† 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
GroupHugoMinnesotaUnited States
German34.3%29.2%12.5%
Irish13.9%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian11.5%12.1%—
Swedish8.7%6.5%—
English8.1%6.6%9.5%
Polish4.7%3.7%2.2%
Italian4.2%—4.8%
French4.0%1.8%1.6%
Mexican1.7%3.9%11.3%
African American†1.9%3.8%9.9%
Ethiopian0.7%0.5%—
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%0.2%0.2%
Somali0.4%1.1%—
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Hmong2.2%1.7%—
Asian Indian0.6%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%——
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
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
Hugo
Minnesota
United States
Median age
40.1
39
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hugo
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$116,228
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
2.8%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.5%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hugo
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.6%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.9%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
1.4%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hugo
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.
Hugo, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−19.2%
2008
−11.6%
2012
−16.5%
2016
−17.2%
2020
−9.5%
2024
−9.6%
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
44.3%Harris4,759
53.9%Trump5,787
1.8%
R+9.6
R+0.1
R+8.1
10,744
R
44.3%Biden4,400
53.8%Trump5,343
2.0%
R+9.5
D+7.7
R+13.9
9,937
R
37.0%Clinton3,082
54.2%Trump4,517
8.8%
R+17.2
R+0.7
R+19.3
8,328
R
40.8%Obama3,286
57.3%Romney4,618
2.0%
R+16.5
R+4.9
R+20.4
8,062
R
43.4%Obama3,187
55.0%McCain4,040
1.7%
R+11.6
D+7.6
R+18.9
7,349
R
39.7%Kerry2,786
58.8%Bush4,131
1.5%
R+19.2
—
R+16.7
7,020
Hugo has roughly doubled in population since 2000, pushing it into a competitive zone where Twin Cities commuter demographics meet traditional rural-leaning Washington County voting patterns, producing margins that have tightened in each recent election cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 19.2 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 9.6 points.
A population of 16,340, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $116,228 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rogers and Forest Lake.
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, Hugo, Minnesota voted Republican by 9.6 points (R+9.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,744 votes cast, 4,759 went Democratic and 5,787 went Republican.
How many people live in Hugo, Minnesota?
Hugo, Minnesota has a population of 16,340 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hugo, Minnesota?
Median household income in Hugo, Minnesota is $116,228 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Hugo, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hugo, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
