† 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
6 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
GroupRochester-Austin-Winona, MNMinnesotaUnited States
German32.6%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian14.1%12.1%—
Irish9.9%9.9%9.4%
English7.1%6.6%9.5%
American4.5%2.3%5.3%
Swedish3.2%6.5%—
Polish3.1%3.7%2.2%
Italian1.0%—4.8%
Mexican3.9%3.9%11.3%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
African American†2.6%3.8%9.9%
Somali0.7%1.1%—
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Sudanese0.4%——
Ethiopian0.3%0.5%—
Liberian0.2%0.2%—
Chinese0.7%0.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.7%0.8%1.4%
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Cambodian0.5%——
Burmese0.4%0.2%—
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Hmong0.2%1.7%—
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
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median age
38.6
39
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$86,638
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.0%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.0%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.4%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.9%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.7%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
1.6%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
17.8%
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.9%
50.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
18.4%
13.5%
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.
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.2%
1896
−25.6%
1900
−25.9%
1904
−45.7%
1908
−23.9%
1912
+13.2%
1916
−14.0%
1920
−60.5%
1924
−46.1%
1928
−27.3%
1932
+18.7%
1936
+19.2%
1940
−13.6%
1944
−14.0%
1948
+8.0%
1952
−31.1%
1956
−23.1%
1960
−14.4%
1964
+20.4%
1968
−3.8%
1972
−24.7%
1976
−5.5%
1980
−10.3%
1984
−12.9%
1988
−5.4%
1992
+1.4%
1996
+8.8%
2000
−1.5%
2004
+0.2%
2008
+7.7%
2012
+5.9%
2016
−6.7%
2020
−0.6%
2024
−2.6%
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
47.5%Harris83,682
50.2%Trump88,308
0.9%Kennedy1,508 +7
R+2.6
R+2.0
R+1.2
176,068
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.2%88,308
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic47.5%83,682
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.9%1,508
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%788
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%744
OtherAll other candidates0.4%633
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%158
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%124
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%103
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%20
R
48.5%Biden85,049
49.1%Trump86,181
2.4%
R+0.6
D+6.0
R+5.1
175,354
R
41.9%Clinton65,911
48.5%Trump76,400
9.6%
R+6.7
R+12.6
R+8.8
157,459
D
51.6%Obama81,062
45.7%Romney71,734
2.7%
D+5.9
R+1.7
D+2.1
157,069
D
52.7%Obama82,654
45.0%McCain70,648
2.3%
D+7.7
D+7.5
D+0.4
156,933
D
49.4%Kerry75,340
49.2%Bush75,055
1.5%
D+0.2
D+1.6
D+2.6
152,620
R
46.3%Gore60,496
47.8%Bush62,391
5.9%
R+1.5
R+10.2
R+2.0
130,594
D
47.2%Clinton56,030
38.5%Dole45,615
14.3%
D+8.8
D+7.4
D+0.3
118,592
D
37.6%Clinton49,014
36.2%Bush47,165
26.2%
D+1.4
D+6.8
R+4.1
130,237
R
46.8%Dukakis53,107
52.2%Bush59,197
1.0%
R+5.4
D+7.6
D+2.4
113,414
R
43.2%Mondale49,419
56.1%Reagan64,233
0.7%
R+12.9
R+2.6
D+5.3
114,509
R
40.0%Carter44,755
50.2%Reagan56,282
9.8%
R+10.3
R+4.8
R+0.6
112,004
R
46.1%Carter50,505
51.6%Ford56,543
2.3%
R+5.5
D+19.2
R+7.6
109,622
R
36.6%McGovern36,276
61.3%Nixon60,773
2.2%
R+24.7
R+20.9
R+1.5
99,187
R
46.1%Humphrey42,873
49.9%Nixon46,428
3.9%
R+3.8
R+24.2
R+3.1
92,971
D
60.1%Johnson54,483
39.7%Goldwater35,985
0.2%
D+20.4
D+34.8
R+2.2
90,635
R
42.7%Kennedy39,087
57.1%Nixon52,233
0.2%
R+14.4
D+8.7
R+14.5
91,497
R
38.3%Stevenson29,981
61.3%Eisenhower48,039
0.4%
R+23.1
D+8.0
R+7.7
78,328
R
34.2%Stevenson27,727
65.3%Eisenhower52,910
0.5%
R+31.1
R+39.1
R+20.3
81,027
D
53.5%Truman37,571
45.5%Dewey31,948
1.1%
D+8.0
D+22.0
D+3.5
70,272
R
42.8%Roosevelt27,662
56.8%Dewey36,693
0.4%
R+14.0
R+0.4
R+21.5
64,630
R
43.0%Roosevelt32,406
56.6%Willkie42,616
0.4%
R+13.6
R+32.7
R+23.5
75,312
D
56.8%Roosevelt38,152
37.6%Landon25,267
5.6%
D+19.2
D+0.5
R+5.1
67,196
D
58.4%Roosevelt34,447
39.7%Hoover23,437
1.8%
D+18.7
D+45.9
D+0.9
58,975
R
36.1%Smith21,217
63.4%Hoover37,234
0.5%
R+27.3
D+18.8
R+9.8
58,750
R
7.4%Davis3,851
53.5%Coolidge27,693
39.0%
R+46.1
D+14.4
R+20.9
51,722
R
17.8%Cox8,403
78.3%Harding36,991
3.9%
R+60.5
R+46.5
R+34.3
47,238
R
40.8%Wilson10,062
54.8%Hughes13,529
4.5%
R+14.0
R+27.2
R+17.2
24,692
O
35.9%Wilson8,729
22.7%Taft5,519
41.4%
Roosevelt +5.5
D+37.1
R+6.3
24,320
R
35.8%Bryan8,983
59.7%Taft14,978
4.5%
R+23.9
D+21.8
R+14.3
25,086
R
24.6%Parker5,711
70.3%Roosevelt16,304
5.1%
R+45.7
R+19.7
R+26.0
23,198
R
34.9%Bryan9,558
60.8%McKinley16,665
4.3%
R+25.9
R+0.4
R+18.4
27,401
R
35.7%Bryan11,156
61.3%McKinley19,140
2.9%
R+25.6
R+16.4
R+19.5
31,211
R
40.1%Cleveland10,598
49.3%Harrison13,036
10.7%
R+9.2
—
R+10.9
26,461
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
52.9%91,251
44.0%75,901
172,653
2020
D
46.3%79,239
45.9%78,447
171,013
2018
D
56.3%76,622
40.2%54,717
136,197
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
187,367
2018
182,512
2020
201,155
2022
197,032
2024
210,777
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+55 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −7,762 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−890
2012
−1,082
2013
−291
2014
−1,546
2015
−1,531
2016
−64
2017
−167
2018
+313
2019
−144
2021
−294
2022
−1,262
2023
−650
2024
−209
2025
+55
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.6 points.
A population of 318,644, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,638 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI and Mankato-New Ulm, MN.
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Political twins — combined metros
The combined metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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How did Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 2.6 points (R+2.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 176,068 votes cast, 83,682 went Democratic and 88,308 went Republican.
When did Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota?
Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota has a population of 318,644 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota is $86,638 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
