† 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
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupFargo-Wahpeton, ND-MNUnited States
German34.4%12.5%
Norwegian25.0%—
Irish7.3%9.4%
English5.2%9.5%
Swedish5.1%—
French2.9%1.6%
American2.4%5.3%
Polish2.2%2.2%
African American†2.2%9.9%
Liberian1.2%—
African1.1%0.5%
Somali0.3%—
Nigerian0.3%0.2%
Ghanaian0.2%—
Mexican2.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.8%
Asian Indian0.5%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Nepalese0.3%—
Chinese0.2%1.3%
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
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
United States
Median age
33.5
39.1
Age 18–24
14.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
United States
Median household income
$76,768
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.9%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
2.0%
Other languages
1.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
United States
Catholic
15.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
23.7%
5.2%
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.
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−36.2%
1896
−8.3%
1900
−25.0%
1904
−56.8%
1908
−21.1%
1912
+12.7%
1916
+1.1%
1920
−56.6%
1924
−47.0%
1928
−23.5%
1932
+25.0%
1936
+25.0%
1940
−0.5%
1944
−1.8%
1948
+3.1%
1952
−30.2%
1956
−19.4%
1960
−12.0%
1964
+15.7%
1968
−10.0%
1972
−17.4%
1976
−5.6%
1980
−19.6%
1984
−19.8%
1988
−6.5%
1992
−9.9%
1996
−1.8%
2000
−18.3%
2004
−17.5%
2008
+8.2%
2012
−1.3%
2016
−10.7%
2020
−3.8%
2024
−8.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.2%Harris59,884
53.0%Trump71,704
1.5%Oliver1,971 +7
R+8.7
R+5.0
R+7.3
135,339
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.0%71,704
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.2%59,884
Chase OliverLibertarian1.5%1,971
OtherAll other candidates0.9%1,221
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.3%347
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%117
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%35
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%29
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%25
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%6
R
46.5%Biden60,204
50.2%Trump65,062
3.3%
R+3.8
D+7.0
R+8.2
129,534
R
39.0%Clinton47,289
49.8%Trump60,255
11.2%
R+10.7
R+9.4
R+12.8
121,113
R
47.9%Obama54,376
49.2%Romney55,888
2.9%
R+1.3
R+9.5
R+5.2
113,576
D
53.2%Obama59,351
45.0%McCain50,230
1.9%
D+8.2
D+25.6
D+0.9
111,655
R
40.5%Kerry42,989
58.0%Bush61,551
1.6%
R+17.5
D+0.8
R+15.0
106,190
R
37.5%Gore35,115
55.8%Bush52,279
6.7%
R+18.3
R+16.5
R+18.8
93,673
R
44.3%Clinton36,378
46.1%Dole37,855
9.6%
R+1.8
D+8.1
R+10.3
82,079
R
35.9%Clinton31,732
45.8%Bush40,477
18.3%
R+9.9
R+3.4
R+15.5
88,405
R
46.4%Dukakis38,302
52.9%Bush43,682
0.7%
R+6.5
D+13.3
D+1.2
82,563
R
39.7%Mondale32,805
59.5%Reagan49,133
0.7%
R+19.8
R+0.2
R+1.6
82,536
R
33.5%Carter26,696
53.1%Reagan42,268
13.3%
R+19.6
R+14.0
R+9.8
79,572
R
46.0%Carter35,450
51.6%Ford39,773
2.3%
R+5.6
D+11.8
R+7.7
77,014
R
40.7%McGovern28,255
58.1%Nixon40,345
1.2%
R+17.4
R+7.4
D+5.7
69,423
R
42.8%Humphrey23,850
52.7%Nixon29,411
4.5%
R+10.0
R+25.7
R+9.3
55,763
D
57.8%Johnson33,111
42.1%Goldwater24,118
0.1%
D+15.7
D+27.7
R+6.9
57,300
R
44.0%Kennedy25,776
56.0%Nixon32,827
0.1%
R+12.0
D+7.4
R+12.2
58,640
R
40.3%Stevenson20,930
59.7%Eisenhower31,021
0.1%
R+19.4
D+10.8
R+4.0
51,997
R
34.7%Stevenson18,334
65.0%Eisenhower34,273
0.3%
R+30.2
R+33.3
R+19.5
52,764
D
50.5%Truman22,265
47.3%Dewey20,880
2.2%
D+3.1
D+5.0
R+1.3
44,116
R
48.8%Roosevelt20,631
50.7%Dewey21,400
0.5%
R+1.8
R+1.4
R+9.3
42,241
R
49.6%Roosevelt23,966
50.0%Willkie24,186
0.4%
R+0.5
R+25.5
R+10.4
48,362
D
58.1%Roosevelt24,902
33.1%Landon14,176
8.7%
D+25.0
±0.0
D+0.8
42,825
D
61.4%Roosevelt25,183
36.4%Hoover14,923
2.2%
D+25.0
D+48.5
D+7.2
41,003
R
38.0%Smith14,625
61.5%Hoover23,662
0.5%
R+23.5
D+23.5
R+6.0
38,496
R
8.9%Davis2,805
55.9%Coolidge17,564
35.2%
R+47.0
D+9.6
R+21.8
31,426
R
19.9%Cox6,052
76.5%Harding23,267
3.6%
R+56.6
R+57.7
R+30.4
30,410
D
48.8%Wilson7,599
47.7%Hughes7,429
3.6%
D+1.1
R+11.6
R+2.1
15,583
O
37.0%Wilson4,722
24.4%Taft3,108
38.6%
Roosevelt +1.6
D+33.7
R+6.9
12,751
R
37.5%Bryan5,241
58.6%Taft8,181
3.9%
R+21.1
D+35.7
R+11.5
13,961
R
18.8%Parker2,359
75.5%Roosevelt9,496
5.7%
R+56.8
R+31.7
R+37.1
12,573
R
35.7%Bryan4,863
60.8%McKinley8,267
3.5%
R+25.0
R+16.7
R+17.5
13,603
R
45.1%Bryan6,012
53.4%McKinley7,118
1.4%
R+8.3
D+27.9
R+2.2
13,322
R
10.4%Cleveland957
46.7%Harrison4,281
42.9%
R+36.2
—
R+37.9
9,174
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+482 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +19,845 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN in Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,329
2012
+1,872
2013
+3,223
2014
+2,004
2015
+1,980
2016
+1,549
2017
+964
2018
+396
2019
−600
2021
+3,116
2022
+1,759
2023
+1,680
2024
+91
2025
+482
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.7 points.
A population of 282,414, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,768 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI and Mankato-New Ulm, MN.
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How did Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 8.7 points (R+8.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 135,339 votes cast, 59,884 went Democratic and 71,704 went Republican.
When did Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota?
Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota has a population of 282,414 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota is $76,768 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
