† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 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
GroupSt. Cloud, MNMinnesotaUnited States
German38.4%29.2%12.5%
Irish7.8%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian7.5%12.1%—
Polish6.3%3.7%2.2%
Swedish4.4%6.5%—
English4.1%6.6%9.5%
American2.6%2.3%5.3%
French2.0%1.8%1.6%
African American†4.9%3.8%9.9%
Somali1.7%1.1%—
African1.0%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Sudanese0.2%——
Mexican2.8%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Hmong0.3%1.7%—
Asian Indian0.2%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
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
St. Cloud, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median age
35.3
39
39.1
Age 18–24
13.1%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.6%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
St. Cloud, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$76,520
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.3%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
St. Cloud, MN
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.7%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
4.2%
13.6%
Other languages
4.5%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
St. Cloud, MN
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
32.4%
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.8%
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
47.2%
50.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.7%
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.
St. Cloud, MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+35.1%
1896
+22.1%
1900
+19.7%
1904
−13.6%
1908
+11.5%
1912
+27.3%
1916
−10.4%
1920
−73.7%
1924
−29.1%
1928
+36.1%
1932
+57.6%
1936
+31.1%
1940
−23.6%
1944
−19.7%
1948
+20.3%
1952
−27.8%
1956
−25.4%
1960
+15.8%
1964
+19.9%
1968
+2.7%
1972
−0.0%
1976
+12.9%
1980
−5.2%
1984
−17.6%
1988
−6.1%
1992
−1.3%
1996
+5.8%
2000
−12.0%
2004
−11.8%
2008
−7.5%
2012
−12.4%
2016
−29.4%
2020
−24.4%
2024
−28.6%
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
34.6%Harris37,913
63.2%Trump69,192
0.8%Kennedy900 +7
R+28.6
R+4.1
R+27.1
109,455
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican63.2%69,192
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic34.6%37,913
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.8%900
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%456
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%429
OtherAll other candidates0.3%331
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%86
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%77
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%55
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%16
R
36.6%Biden39,159
61.0%Trump65,341
2.4%
R+24.4
D+4.9
R+28.9
107,095
R
31.3%Clinton31,216
60.7%Trump60,489
8.0%
R+29.4
R+17.0
R+31.5
99,650
R
42.5%Obama41,724
54.9%Romney53,864
2.6%
R+12.4
R+4.8
R+16.2
98,096
R
45.0%Obama44,144
52.5%McCain51,532
2.5%
R+7.5
D+4.2
R+14.8
98,095
R
43.3%Kerry40,718
55.1%Bush51,769
1.6%
R+11.8
D+0.2
R+9.3
93,961
R
39.8%Gore30,809
51.8%Bush40,065
8.4%
R+12.0
R+17.7
R+12.5
77,384
D
44.3%Clinton30,244
38.5%Dole26,309
17.2%
D+5.8
D+7.0
R+2.8
68,278
R
36.1%Clinton26,607
37.4%Bush27,555
26.5%
R+1.3
D+4.8
R+6.8
73,711
R
46.2%Dukakis29,659
52.4%Bush33,589
1.4%
R+6.1
D+11.5
D+1.6
64,133
R
40.7%Mondale25,866
58.3%Reagan37,046
1.0%
R+17.6
R+12.4
D+0.6
63,528
R
42.9%Carter27,134
48.0%Reagan30,401
9.1%
R+5.2
R+18.1
D+4.6
63,304
D
53.2%Carter31,262
40.3%Ford23,673
6.6%
D+12.9
D+12.9
D+10.8
58,786
R
46.4%McGovern23,597
46.4%Nixon23,603
7.1%
R+0.01
R+2.7
D+23.1
50,826
D
48.1%Humphrey20,012
45.4%Nixon18,892
6.5%
D+2.7
R+17.3
D+3.4
41,596
D
59.8%Johnson23,742
39.9%Goldwater15,827
0.3%
D+19.9
D+4.1
R+2.6
39,686
D
57.9%Kennedy23,201
42.0%Nixon16,846
0.1%
D+15.8
D+41.3
D+15.7
40,096
R
37.2%Stevenson12,438
62.6%Eisenhower20,955
0.2%
R+25.4
D+2.3
R+10.0
33,473
R
36.0%Stevenson12,494
63.8%Eisenhower22,123
0.2%
R+27.8
R+48.1
R+17.0
34,689
D
59.6%Truman18,893
39.2%Dewey12,450
1.2%
D+20.3
D+40.0
D+15.8
31,721
R
40.0%Roosevelt10,905
59.7%Dewey16,286
0.4%
R+19.7
D+3.9
R+27.2
27,293
R
38.0%Roosevelt12,047
61.6%Willkie19,518
0.4%
R+23.6
R+54.7
R+33.5
31,695
D
55.9%Roosevelt15,871
24.8%Landon7,045
19.3%
D+31.1
R+26.5
D+6.8
28,393
D
78.1%Roosevelt22,194
20.5%Hoover5,828
1.3%
D+57.6
D+21.6
D+39.8
28,400
D
67.9%Smith18,836
31.8%Hoover8,832
0.3%
D+36.1
D+65.2
D+53.5
27,741
O
9.1%Davis1,926
38.2%Coolidge8,098
52.7%
La Follette +14.5
D+44.6
R+3.9
21,202
R
11.2%Cox2,170
84.9%Harding16,486
3.9%
R+73.7
R+63.4
R+47.5
19,418
R
43.0%Wilson4,295
53.3%Hughes5,332
3.7%
R+10.4
R+37.6
R+13.5
9,999
D
46.4%Wilson3,879
19.2%Taft1,602
34.4%
D+27.3
D+15.8
D+7.7
8,354
D
53.5%Bryan4,600
42.1%Taft3,615
4.4%
D+11.5
D+25.1
D+21.0
8,595
R
41.7%Parker3,058
55.3%Roosevelt4,054
2.9%
R+13.6
R+33.3
D+6.1
7,325
D
58.3%Bryan4,995
38.6%McKinley3,309
3.1%
D+19.7
R+2.4
D+27.2
8,566
D
60.0%Bryan5,778
37.9%McKinley3,651
2.1%
D+22.1
R+13.0
D+28.2
9,636
D
59.1%Cleveland5,038
24.1%Harrison2,050
16.8%
D+35.1
—
D+33.4
8,521
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
42.1%45,022
54.5%58,273
106,851
2020
R
35.0%36,766
57.0%59,995
105,173
2018
R
47.6%39,101
48.8%40,111
82,205
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in St. Cloud, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
117,927
2018
114,747
2020
123,904
2022
122,482
2024
131,388
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−524 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −5,779 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in St. Cloud, MN in St. Cloud, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−648
2012
−975
2013
−627
2014
−399
2015
+178
2016
−688
2017
−236
2018
−75
2019
−4
2021
−298
2022
−807
2023
−349
2024
−327
2025
−524
St. Cloud's Stearns County core has shifted from competitive territory to heavily Republican margins over roughly 15 years, a trajectory driven partly by demographic change and the region's large Somali-American resettlement population reshaping local political debate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 73.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 202,458, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,520 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manitowoc, WI and Owatonna, MN.
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In 2024, St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+28.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 109,455 votes cast, 37,913 went Democratic and 69,192 went Republican.
When did St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota?
St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota has a population of 202,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota is $76,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
