Blue Earth County, Minnesota

2024 results by precinct

55 precincts · 36,442 votes cast

Trump · R+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−1.2%	17,558	18,001	36,442
2020	D	+4.4%	18,330	16,731	36,051
2016	R	−3.7%	14,428	15,667	33,593
2012	D	+9.5%	18,164	14,916	34,274
2008	D	+13.0%	19,325	14,782	35,070
2004	D	+3.4%	16,865	15,737	33,119
2000	R	−2.2%	12,329	12,942	27,402
1996	D	+13.2%	12,420	9,082	25,261
1992	D	+9.8%	11,531	8,813	27,847
1988	D	+1.7%	12,375	11,959	24,552
1984	R	−9.2%	11,877	14,298	26,347
1980	R	−4.0%	10,930	11,966	26,138
1976	D	+3.6%	12,930	11,998	25,688
1972	R	−8.7%	10,638	12,702	23,662
1968	R	−1.6%	9,254	9,571	19,537
1964	D	+14.2%	10,687	8,009	18,797
1960	R	−16.9%	8,052	11,328	19,413
1956	R	−35.1%	5,467	11,398	16,886
1952	R	−41.0%	4,952	11,867	16,870
1948	R	−1.7%	7,272	7,520	14,954
1944	R	−29.7%	5,098	9,429	14,581
1940	R	−24.1%	5,880	9,642	15,584
1936	D	+18.3%	8,255	5,550	14,769
1932	D	+17.3%	7,925	5,550	13,691
1928	R	−22.0%	5,177	8,120	13,376
1924	R	−46.0%	1,123	6,773	12,295
1920	R	−61.5%	1,974	8,894	11,251
1916	R	−12.3%	2,211	2,864	5,308
1912	D	+12.9%	2,025	1,344	5,291
1908	R	−18.9%	2,191	3,297	5,867
1904	R	−40.6%	1,419	3,573	5,300
1900	R	−22.4%	2,254	3,647	6,215
1896	R	−18.6%	2,744	4,055	7,052
1892	D	+4.8%	2,680	2,399	5,826
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

3.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 31.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

1.9%

75–84

2.4%

4.3%

65–74

4.4%

4.9%

55–64

5.0%

4.6%

45–54

4.7%

6.1%

35–44

5.5%

6.8%

25–34

5.8%

10.9%

18–24

10.9%

7.9%

5–17

6.8%

2.7%

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$74,477

Blue Earth County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Blue Earth County$74,477

Minnesota$89,062

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Mainline Protestant

27.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

18.3%

Other Christian

2.6%

Methodist

2.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Baptist

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Mankato and Minnesota State University, Blue Earth County has trended sharply rightward over two decades, narrowing from a reliably Democratic county to a near-even split driven by shifting rural and small-city voting patterns.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighteen points in 1936; the Republican margin reached sixty-two points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Blue Earth County's demographics — a population of 69,871, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $74,477 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nicollet County and Franklin County.

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Blue Earth County delivered a near-tie in 2024.