† 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
GroupMinneapolisMinnesotaUnited States
German21.6%29.2%12.5%
Irish9.8%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian9.2%12.1%—
English7.3%6.6%9.5%
Swedish6.1%6.5%—
Polish3.4%3.7%2.2%
French2.5%1.8%1.6%
Italian2.2%—4.8%
African American†11.2%3.8%9.9%
Somali3.0%1.1%—
African1.3%0.5%0.5%
Ethiopian1.0%0.5%—
Liberian1.0%0.2%—
Nigerian0.6%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.4%0.2%—
Mexican5.7%3.9%11.3%
Ecuadorian0.9%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
Hmong1.4%1.7%—
Asian Indian1.4%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.8%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.2%——
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
Minneapolis
Minnesota
United States
Median age
33.4
39
39.1
Age 18–24
13.4%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.4%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Minneapolis
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$80,846
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.0%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
55.5%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Minneapolis
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
20.1%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.0%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.8%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.1%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
6.9%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Minneapolis
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.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+59.4%
2008
+64.4%
2012
+64.3%
2016
+68.1%
2020
+75.1%
2024
+73.3%
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
85.0%Harris185,585
11.7%Trump25,593
3.3%
D+73.3
R+1.8
D+74.8
218,273
D
86.4%Biden204,840
11.3%Trump26,792
2.3%
D+75.1
D+7.0
D+70.7
236,976
D
79.8%Clinton174,584
11.8%Trump25,693
8.4%
D+68.1
D+3.8
D+66.0
218,657
D
81.0%Obama172,612
16.7%Romney35,577
2.4%
D+64.3
R+0.1
D+60.4
213,208
D
81.1%Obama169,204
16.8%McCain34,958
2.1%
D+64.4
D+4.9
D+57.1
208,551
D
79.2%Kerry154,294
19.8%Bush38,515
1.0%
D+59.4
—
D+61.9
194,782
Minneapolis consistently ranks among the most left-leaning large cities in the Midwest, with renters outnumbering homeowners and a politically active University of Minnesota population anchoring high youth-voter registration rates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 73.3 points.
A population of 427,246, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,846 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Paul and Madison.
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, Minneapolis, Minnesota voted Democratic by 73.3 points (D+73.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 218,273 votes cast, 185,585 went Democratic and 25,593 went Republican.
How many people live in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
Minneapolis, Minnesota has a population of 427,246 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
Median household income in Minneapolis, Minnesota is $80,846 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Minneapolis, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
