Ramsey County, Minnesota: New American county. In 2024, voted D+43%. Republican peak: R+48 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 542,9452024 5-year
- Median household income
- $81,5682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Milwaukee County, WI · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ramsey CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ramsey 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 | −5.6% |
| 1896 | −18.0% |
| 1900 | −16.3% |
| 1904 | −47.7% |
| 1908 | −16.3% |
| 1912 | +25.7% |
| 1916 | +23.6% |
| 1920 | −27.8% |
| 1924 | −37.5% |
| 1928 | +3.4% |
| 1932 | +25.5% |
| 1936 | +42.6% |
| 1940 | +15.8% |
| 1944 | +19.2% |
| 1948 | +28.7% |
| 1952 | +10.3% |
| 1956 | +4.2% |
| 1960 | +16.6% |
| 1964 | +40.2% |
| 1968 | +29.9% |
| 1972 | +6.0% |
| 1976 | +20.7% |
| 1980 | +19.7% |
| 1984 | +19.2% |
| 1988 | +23.4% |
| 1992 | +24.9% |
| 1996 | +29.3% |
| 2000 | +20.8% |
| 2004 | +27.4% |
| 2008 | +33.9% |
| 2012 | +35.2% |
| 2016 | +39.1% |
| 2020 | +45.4% |
| 2024 | +43.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 195,165 | 75,282 | 278,020 | ||
| D | 211,620 | 77,376 | 295,977 | ||
| D | 177,738 | 70,894 | 273,143 | ||
| D | 184,938 | 86,800 | 278,822 | ||
| D | 182,974 | 88,942 | 277,386 | ||
| D | 171,846 | 97,096 | 272,577 | ||
| D | 138,470 | 87,669 | 244,278 | ||
| D | 133,878 | 66,954 | 228,213 | ||
| D | 130,932 | 68,206 | 251,915 | ||
| D | 143,767 | 88,736 | 234,896 | ||
| D | 141,623 | 95,667 | 239,443 | ||
| D | 124,774 | 78,860 | 232,744 | ||
| D | 133,682 | 86,480 | 228,067 | ||
| D | 108,392 | 95,716 | 209,951 | ||
| D | 122,568 | 64,068 | 195,656 | ||
| D | 133,948 | 56,898 | 191,592 | ||
| D | 108,464 | 77,408 | 186,527 | ||
| D | 87,784 | 80,701 | 169,039 | ||
| D | 93,783 | 76,093 | 171,370 | ||
| D | 88,528 | 48,142 | 140,887 | ||
| D | 78,759 | 53,052 | 133,744 | ||
| D | 78,990 | 57,093 | 138,165 | ||
| D | 86,286 | 30,553 | 130,728 | ||
| D | 66,128 | 38,589 | 107,980 | ||
| D | 56,807 | 53,054 | 110,910 | ||
| R | 8,407 | 39,566 | 83,019 | ||
| R | 21,110 | 40,204 | 68,587 | ||
| D | 22,291 | 13,317 | 37,961 | ||
| O | 12,431 | 4,109 | 32,350 | ||
| R | 11,613 | 16,556 | 30,300 | ||
| R | 5,860 | 18,269 | 26,018 | ||
| R | 10,931 | 15,384 | 27,345 | ||
| R | 12,048 | 17,522 | 30,387 | ||
| R | 11,307 | 12,817 | 26,926 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.1%
Irish
10.6%
English
6.2%
Polish
3.2%
Italian
2.7%
French
2.6%
American
2.1%
African American
9.8%
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: 36.1 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
$81,568
Ramsey County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Ramsey County$81,568
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Ramsey 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
12.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)11.1%
Seniors (65+)10.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.7%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander10.9%
Spanish5.6%
Other languages4.5%
Other Indo-European2.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ramsey County delivers some of Minnesota's most lopsided presidential margins, with dense urban precincts in St. Paul and inner-ring suburbs driving Democratic advantages that routinely exceed 40 points.
Ramsey County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-five points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved two 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 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $81,568, and a population of 542,945. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Milwaukee County and Denver County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ramsey County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ramsey County, Minnesota voted Democratic by 43.1 points (D+43), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 278,020 votes cast, 195,165 went Democratic and 75,282 went Republican.
What is Ramsey County, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Ramsey 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 26 times, Republican 7 times, and other 1 times.
When did Ramsey County, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Ramsey County, Minnesota voted Republican was 1924.
How many people live in Ramsey County, Minnesota?
Ramsey County, Minnesota has a population of 542,945 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ramsey County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Ramsey County, Minnesota is $81,568 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Ramsey County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.