Goodhue County, Minnesota: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+75 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 47,9432024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,1712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Le Sueur County, MN · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Goodhue CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Goodhue County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +33.0% |
| 1896 | −58.5% |
| 1900 | −60.5% |
| 1904 | −70.0% |
| 1908 | −55.7% |
| 1912 | +6.2% |
| 1916 | −28.2% |
| 1920 | −74.9% |
| 1924 | −53.7% |
| 1928 | −46.6% |
| 1932 | +14.8% |
| 1936 | +17.9% |
| 1940 | −16.7% |
| 1944 | −14.8% |
| 1948 | +4.3% |
| 1952 | −34.8% |
| 1956 | −30.6% |
| 1960 | −30.6% |
| 1964 | +16.0% |
| 1968 | −6.7% |
| 1972 | −28.1% |
| 1976 | −5.4% |
| 1980 | −3.8% |
| 1984 | −12.5% |
| 1988 | −0.1% |
| 1992 | +2.8% |
| 1996 | +13.0% |
| 2000 | −3.9% |
| 2004 | −4.0% |
| 2008 | −1.4% |
| 2012 | −3.0% |
| 2016 | −17.9% |
| 2020 | −14.8% |
| 2024 | −16.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,731 | 16,461 | 28,817 | ||
| R | 11,806 | 16,052 | 28,636 | ||
| R | 9,446 | 14,041 | 25,717 | ||
| R | 12,212 | 12,986 | 25,801 | ||
| R | 12,420 | 12,775 | 25,795 | ||
| R | 12,103 | 13,134 | 25,608 | ||
| R | 9,981 | 10,852 | 22,257 | ||
| D | 9,931 | 7,293 | 20,318 | ||
| D | 7,916 | 7,321 | 21,250 | ||
| R | 9,438 | 9,455 | 19,102 | ||
| R | 8,679 | 11,171 | 19,978 | ||
| R | 8,566 | 9,329 | 20,248 | ||
| R | 8,926 | 9,967 | 19,321 | ||
| R | 6,147 | 11,107 | 17,631 | ||
| R | 7,220 | 8,283 | 15,964 | ||
| D | 9,035 | 6,539 | 15,589 | ||
| R | 5,562 | 10,473 | 16,073 | ||
| R | 4,969 | 9,365 | 14,353 | ||
| R | 5,037 | 10,422 | 15,494 | ||
| D | 7,313 | 6,704 | 14,222 | ||
| R | 5,791 | 7,820 | 13,679 | ||
| R | 6,475 | 9,095 | 15,656 | ||
| D | 8,257 | 5,682 | 14,361 | ||
| D | 7,450 | 5,486 | 13,310 | ||
| R | 3,520 | 9,752 | 13,372 | ||
| R | 615 | 6,849 | 11,599 | ||
| R | 1,118 | 9,330 | 10,968 | ||
| R | 1,875 | 3,471 | 5,654 | ||
| O | 1,405 | 1,051 | 5,739 | ||
| R | 1,147 | 4,482 | 5,985 | ||
| R | 735 | 4,562 | 5,468 | ||
| R | 1,125 | 4,894 | 6,231 | ||
| R | 1,426 | 5,748 | 7,382 | ||
| D | 3,574 | 1,659 | 5,802 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.1%
Irish
11.1%
English
6.1%
American
3.6%
Polish
2.4%
French
2.1%
Italian
1.6%
African American
1.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$84,171
Goodhue County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Goodhue County$84,171
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Goodhue County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)9.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Goodhue County lines the Mississippi bluffs southeast of the Twin Cities, and its mix of small manufacturing towns and agricultural land has tracked a steady rightward shift over the past four presidential elections, reaching R+16.4 in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-five points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixteen points.
A population of 47,943, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,171 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Le Sueur County and Wabasha County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Goodhue County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Goodhue County, Minnesota voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 28,817 votes cast, 11,731 went Democratic and 16,461 went Republican.
What is Goodhue County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Goodhue County, Minnesota in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 26 times, and other 1 times.
When did Goodhue County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Goodhue County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Goodhue County, Minnesota?
Goodhue County, Minnesota has a population of 47,943 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Goodhue County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Goodhue County, Minnesota is $84,171 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Goodhue County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Goodhue County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.