8
16,615
D
58.1%Wilson5,119
33.7%Hughes2,967
8.3%
D+24.4
D+11.3
D+21.3
8,815
O
33.7%Wilson2,450
20.6%Taft1,499
45.7%
Roosevelt +12.0
D+34.1
R+6.5
7,271
R
36.1%Bryan4,459
57.1%Taft7,058
6.9%
R+21.0
D+37.4
R+11.5
12,365
R
18.3%Parker1,470
76.7%Roosevelt6,156
4.9%
R+58.4
R+16.9
R+38.7
8,022
R
27.3%Bryan586
68.8%McKinley1,475
3.8%
R+41.5
R+23.6
R+33.9
2,143
R
40.8%Bryan359
58.6%McKinley516
0.6%
R+17.8
D+43.5
R+11.8
880
R
0.0%Cleveland0
61.4%Harrison383
38.6%
R+61.4
—
R+63.0
624
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
26.9%8,655
72.7%23,366
32,145
2022
R
18.7%3,698
58.9%11,661
19,810
2018
R
36.2%10,091
63.1%17,596
27,874
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−592 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −7,564 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Minot, ND in Minot, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,568
2012
−47
2013
+1,776
2014
+543
2015
+601
2016
−2,354
2017
−2,257
2018
−1,709
2019
−887
2021
−1,003
2022
−1,237
2023
−1,202
2024
−764
2025
−592
Minot anchors north-central North Dakota's oil-patch workforce, where presidential margins have run 30-plus points Republican in recent cycles and military ties to Minot Air Force Base add a significant active-duty demographic to the voter pool.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 61.4 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.1 points.
A population of 76,484, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,289 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Williston, ND and Bismarck, ND.
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In 2024, Minot, ND, North Dakota voted Republican by 49.1 points (R+49.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 32,512 votes cast, 7,873 went Democratic and 23,851 went Republican.
When did Minot, ND, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Minot, ND, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Minot, ND, North Dakota?
Minot, ND, North Dakota has a population of 76,484 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minot, ND, North Dakota?
Median household income in Minot, ND, North Dakota is $78,289 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Minot, ND, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Minot, ND, North Dakota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
