Hennepin County, Minnesota: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted D+42%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+42MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,269,4962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $97,6532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fulton County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hennepin CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hennepin County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +10.1% |
| 1896 | −13.0% |
| 1900 | −28.8% |
| 1904 | −60.3% |
| 1908 | −24.6% |
| 1912 | +2.4% |
| 1916 | +12.3% |
| 1920 | −44.0% |
| 1924 | −52.7% |
| 1928 | −21.4% |
| 1932 | +12.9% |
| 1936 | +25.7% |
| 1940 | +8.2% |
| 1944 | +12.0% |
| 1948 | +10.9% |
| 1952 | −7.4% |
| 1956 | −10.2% |
| 1960 | −2.8% |
| 1964 | +21.7% |
| 1968 | +12.3% |
| 1972 | −5.2% |
| 1976 | +9.4% |
| 1980 | +8.8% |
| 1984 | +3.5% |
| 1988 | +9.8% |
| 1992 | +16.9% |
| 1996 | +21.2% |
| 2000 | +14.3% |
| 2004 | +19.9% |
| 2008 | +28.6% |
| 2012 | +27.0% |
| 2016 | +34.9% |
| 2020 | +43.2% |
| 2024 | +42.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 502,710 | 197,241 | 720,166 | ||
| D | 532,623 | 205,973 | 755,969 | ||
| D | 429,288 | 191,770 | 679,977 | ||
| D | 423,982 | 240,073 | 680,065 | ||
| D | 420,958 | 231,054 | 663,780 | ||
| D | 383,841 | 255,133 | 646,981 | ||
| D | 307,599 | 225,657 | 573,846 | ||
| D | 285,126 | 173,887 | 524,306 | ||
| D | 278,648 | 179,581 | 586,619 | ||
| D | 292,909 | 240,209 | 538,562 | ||
| D | 272,401 | 253,921 | 529,234 | ||
| D | 239,592 | 194,898 | 505,372 | ||
| D | 257,380 | 211,892 | 483,378 | ||
| R | 205,943 | 228,951 | 443,358 | ||
| D | 220,078 | 170,002 | 407,024 | ||
| D | 241,020 | 154,736 | 396,727 | ||
| R | 188,250 | 198,992 | 388,181 | ||
| R | 149,341 | 183,248 | 333,112 | ||
| R | 155,388 | 180,338 | 337,141 | ||
| D | 151,920 | 121,169 | 282,234 | ||
| D | 148,792 | 116,781 | 267,320 | ||
| D | 145,168 | 122,960 | 270,358 | ||
| D | 144,289 | 81,206 | 245,480 | ||
| D | 119,234 | 91,087 | 217,566 | ||
| R | 80,851 | 125,472 | 208,447 | ||
| R | 10,806 | 101,120 | 171,327 | ||
| R | 28,911 | 90,517 | 140,169 | ||
| D | 36,395 | 27,957 | 68,556 | ||
| O | 15,530 | 14,379 | 48,505 | ||
| R | 16,169 | 27,787 | 47,313 | ||
| R | 5,708 | 31,437 | 42,648 | ||
| R | 14,498 | 26,902 | 43,095 | ||
| R | 20,515 | 26,786 | 48,288 | ||
| D | 20,603 | 16,448 | 41,260 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.4%
Irish
10.6%
English
7.9%
Polish
3.7%
French
2.7%
Italian
2.4%
American
2.2%
African American
10.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 37.6 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
$97,653
Hennepin County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Hennepin County$97,653
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Hennepin County ranks in the top 5% 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
10.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.9%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
81.8%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Other languages4.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.7%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Minneapolis and its inner suburbs, Hennepin delivers margins that routinely offset competitive swings elsewhere in the state—its 2024 gap of D+42.4 points made it the single largest contributor to Minnesota's statewide Democratic tilt.
The Democratic margin here reached forty-three points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-two points.
A population of 1,269,496, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,653 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fulton County and Alexandria city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hennepin County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hennepin County, Minnesota voted Democratic by 42.4 points (D+42), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 720,166 votes cast, 502,710 went Democratic and 197,241 went Republican.
What is Hennepin County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Hennepin County, Minnesota in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. 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 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Hennepin County, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Hennepin County, Minnesota voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Hennepin County, Minnesota?
Hennepin County, Minnesota has a population of 1,269,496 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hennepin County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Hennepin County, Minnesota is $97,653 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Hennepin County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.