A small German-heritage city where rural Catholic identity shapes the ballot
New Ulm anchors Brown County, one of Minnesota's most reliably conservative enclaves, where German Lutheran and Catholic settlement patterns dating to the 1850s still correlate with voting margins that routinely diverge from statewide trends.
| Group | New Ulm, MN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 94.5% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(9) | 3.5% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 0.8% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.6% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(5) | 0.3% | 12.2% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(2) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: +20.5pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Catholic-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Democratic-leaning urban and suburban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.7% | 51.7% | — | — | |
| 23.6% | 26.8% | — | — | |
| 18.2% | 20.7% | — | — | |
| 0.7% | 0.8% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 11.8% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the New Ulm, MN metro area? 103,919 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 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+35.0 | R+15.9 | 19.1pp |