A mid-sized manufacturing hub where margins stay razor-thin
Hutchinson anchors a McLeod County economy built on food processing and light manufacturing, and its outer-ring blue-collar demographics produce closely contested results in cycles that trend statewide.
| Group | Hutchinson, MN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 91.9% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 5.5% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.3% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.7% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(7) | 0.3% | 12.2% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(2) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(2) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -18.4pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.1% | 50.3% | — | — | |
| 25.4% | 36.4% | — | — | |
| 8.0% | 11.4% | — | — | |
| 1.3% | 1.8% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.9% | 1.3% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 30.2% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Hutchinson, MN metro area? 144,501 residents across 4 counties.
18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 15pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+37.8 | R+18.1 | 19.8pp |