† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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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
GroupNew Ulm, MNMinnesotaUnited States
German56.8%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian9.9%12.1%—
Irish5.9%9.9%9.4%
Swedish3.9%6.5%—
English3.6%6.6%9.5%
American3.4%2.3%5.3%
Polish2.0%3.7%2.2%
French2.0%1.8%1.6%
Mexican4.3%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
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
New Ulm, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median age
42
39
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.3%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
New Ulm, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$69,378
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.5%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.5%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
New Ulm, MN
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.0%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
4.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
New Ulm, MN
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
45.5%
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.5%
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
12.1%
50.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
18.2%
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.
New Ulm, MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+3.3%
1896
−10.0%
1900
−6.9%
1904
−39.7%
1908
+0.5%
1912
+28.1%
1916
−28.1%
1920
−69.7%
1924
−28.1%
1928
+19.2%
1932
+52.4%
1936
+38.6%
1940
−34.1%
1944
−42.0%
1948
−2.6%
1952
−44.4%
1956
−44.3%
1960
−13.9%
1964
+1.8%
1968
−19.9%
1972
−27.1%
1976
−12.0%
1980
−22.2%
1984
−30.3%
1988
−14.7%
1992
−8.2%
1996
−5.8%
2000
−21.2%
2004
−23.5%
2008
−12.1%
2012
−16.6%
2016
−35.9%
2020
−32.8%
2024
−35.0%
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
31.3%Harris4,576
66.4%Trump9,692
0.9%Kennedy131 +6
R+35.0
R+2.3
R+33.6
14,598
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican66.4%9,692
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic31.3%4,576
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.9%131
OtherAll other candidates0.5%72
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%67
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%27
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%21
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%7
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%5
R
32.5%Biden4,753
65.3%Trump9,552
2.3%
R+32.8
D+3.1
R+37.2
14,635
R
27.3%Clinton3,763
63.2%Trump8,708
9.5%
R+35.9
R+19.3
R+38.0
13,779
R
40.4%Obama5,630
57.0%Romney7,938
2.6%
R+16.6
R+4.5
R+20.4
13,929
R
42.7%Obama5,809
54.7%McCain7,456
2.6%
R+12.1
D+11.4
R+19.4
13,620
R
37.4%Kerry5,158
60.9%Bush8,395
1.6%
R+23.5
R+2.3
R+21.0
13,778
R
36.2%Gore4,650
57.4%Bush7,370
6.3%
R+21.2
R+15.4
R+21.7
12,834
R
39.4%Clinton4,864
45.1%Dole5,580
15.5%
R+5.8
D+2.4
R+14.3
12,359
R
31.4%Clinton4,278
39.6%Bush5,390
29.0%
R+8.2
D+6.5
R+13.7
13,621
R
42.0%Dukakis5,109
56.7%Bush6,898
1.4%
R+14.7
D+15.6
R+7.0
12,173
R
34.4%Mondale4,469
64.7%Reagan8,399
0.8%
R+30.3
R+8.1
R+12.1
12,977
R
34.8%Carter4,915
57.0%Reagan8,051
8.2%
R+22.2
R+10.2
R+12.5
14,122
R
41.3%Carter5,792
53.3%Ford7,479
5.5%
R+12.0
D+15.0
R+14.1
14,039
R
34.2%McGovern4,347
61.2%Nixon7,791
4.6%
R+27.1
R+7.2
R+3.9
12,729
R
37.1%Humphrey4,585
57.0%Nixon7,039
5.9%
R+19.9
R+21.7
R+19.2
12,350
D
50.8%Johnson6,069
49.0%Goldwater5,851
0.1%
D+1.8
D+15.7
R+20.8
11,937
R
43.0%Kennedy5,353
56.9%Nixon7,084
0.1%
R+13.9
D+30.4
R+14.1
12,453
R
27.7%Stevenson3,067
72.0%Eisenhower7,965
0.2%
R+44.3
D+0.1
R+28.9
11,059
R
27.7%Stevenson3,129
72.1%Eisenhower8,152
0.2%
R+44.4
R+41.8
R+33.7
11,308
R
48.0%Truman4,804
50.6%Dewey5,068
1.4%
R+2.6
D+39.3
R+7.1
10,016
R
28.6%Roosevelt2,842
70.5%Dewey7,018
0.9%
R+42.0
R+7.9
R+49.5
9,949
R
32.5%Roosevelt3,678
66.7%Willkie7,533
0.8%
R+34.1
R+72.7
R+44.1
11,301
D
64.6%Roosevelt6,637
26.1%Landon2,679
9.3%
D+38.6
R+13.8
D+14.3
10,267
D
75.0%Roosevelt6,716
22.6%Hoover2,027
2.4%
D+52.4
D+33.2
D+34.6
8,955
D
59.2%Smith5,341
40.1%Hoover3,611
0.7%
D+19.2
D+47.2
D+36.7
9,016
O
3.8%Davis270
31.9%Coolidge2,255
64.3%
La Follette +32.4
D+41.6
R+2.9
7,076
R
11.0%Cox796
80.7%Harding5,841
8.3%
R+69.7
R+41.6
R+43.5
7,240
R
31.6%Wilson1,101
59.7%Hughes2,078
8.7%
R+28.1
R+56.1
R+31.2
3,482
D
43.0%Wilson1,359
14.9%Taft472
42.1%
D+28.1
D+27.5
D+8.5
3,161
D
45.8%Bryan1,536
45.2%Taft1,518
9.0%
D+0.5
D+40.3
D+10.1
3,357
R
28.7%Parker869
68.4%Roosevelt2,073
2.9%
R+39.7
R+32.8
R+20.1
3,031
R
45.2%Bryan1,471
52.1%McKinley1,695
2.8%
R+6.9
D+3.1
D+0.7
3,256
R
43.4%Bryan1,469
53.4%McKinley1,807
3.2%
R+10.0
R+13.3
R+3.9
3,383
D
41.8%Cleveland1,174
38.5%Harrison1,080
19.7%
D+3.3
—
D+1.7
2,807
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
40.7%5,851
56.6%8,137
14,381
2020
R
33.2%4,808
60.4%8,736
14,468
2018
R
47.5%5,614
49.2%5,816
11,831
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in New Ulm, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
16,223
2018
15,531
2020
16,782
2022
16,617
2024
17,355
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
0 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −975 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in New Ulm, MN in New Ulm, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−159
2012
−270
2013
−88
2014
+1
2015
+5
2016
−4
2017
−95
2018
−41
2019
−125
2021
+27
2022
−147
2023
−57
2024
−22
2025
0
New Ulm anchors Brown County, one of Minnesota's most reliably conservative enclaves, where German Lutheran and Catholic settlement patterns dating to the 1850s still correlate with voting margins that routinely diverge from statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 69.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.0 points.
A population of 25,800, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,378 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hutchinson, MN and Fairmont, MN.
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In 2024, New Ulm, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 35.0 points (R+35.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,598 votes cast, 4,576 went Democratic and 9,692 went Republican.
When did New Ulm, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Ulm, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
New Ulm, MN, Minnesota has a population of 25,800 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota is $69,378 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
