Nobles County, Minnesota: New American county. In 2024, voted R+36%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,0412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,1012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 34.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Franklin County, IA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Nobles CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Nobles 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 | +11.4% |
| 1896 | −12.7% |
| 1900 | −20.5% |
| 1904 | −45.2% |
| 1908 | −20.1% |
| 1912 | +13.4% |
| 1916 | −4.7% |
| 1920 | −61.9% |
| 1924 | −39.3% |
| 1928 | −12.4% |
| 1932 | +28.2% |
| 1936 | +28.7% |
| 1940 | −13.1% |
| 1944 | −9.7% |
| 1948 | +22.5% |
| 1952 | −30.8% |
| 1956 | −12.6% |
| 1960 | −6.5% |
| 1964 | +29.3% |
| 1968 | +7.1% |
| 1972 | +4.9% |
| 1976 | +14.3% |
| 1980 | −0.0% |
| 1984 | −2.7% |
| 1988 | +6.4% |
| 1992 | +2.1% |
| 1996 | +3.7% |
| 2000 | −11.3% |
| 2004 | −13.7% |
| 2008 | −1.4% |
| 2012 | −9.2% |
| 2016 | −29.7% |
| 2020 | −30.6% |
| 2024 | −35.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,599 | 5,541 | 8,275 | ||
| R | 2,933 | 5,600 | 8,715 | ||
| R | 2,733 | 5,299 | 8,632 | ||
| R | 3,793 | 4,581 | 8,520 | ||
| R | 4,244 | 4,368 | 8,813 | ||
| R | 3,898 | 5,159 | 9,204 | ||
| R | 3,760 | 4,766 | 8,872 | ||
| D | 4,106 | 3,769 | 9,061 | ||
| D | 3,756 | 3,548 | 9,930 | ||
| D | 4,953 | 4,348 | 9,394 | ||
| R | 4,619 | 4,876 | 9,605 | ||
| R | 4,703 | 4,706 | 10,365 | ||
| D | 6,034 | 4,503 | 10,735 | ||
| D | 5,464 | 4,951 | 10,525 | ||
| D | 5,171 | 4,451 | 10,107 | ||
| D | 6,431 | 3,517 | 9,960 | ||
| R | 4,947 | 5,636 | 10,594 | ||
| R | 4,036 | 5,196 | 9,241 | ||
| R | 3,351 | 6,340 | 9,717 | ||
| D | 5,090 | 3,203 | 8,382 | ||
| R | 3,413 | 4,149 | 7,597 | ||
| R | 3,919 | 5,104 | 9,059 | ||
| D | 4,919 | 2,601 | 8,072 | ||
| D | 4,343 | 2,417 | 6,838 | ||
| R | 2,862 | 3,676 | 6,563 | ||
| O | 421 | 2,835 | 6,150 | ||
| R | 982 | 4,420 | 5,550 | ||
| R | 1,280 | 1,413 | 2,804 | ||
| O | 994 | 605 | 2,911 | ||
| R | 925 | 1,432 | 2,522 | ||
| R | 622 | 1,732 | 2,456 | ||
| R | 1,101 | 1,709 | 2,963 | ||
| R | 1,204 | 1,568 | 2,859 | ||
| D | 894 | 664 | 2,021 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.6%
Irish
3.9%
English
2.1%
American
2.1%
Polish
0.6%
French
0.6%
African American
4.2%
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: 35.7 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
$66,101
Nobles County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Nobles County$66,101
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Nobles County ranks near the middle 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
14.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.9%
Working age (18–64)12.7%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
65.4%
speak English only
Spanish26.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.9%
Other languages3.8%
Other Indo-European0.2%
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.
Nobles County anchors southwest Minnesota's livestock economy, with Worthington's large immigrant workforce creating a demographic tension that hasn't translated into Democratic margins — the county moved roughly 20 points toward Republicans between 2008 and 2024.
Nobles County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-nine points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,101, and a population of 22,041. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin County and Calhoun County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Nobles County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nobles County, Minnesota voted Republican by 35.6 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,275 votes cast, 2,599 went Democratic and 5,541 went Republican.
What is Nobles County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Nobles County, Minnesota in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 11 times, Republican 21 times, and other 2 times.
When did Nobles County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Nobles County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Nobles County, Minnesota?
Nobles County, Minnesota has a population of 22,041 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nobles County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Nobles County, Minnesota is $66,101 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Nobles County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Nobles County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.