† 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
21 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
GroupMinneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WIUnited States
German27.9%12.5%
Irish10.6%9.4%
Norwegian10.4%—
English6.9%9.5%
Swedish6.5%—
Polish3.9%2.2%
French2.0%1.6%
American1.8%5.3%
African American†4.8%9.9%
Somali1.4%—
Ethiopian0.7%—
African0.7%0.5%
Liberian0.3%—
Nigerian0.3%0.2%
Kenyan0.2%—
Mexican4.1%11.3%
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.3%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.4%
Hmong2.4%—
Asian Indian1.0%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Burmese0.3%—
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
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
United States
Median age
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
United States
Median household income
$98,232
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.6%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.0%
1.1%
Other languages
3.2%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
United States
Catholic
20.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.8%
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.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−3.4%
1896
−17.7%
1900
−23.5%
1904
−51.5%
1908
−22.7%
1912
+12.5%
1916
+6.2%
1920
−47.2%
1924
−44.5%
1928
−11.7%
1932
+21.8%
1936
+27.7%
1940
+1.3%
1944
+5.5%
1948
+15.3%
1952
−7.8%
1956
−8.9%
1960
+2.6%
1964
+27.7%
1968
+15.3%
1972
−4.2%
1976
+13.2%
1980
+8.0%
1984
+1.9%
1988
+8.5%
1992
+13.4%
1996
+18.2%
2000
+5.0%
2004
+5.4%
2008
+12.0%
2012
+9.9%
2016
+9.3%
2020
+15.8%
2024
+13.1%
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
D
55.3%Harris1,294,776
42.2%Trump988,037
0.7%Kennedy15,972 +9
D+13.1
R+2.7
D+14.6
2,342,263
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic55.3%1,294,776
Donald J TrumpRepublican42.2%988,037
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.7%15,972
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%13,966
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%11,711
OtherAll other candidates0.4%10,044
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%2,679
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%2,602
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%1,966
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%344
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%142
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%24
D
56.7%Biden1,342,468
40.9%Trump969,376
2.4%
D+15.8
D+6.5
D+11.3
2,368,301
D
50.3%Clinton1,059,308
41.0%Trump864,030
8.7%
D+9.3
R+0.7
D+7.2
2,107,511
D
53.8%Obama1,127,726
43.9%Romney919,422
2.3%
D+9.9
R+2.1
D+6.1
2,095,807
D
55.0%Obama1,129,668
43.0%McCain882,388
2.0%
D+12.0
D+6.6
D+4.8
2,052,517
D
52.1%Kerry1,026,948
46.7%Bush920,246
1.2%
D+5.4
D+0.5
D+7.9
1,971,151
D
49.2%Gore821,648
44.2%Bush738,925
6.6%
D+5.0
R+13.3
D+4.4
1,670,554
D
52.3%Clinton767,276
34.1%Dole499,931
13.7%
D+18.2
D+4.9
D+9.7
1,467,956
D
44.4%Clinton697,943
31.0%Bush487,959
24.5%
D+13.4
D+4.9
D+7.8
1,571,705
D
53.7%Dukakis739,140
45.3%Bush622,354
1.0%
D+8.5
D+6.6
D+16.2
1,375,364
D
50.6%Mondale670,691
48.7%Reagan645,443
0.7%
D+1.9
R+6.1
D+20.1
1,324,956
D
47.9%Carter607,442
39.8%Reagan505,370
12.3%
D+8.0
R+5.1
D+17.8
1,268,668
D
55.0%Carter653,781
41.8%Ford497,215
3.2%
D+13.2
D+17.4
D+11.1
1,188,939
R
46.6%McGovern486,545
50.8%Nixon530,473
2.5%
R+4.2
R+19.5
D+18.9
1,043,251
D
55.3%Humphrey513,915
40.1%Nixon372,248
4.6%
D+15.3
R+12.4
D+16.0
928,613
D
63.7%Johnson565,953
36.0%Goldwater320,223
0.3%
D+27.7
D+25.0
D+5.1
888,528
D
51.2%Kennedy436,687
48.6%Nixon414,216
0.3%
D+2.6
D+11.5
D+2.5
853,066
R
45.4%Stevenson330,372
54.3%Eisenhower395,103
0.2%
R+8.9
R+1.1
D+6.5
727,021
R
45.9%Stevenson336,362
53.7%Eisenhower393,581
0.5%
R+7.8
R+23.1
D+3.0
733,588
D
56.3%Truman348,352
41.0%Dewey253,841
2.7%
D+15.3
D+9.7
D+10.8
618,981
D
52.4%Roosevelt302,443
46.8%Dewey270,518
0.8%
D+5.5
D+4.2
R+2.0
577,663
D
50.2%Roosevelt306,187
48.9%Willkie298,336
0.9%
D+1.3
R+26.4
R+8.7
610,015
D
58.8%Roosevelt328,025
31.1%Landon173,603
10.1%
D+27.7
D+5.9
D+3.4
558,249
D
59.5%Roosevelt294,872
37.7%Hoover186,904
2.9%
D+21.8
D+33.5
D+4.0
495,964
R
43.7%Smith213,733
55.4%Hoover270,890
0.9%
R+11.7
D+32.8
D+5.8
489,033
R
7.9%Davis30,928
52.4%Coolidge204,904
39.7%
R+44.5
D+2.7
R+19.3
391,121
R
21.1%Cox71,239
68.3%Harding230,278
10.6%
R+47.2
R+53.4
R+21.0
337,248
D
50.3%Wilson88,926
44.1%Hughes77,976
5.6%
D+6.2
R+6.3
D+3.0
176,836
O
34.7%Wilson50,403
22.2%Taft32,247
43.2%
Roosevelt +8.5
D+35.2
R+7.1
145,436
R
35.5%Bryan51,603
58.3%Taft84,589
6.2%
R+22.7
D+28.8
R+13.2
145,200
R
20.5%Parker26,897
72.0%Roosevelt94,378
7.5%
R+51.5
R+27.9
R+31.8
131,072
R
36.4%Bryan50,920
59.9%McKinley83,884
3.8%
R+23.5
R+5.8
R+16.0
140,066
R
39.9%Bryan62,544
57.6%McKinley90,274
2.5%
R+17.7
R+14.3
R+11.6
156,736
R
42.7%Cleveland56,455
46.1%Harrison60,983
11.2%
R+3.4
—
R+5.1
132,190
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+6,989 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −34,129 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,513
2012
−2,559
2013
+1,973
2014
−1,382
2015
−7,145
2016
−681
2017
+7,842
2018
+7,007
2019
+3,014
2021
−17,682
2022
−19,803
2023
−10,155
2024
−34
2025
+6,989
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 51.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.1 points.
A population of 4,106,223, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,232 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seattle-Tacoma, WA and Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI.
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How did Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota voted Democratic by 13.1 points (D+13.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,342,263 votes cast, 1,294,776 went Democratic and 988,037 went Republican.
When did Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota has a population of 4,106,223 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota is $98,232 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
