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1876–2024
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI·Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has voted Democratic in thirteen straight presidential elections — D+17 in 2024.

Twin Cities metro anchors Minnesota's electoral math

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MN
LatestD+17in 2024
TypologyDiversifying Metrocluster typology
Population3,713,6682024 ACS

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+17%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+17MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
Population
3,713,6682024 5-year
Median household income
$100,1942024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
72.5%2024 5-year
Black
9.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+29 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+54 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
HarrisD+17
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2024 presidential margin by county for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, MNA map of the constituent counties of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, MN, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Mille Lacs County, MN · R+41Wright County, MN · R+29Scott County, MN · R+8Carver County, MN · R+5Isanti County, MN · R+41Washington County, MN · D+9Le Sueur County, MN · R+34Chisago County, MN · R+31Anoka County, MN · R+4Sherburne County, MN · R+35St. Croix County, WI · R+19Pierce County, WI · R+17Hennepin County, MN · D+42Dakota County, MN · D+13Ramsey County, MN · D+43
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic57.1%1,213,755
Donald TrumpRepublican40.3%856,984
OtherAll other candidates2.6%54,769
D+60
R+60
15 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: +16.8% in 2024.flipped D · 1976+16.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+2.6%
1896−18.3%
1900−25.3%
1904−54.4%
1908−24.0%
1912+11.4%
1916+9.7%
1920−43.7%
1924−45.1%
1928−13.5%
1932+19.7%
1936+28.6%
1940+5.1%
1944+9.1%
1948+16.3%
1952−4.4%
1956−6.3%
1960+3.7%
1964+28.9%
1968+17.3%
1972−3.3%
1976+14.0%
1980+9.7%
1984+3.9%
1988+9.9%
1992+14.6%
1996+19.1%
2000+6.3%
2004+6.9%
2008+13.8%
2012+11.8%
2016+12.7%
2020+19.3%
2024+16.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+16.8%
1,213,755856,9842,125,508
D
+19.3%
1,259,771843,8772,154,823
D
+12.7%
992,990750,7181,911,715
D
+11.8%
1,041,062817,2161,901,966
D
+13.8%
1,039,202783,2971,858,143
D
+6.9%
942,996819,6661,783,730
D
+6.3%
755,209660,1271,513,432
D
+19.1%
701,279448,2221,327,013
D
+14.6%
642,441434,6821,421,495
D
+9.9%
677,241553,9021,243,390
D
+3.9%
615,342569,2621,192,288
D
+9.7%
552,129441,8481,136,129
D
+14.0%
590,491441,6921,064,340
R
−3.3%
440,188471,070932,718
D
+17.3%
469,406325,224832,480
D
+28.9%
512,100281,912796,155
D
+3.7%
392,405364,640759,054
R
−6.3%
302,115343,134646,619
R
−4.4%
308,901337,500649,860
D
+16.3%
308,022219,312543,185
D
+9.1%
275,413229,072508,926
D
+5.1%
276,426249,589531,170
D
+28.6%
289,039149,674486,886
D
+19.7%
249,434165,189427,641
R
−13.5%
180,092236,734420,929
R
−45.1%
25,829177,635336,341
R
−43.7%
63,605188,289285,601
D
+9.7%
77,87163,259149,991
O
+11.4%
40,98727,268120,670
R
−24.0%
41,45270,193119,508
R
−54.4%
20,18179,029108,168
R
−25.3%
40,38469,233113,901
R
−18.3%
50,43773,751127,221
D
+2.6%
49,26446,494107,358
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.0%
Irish
10.8%
English
7.0%
Polish
3.9%
American
3.0%
French
2.7%
Italian
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.0%
75–84
2.4%
4.5%
65–74
4.9%
6.3%
55–64
6.4%
6.1%
45–54
5.9%
7.3%
35–44
7.1%
7.1%
25–34
6.9%
4.2%
18–24
4.1%
8.8%
5–17
8.5%
3.0%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$100,194
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ranks near the middle of US counties.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$100,194
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.5%
Working age (18–64)7.7%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.8%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander4.7%
Spanish4.6%
Other languages3.6%
Other Indo-European2.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
20.2%
Mainline Protestant
12.1%
Other Christian
6.0%
Non-Christian
4.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Methodist
1.1%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to roughly 3.7 million residents, the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro generates a Democratic-leaning vote share that routinely offsets rural outstate margins, making it the decisive weight in statewide contests.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-nine points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-four points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventeen points.

A population of 3,713,668, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,194 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota voted Democratic by 16.8 points (D+17), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,125,508 votes cast, 1,213,755 went Democratic and 856,984 went Republican.
What is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota in the "Diversifying Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota has a population of 3,713,668 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-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Median household income in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota is $100,194 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.