† 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
GroupFairmontMinnesotaUnited States
German41.5%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian11.1%12.1%—
Irish7.8%9.9%9.4%
American7.0%2.3%5.3%
English6.8%6.6%9.5%
Swedish4.6%6.5%—
Polish4.0%3.7%2.2%
Danish1.9%——
Mexican4.0%3.9%11.3%
Guatemalan2.8%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
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
Fairmont
Minnesota
United States
Median age
46.6
39
39.1
Age 18–24
5.8%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.2%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fairmont
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$53,084
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.3%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.7%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fairmont
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
4.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fairmont
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.
Fairmont, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−12.8%
2008
−12.3%
2012
−19.3%
2016
−34.1%
2020
−27.9%
2024
−28.4%
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
R
34.9%Harris1,781
63.3%Trump3,233
1.9%
R+28.4
R+0.5
R+26.9
5,110
R
35.1%Biden1,848
63.0%Trump3,315
1.9%
R+27.9
D+6.2
R+32.3
5,261
R
29.2%Clinton1,470
63.3%Trump3,182
7.5%
R+34.1
R+14.8
R+36.1
5,027
R
39.2%Obama2,093
58.5%Romney3,124
2.3%
R+19.3
R+7.0
R+23.2
5,342
R
42.6%Obama2,220
54.9%McCain2,864
2.5%
R+12.3
D+0.4
R+19.6
5,217
R
43.4%Kerry2,334
56.2%Bush3,020
0.4%
R+12.8
—
R+10.3
5,373
Fairmont sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.4 points.
A population of 10,296, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,084 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hutchinson and Redwood Falls.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fairmont, Minnesota voted Republican by 28.4 points (R+28.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,110 votes cast, 1,781 went Democratic and 3,233 went Republican.
How many people live in Fairmont, Minnesota?
Fairmont, Minnesota has a population of 10,296 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fairmont, Minnesota?
Median household income in Fairmont, Minnesota is $53,084 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Fairmont, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fairmont, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
