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1876–2024
St. Cloud, MN·Minnesota

St. Cloud, MN has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+29 in 2024.

One of the sharpest rightward swings among Minnesota metros since 2008

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MN
LatestR+29in 2024
TypologySunbelt Conservativecluster typology
Population202,4582024 ACS

St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota: Sunbelt Conservative metro. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+74 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+29MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
Population
202,4582024 5-year
Median household income
$76,5202024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.7%2024 5-year
Black
8.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+58 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+74 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
St. Cloud, MN
TrumpR+29
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2024 presidential margin by county for St. Cloud, MN, MNA map of the constituent counties of St. Cloud, MN, MN, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Benton County, MN · R+36Stearns County, MN · R+27
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican63.2%69,192
Kamala HarrisDemocratic34.6%37,913
OtherAll other candidates2.1%2,350
D+60
R+60
2 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: −28.6% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−28.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−35.1%
1896+22.1%
1900+19.7%
1904−13.6%
1908+11.5%
1912+27.3%
1916−10.4%
1920−73.7%
1924−29.1%
1928+36.1%
1932+57.6%
1936+31.1%
1940−23.6%
1944−19.7%
1948+20.3%
1952−27.8%
1956−25.4%
1960+15.8%
1964+19.9%
1968+2.7%
1972−0.0%
1976+12.9%
1980−5.2%
1984−17.6%
1988−6.1%
1992−1.3%
1996+5.8%
2000−12.0%
2004−11.8%
2008−7.5%
2012−12.4%
2016−29.4%
2020−24.4%
2024−28.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−28.6%
37,91369,192109,455
R
−24.4%
39,15965,341107,095
R
−29.4%
31,21660,48999,650
R
−12.4%
41,72453,86498,096
R
−7.5%
44,14451,53298,095
R
−11.8%
40,71851,76993,961
R
−12.0%
30,80940,06577,384
D
+5.8%
30,24426,30968,278
R
−1.3%
26,60727,55573,711
R
−6.1%
29,65933,58964,133
R
−17.6%
25,86637,04663,528
R
−5.2%
27,13430,40163,304
D
+12.9%
31,26223,67358,786
R
−0.0%
23,59723,60350,826
D
+2.7%
20,01218,89241,596
D
+19.9%
23,74215,82739,686
D
+15.8%
23,20116,84640,096
R
−25.4%
12,43820,95533,473
R
−27.8%
12,49422,12334,689
D
+20.3%
18,89312,45031,721
R
−19.7%
10,90516,28627,293
R
−23.6%
12,04719,51831,695
D
+31.1%
15,8717,04528,393
D
+57.6%
22,1945,82828,400
D
+36.1%
18,8368,83227,741
O
−29.1%
1,9268,09821,202
R
−73.7%
2,17016,48619,418
R
−10.4%
4,2955,3329,999
D
+27.3%
3,8791,6028,354
D
+11.5%
4,6003,6158,595
R
−13.6%
3,0584,0547,325
D
+19.7%
4,9953,3098,566
D
+22.1%
5,7783,6519,636
R
−35.1%
2,0505,0388,521
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
38.4%
Irish
7.8%
Polish
6.3%
English
4.1%
American
2.6%
French
2.0%
Italian
0.9%
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: 35.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.3%
2.1%
75–84
2.4%
4.5%
65–74
4.6%
6.1%
55–64
5.9%
5.3%
45–54
5.1%
6.5%
35–44
5.9%
6.6%
25–34
5.8%
6.5%
18–24
6.6%
9.0%
5–17
8.8%
3.2%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,520
St. Cloud, MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
St. Cloud, MN$76,520
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
12.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.7%
Working age (18–64)12.0%
Seniors (65+)13.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.3%
speak English only
Other languages5.0%
Spanish3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
32.4%
Mainline Protestant
11.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.0%
Other Christian
3.2%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Methodist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

St. Cloud's Stearns County core has shifted from competitive territory to deep-red margins over roughly 15 years, a trajectory driven partly by demographic change and the region's large Somali-American resettlement population reshaping local political debate.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-eight points in 1932 and a Republican high of seventy-four points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.

A population of 202,458, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,520 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 109,455 votes cast, 37,913 went Democratic and 69,192 went Republican.
What is St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota in the "Sunbelt Conservative" 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 13 times, Republican 20 times, and other 1 times.
When did St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota?
St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota has a population of 202,458 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota is $76,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in St. Cloud, MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.