2024 presidential election
Dakota County
HarrisD+12.8
2024 precinct map of Dakota CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dakota County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin, and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the precinct.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 55.1% | 143,267 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 42.3% | 109,994 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.5% | 6,542 |
Harris +50Trump +50
142 precincts · 259,803 votes. Hover any precinct for its result.
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the county’s overall result across 1876–2024.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +13.0% |
| 1896 | +3.5% |
| 1900 | −0.7% |
| 1904 | −41.1% |
| 1908 | −15.6% |
| 1912 | +27.2% |
| 1916 | +10.9% |
| 1920 | −39.4% |
| 1924 | −32.3% |
| 1928 | +9.0% |
| 1932 | +33.1% |
| 1936 | +31.5% |
| 1940 | +5.6% |
| 1944 | +5.1% |
| 1948 | +28.9% |
| 1952 | +0.1% |
| 1956 | −1.7% |
| 1960 | +14.5% |
| 1964 | +34.3% |
| 1968 | +18.3% |
| 1972 | −10.0% |
| 1976 | +8.0% |
| 1980 | +2.9% |
| 1984 | −5.7% |
| 1988 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | +7.2% |
| 1996 | +13.0% |
| 2000 | −1.0% |
| 2004 | −2.0% |
| 2008 | +5.5% |
| 2012 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | +13.9% |
| 2024 | +12.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 55.1%Harris143,267 | 42.3%Trump109,994 | 2.5% | 259,803 | ||
| D | 55.7%Biden146,155 | 41.8%Trump109,638 | 2.5%incl. Jorgensen | 262,259 | ||
| D | 47.7%Clinton110,592 | 43.1%Trump99,864 | 9.2%incl. Johnson | 231,860 | ||
| D | 50.4%Obama116,255 | 47.4%Romney109,516 | 2.2% | 230,821 | ||
| D | 51.8%Obama116,778 | 46.3%McCain104,364 | 1.9% | 225,472 | ||
| R | 48.5%Kerry104,635 | 50.5%Bush108,959 | 1.0% | 215,846 | ||
| R | 46.9%Gore85,446 | 47.9%Bush87,250 | 5.2%Nader 7,799 | 182,249 | ||
| D | 50.1%Clinton77,297 | 37.1%Dole57,244 | 12.8%Perot 17,095 | 154,266 | ||
| D | 40.5%Clinton63,660 | 33.3%Bush52,312 | 26.2%Perot 40,244 | 157,080 | ||
| D | 49.7%Dukakis61,942 | 49.5%Bush61,606 | 0.8% | 124,580 | ||
| R | 46.8%Mondale49,125 | 52.5%Reagan55,119 | 0.6% | 104,911 | ||
| D | 45.8%Carter43,433 | 43.0%Reagan40,708 | 11.2%incl. Anderson | 94,755 | ||
| D | 52.6%Carter44,253 | 44.7%Ford37,542 | 2.7% | 84,080 | ||
| R | 44.0%McGovern28,479 | 54.0%Nixon34,967 | 2.1% | 64,796 | ||
| D | 56.9%Humphrey28,416 | 38.7%Nixon19,290 | 4.4%incl. Wallace | 49,908 | ||
| D | 67.1%Johnson28,391 | 32.7%Goldwater13,856 | 0.2% | 42,328 | ||
| D | 57.1%Kennedy20,150 | 42.6%Nixon15,032 | 0.3% | 35,273 | ||
| R | 49.0%Stevenson12,672 | 50.7%Eisenhower13,112 | 0.2% | 25,839 | ||
| D | 49.8%Stevenson11,890 | 49.7%Eisenhower11,871 | 0.5% | 23,879 | ||
| D | 63.6%Truman12,487 | 34.8%Dewey6,819 | 1.6%incl. Thurmond | 19,623 | ||
| D | 52.2%Roosevelt8,562 | 47.1%Dewey7,731 | 0.7% | 16,403 | ||
| D | 52.6%Roosevelt9,327 | 47.0%Willkie8,339 | 0.4% | 17,743 | ||
| D | 57.7%Roosevelt8,890 | 26.3%Landon4,043 | 16.0% | 15,398 | ||
| D | 65.7%Roosevelt8,958 | 32.6%Hoover4,439 | 1.7% | 13,635 | ||
| D | 54.2%Smith7,215 | 45.2%Hoover6,019 | 0.7% | 13,323 | ||
| O | 10.0%Davis929 | 42.3%Coolidge3,931 | 47.7%incl. La Follette | 9,284 | ||
| R | 27.1%Cox2,190 | 66.4%Harding5,373 | 6.5% | 8,086 | ||
| D | 52.6%Wilson2,373 | 41.7%Hughes1,881 | 5.6% | 4,508 | ||
| O | 41.4%Wilson1,777 | 14.2%Taft609 | 44.4%incl. Roosevelt | 4,290 | ||
| R | 39.5%Bryan1,778 | 55.1%Taft2,481 | 5.5% | 4,505 | ||
| R | 27.6%Parker1,078 | 68.7%Roosevelt2,685 | 3.7% | 3,909 | ||
| R | 47.0%Bryan1,878 | 47.6%McKinley1,904 | 5.4% | 3,997 | ||
| D | 49.9%Bryan2,310 | 46.4%McKinley2,147 | 3.7% | 4,626 | ||
| D | 51.0%Cleveland1,989 | 38.0%Harrison1,481 | 11.1%incl. Weaver | 3,902 | ||
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Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | Dakota CountyCounty | MinnesotaState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 74.3% | 77.1% | 61.0% |
| Black | 7.8% | 7.0% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 5.2% | 5.1% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 8.0% | 7.0% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 4.7% | 3.8% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8.7% | 6.4% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $106,318 | $89,062 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 5.8% | 9.3% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 38.6 | 39 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 7.8% | 8.8% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 15.9% | 17.2% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 45.0% | 39.4% | 35.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 14.1% | 12.5% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 5.6% | 4.2% | 13.6% |
| Other languages | 3.1% | 2.6% | 0.8% |
| Other Asian & Pacific Island | 1.6% | 2.3% | 1.1% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | German 29.3% | German 29.2% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | Irish 11.8% | Norwegian 12.1% | Mexican 11.3% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | Norwegian 10.8% | Irish 9.9% | English 9.5% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 23.6% | 19.5% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 14.2% | 11.8% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 47.5% | 50.6% | 51.5% |
| Mainline Protestant | 9.8% | 13.5% | 5.2% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
29.3%
Irish
11.8%
Norwegian
10.8%
English
7.8%
Swedish
5.6%
Polish
3.6%
Italian
2.8%
American
2.6%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
5.6%
Puerto Rican
0.6%
Salvadoran
0.5%
Venezuelan
0.3%
Dominican
0.2%
Guatemalan
0.2%
Honduran
0.2%
Colombian
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Somali
1.4%
African
0.7%
Ethiopian
0.7%
Nigerian
0.3%
Kenyan
0.3%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
1.3%
Vietnamese
0.7%
Filipino
0.6%
Chinese
0.5%
Hmong
0.5%
Korean
0.4%
Cambodian
0.4%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$106,318
Dakota County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Dakota County$106,318
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Dakota County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
5.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.2%
Working age (18–64)5.5%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Other languages3.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.6%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Vietnamese0.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.5%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.4%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Arabic0.2%
Korean0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted47.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.
Dakota County shifted from a reliable Republican stronghold into Democratic-leaning territory as its share of college-educated residents climbed alongside suburban expansion from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro edge.
The Democratic margin here reached 34.3 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.8 points.
A population of 445,771, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,318 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clackamas County and Jefferson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dakota County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dakota County, Minnesota voted Democratic by 12.8 points (D+12.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 259,803 votes cast, 143,267 went Democratic and 109,994 went Republican.
When did Dakota County, Minnesota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Dakota County, Minnesota voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Dakota County, Minnesota?
Dakota County, Minnesota has a population of 445,771 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dakota County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Dakota County, Minnesota is $106,318 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Dakota County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dakota County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.