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1876–2024
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hennepin County·Minnesota

Hennepin County is one of the bluest places in America.

Minnesota's most populous county, and its most lopsided presidential verdict

18762024·38 elections
Hennepin County, Minnesota · AlexiusHoratius · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+42
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
1,269,496
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fulton County
GA · similarity 1.00
395 precincts · 720,166 votes cast
Harris · D+42
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+42.4%
502,710197,241720,166
2020D
+43.2%
532,623205,973755,969
2016D
+34.9%
429,288191,770679,977
2012D
+27.0%
423,982240,073680,065
2008D
+28.6%
420,958231,054663,780
2004D
+19.9%
383,841255,133646,981
2000D
+14.3%
307,599225,657573,846
1996D
+21.2%
285,126173,887524,306
1992D
+16.9%
278,648179,581586,619
1988D
+9.8%
292,909240,209538,562
1984D
+3.5%
272,401253,921529,234
1980D
+8.8%
239,592194,898505,372
1976D
+9.4%
257,380211,892483,378
1972R
−5.2%
205,943228,951443,358
1968D
+12.3%
220,078170,002407,024
1964D
+21.7%
241,020154,736396,727
1960R
−2.8%
188,250198,992388,181
1956R
−10.2%
149,341183,248333,112
1952R
−7.4%
155,388180,338337,141
1948D
+10.9%
151,920121,169282,234
1944D
+12.0%
148,792116,781267,320
1940D
+8.2%
145,168122,960270,358
1936D
+25.7%
144,28981,206245,480
1932D
+12.9%
119,23491,087217,566
1928R
−21.4%
80,851125,472208,447
1924R
−52.7%
10,806101,120171,327
1920R
−44.0%
28,91190,517140,169
1916D
+12.3%
36,39527,95768,556
1912D
+2.4%
15,53014,37948,505
1908R
−24.6%
16,16927,78747,313
1904R
−60.3%
5,70831,43742,648
1900R
−28.8%
14,49826,90243,095
1896R
−13.0%
20,51526,78648,288
1892D
+10.1%
20,60316,44841,260
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%
Polish
0.9%
African American
10.7%
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.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
18.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.2%
Other Christian
8.1%
Non-Christian
7.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Methodist
1.3%
Baptist
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Minneapolis and its inner suburbs, Hennepin delivers margins that routinely offset competitive swings elsewhere in the state—its 2024 gap of D+42.4 points made it the single largest contributor to Minnesota's statewide Democratic tilt.

The Democratic margin in Hennepin County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-three points in 2020; the 2024 margin was forty-two points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Hennepin County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $97,653, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Fulton County and Alexandria city.