† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
4 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
GroupRochester, MNMinnesotaUnited States
German32.4%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian13.7%12.1%—
Irish10.1%9.9%9.4%
English7.7%6.6%9.5%
American3.8%2.3%5.3%
Swedish3.4%6.5%—
Polish2.3%3.7%2.2%
Italian1.4%—4.8%
African American†2.9%3.8%9.9%
Somali0.9%1.1%—
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Sudanese0.4%——
Ethiopian0.4%0.5%—
Liberian0.2%0.2%—
Mexican3.3%3.9%11.3%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Asian Indian0.9%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.8%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.8%0.4%0.6%
Cambodian0.6%——
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%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
Rochester, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median age
39
39
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.6%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rochester, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$92,495
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.5%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.1%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rochester, MN
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.5%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.8%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
1.9%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rochester, MN
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
15.6%
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
46.7%
50.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
19.2%
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.
Rochester, MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−15.8%
1896
−30.0%
1900
−32.6%
1904
−49.6%
1908
−31.5%
1912
+9.7%
1916
−17.5%
1920
−64.9%
1924
−49.9%
1928
−35.6%
1932
+14.4%
1936
+14.4%
1940
−19.9%
1944
−20.6%
1948
+1.1%
1952
−41.4%
1956
−32.2%
1960
−21.4%
1964
+12.1%
1968
−13.3%
1972
−37.1%
1976
−16.9%
1980
−19.8%
1984
−23.4%
1988
−14.2%
1992
−4.7%
1996
+3.4%
2000
−6.8%
2004
−5.7%
2008
+2.0%
2012
+1.5%
2016
−7.3%
2020
−0.1%
2024
−1.0%
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
48.3%Harris62,441
49.3%Trump63,723
0.8%Kennedy1,077 +7
R+1.0
R+0.9
D+0.5
129,302
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.3%63,723
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic48.3%62,441
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.8%1,077
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%641
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%610
OtherAll other candidates0.4%514
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%106
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%104
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%68
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%18
R
48.8%Biden62,817
48.8%Trump62,929
2.4%
R+0.1
D+7.3
R+4.5
128,836
R
41.4%Clinton47,108
48.8%Trump55,455
9.8%
R+7.3
R+8.8
R+9.4
113,670
D
49.4%Obama54,953
47.9%Romney53,316
2.7%
D+1.5
R+0.5
R+2.4
111,298
D
49.9%Obama54,741
47.9%McCain52,598
2.3%
D+2.0
D+7.7
R+5.3
109,811
R
46.5%Kerry48,775
52.2%Bush54,778
1.4%
R+5.7
D+1.1
R+3.3
104,976
R
43.9%Gore38,734
50.7%Bush44,745
5.3%
R+6.8
R+10.2
R+7.3
88,196
D
44.8%Clinton35,345
41.4%Dole32,666
13.8%
D+3.4
D+8.1
R+5.1
78,913
R
34.3%Clinton29,372
39.1%Bush33,433
26.6%
R+4.7
D+9.4
R+10.3
85,509
R
42.5%Dukakis30,904
56.6%Bush41,216
0.9%
R+14.2
D+9.2
R+6.4
72,765
R
37.9%Mondale27,344
61.3%Reagan44,198
0.8%
R+23.4
R+3.5
R+5.2
72,092
R
35.5%Carter24,403
55.3%Reagan38,042
9.2%
R+19.8
R+2.9
R+10.1
68,776
R
40.4%Carter26,729
57.3%Ford37,944
2.3%
R+16.9
D+20.2
R+19.0
66,221
R
30.2%McGovern17,910
67.3%Nixon39,934
2.5%
R+37.1
R+23.8
R+14.0
59,330
R
41.4%Humphrey23,224
54.8%Nixon30,694
3.8%
R+13.3
R+25.4
R+12.6
56,042
D
56.0%Johnson29,513
43.9%Goldwater23,130
0.2%
D+12.1
D+33.5
R+10.5
52,725
R
39.2%Kennedy20,642
60.6%Nixon31,922
0.2%
R+21.4
D+10.8
R+21.6
52,649
R
33.8%Stevenson14,714
66.0%Eisenhower28,726
0.2%
R+32.2
D+9.2
R+16.8
43,545
R
29.1%Stevenson13,342
70.5%Eisenhower32,325
0.4%
R+41.4
R+42.5
R+30.6
45,855
D
50.0%Truman19,822
48.9%Dewey19,396
1.1%
D+1.1
D+21.6
R+3.4
39,658
R
39.5%Roosevelt14,346
60.1%Dewey21,809
0.4%
R+20.6
R+0.6
R+28.1
36,289
R
39.9%Roosevelt17,231
59.8%Willkie25,848
0.3%
R+19.9
R+34.3
R+29.9
43,204
D
54.1%Roosevelt20,656
39.8%Landon15,171
6.1%
D+14.4
±0.0
R+9.9
38,158
D
56.2%Roosevelt19,721
41.9%Hoover14,681
1.9%
D+14.4
D+50.0
R+3.4
35,068
R
32.0%Smith11,146
67.6%Hoover23,566
0.5%
R+35.6
D+14.3
R+18.1
34,877
R
7.3%Davis2,176
57.3%Coolidge16,962
35.4%
R+49.9
D+15.0
R+24.8
29,608
R
15.8%Cox4,446
80.7%Harding22,764
3.6%
R+64.9
R+47.5
R+38.7
28,213
R
38.9%Wilson5,583
56.3%Hughes8,093
4.8%
R+17.5
R+27.2
R+20.6
14,370
O
32.5%Wilson4,497
22.8%Taft3,156
44.7%
Roosevelt +12.2
D+41.2
R+9.9
13,843
R
32.0%Bryan4,705
63.5%Taft9,335
4.5%
R+31.5
D+18.1
R+22.0
14,694
R
22.9%Parker3,096
72.5%Roosevelt9,801
4.7%
R+49.6
R+17.0
R+29.9
13,526
R
31.4%Bryan5,041
64.0%McKinley10,284
4.7%
R+32.6
R+2.6
R+25.1
16,073
R
33.3%Bryan6,221
63.4%McKinley11,826
3.3%
R+30.0
R+14.2
R+24.0
18,663
R
35.7%Cleveland5,587
51.5%Harrison8,068
12.8%
R+15.8
—
R+17.5
15,653
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%68,391
43.1%54,680
126,964
2020
D
46.7%58,765
46.0%57,871
125,764
2018
D
56.1%56,136
40.7%40,776
100,117
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Rochester, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
134,485
2018
132,601
2020
147,219
2022
144,544
2024
154,708
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−109 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,256 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rochester, MN in Rochester, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−690
2012
−753
2013
+116
2014
−925
2015
−881
2016
+212
2017
+43
2018
+259
2019
+520
2021
−305
2022
−794
2023
−382
2024
−567
2025
−109
Rochester's economy revolves around a single world-renowned medical employer, producing one of Minnesota's highest concentrations of advanced-degree holders and a white-collar electorate that has trended competitive in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 64.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.0 points.
A population of 228,522, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,495 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and Mankato, MN.
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In 2024, Rochester, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 1.0 points (R+1.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 129,302 votes cast, 62,441 went Democratic and 63,723 went Republican.
When did Rochester, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rochester, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Rochester, MN, Minnesota?
Rochester, MN, Minnesota has a population of 228,522 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rochester, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Rochester, MN, Minnesota is $92,495 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Rochester, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rochester, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
