† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupChisholmMinnesotaUnited States
German23.1%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian12.7%12.1%—
Finnish10.5%——
Swedish10.2%6.5%—
Irish9.5%9.9%9.4%
English7.4%6.6%9.5%
Polish5.2%3.7%2.2%
Italian4.5%—4.8%
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
Chisholm
Minnesota
United States
Median age
46.6
39
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.9%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chisholm
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$50,891
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.6%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chisholm
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
12.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chisholm
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
51.5%
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.
Chisholm, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+41.6%
2008
+41.1%
2012
+41.4%
2016
+8.5%
2020
+9.7%
2024
+2.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
50.0%Harris1,200
47.8%Trump1,148
2.2%
D+2.2
R+7.5
D+3.6
2,401
D
53.5%Biden1,299
43.8%Trump1,064
2.8%
D+9.7
D+1.1
D+5.2
2,430
D
50.0%Clinton1,161
41.5%Trump963
8.5%
D+8.5
R+32.8
D+6.4
2,321
D
69.3%Obama1,705
28.0%Romney688
2.7%
D+41.4
D+0.3
D+37.5
2,459
D
69.3%Obama1,796
28.2%McCain731
2.5%
D+41.1
R+0.5
D+33.8
2,593
D
70.7%Kerry1,801
29.1%Bush741
0.2%
D+41.6
—
D+44.1
2,547
Chisholm sits in Minnesota's Iron Range, a historically DFL-dominant mining corridor where working-class identity and organized labor have defined voting patterns for decades, even as margins have tightened in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.2 points.
A population of 4,712, a 98% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,891 describe the city.
In 2024, Chisholm, Minnesota voted Democratic by 2.2 points (D+2.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,401 votes cast, 1,200 went Democratic and 1,148 went Republican.
How many people live in Chisholm, Minnesota?
Chisholm, Minnesota has a population of 4,712 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chisholm, Minnesota?
Median household income in Chisholm, Minnesota is $50,891 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Chisholm, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chisholm, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
