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Minnesota

State facts

people (ACS)
5,739,445
House seats
8
president 2024
D +4.3
Democrat

Governor Tim Walz

Senators: 2 Democrats. House members: 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

Districts

8 House districts (2024 lines), 67 State Senate districts and 134 State House districts. Each district has its own page: who holds it, who lives there and how it has voted.

Choose a district on the map or in the table. House districts follow the lines their members were elected on; state legislative districts are the ones drawn for 2024.

Minnesota: U.S. House, 2024 lines

8 districts

U.S. House, 2024 lines districts of Minnesota
Minnesota’s 1stBrad FinstadR715,7132022
Minnesota’s 2ndAngie CraigD730,2532022
Minnesota’s 3rdKelly MorrisonD708,2942022
Minnesota’s 4thBetty McCollumD705,5372022
Minnesota’s 5thIlhan OmarD707,0222022
Minnesota’s 6thTom EmmerR734,1842022
Minnesota’s 7thMichelle FischbachR716,3732022
Minnesota’s 8thPete StauberR722,0692022

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (2025; 2026 lines from TIGER/Line 2026).

Notes

Districts are filled by the party of the officials on this site who hold them; a hatched district has no one here today or is shared by members of more than one party. “Lines since” is the first general election held on the district’s lines: results before it describe a different place.

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Who represents it

2 senators, 8 House members and a governor on this site, and 200 state legislators.

Each name links to the official’s profile: what they say, how they vote, their ideology and money.

Governor and senators

The House delegation

8 members, by district

The state legislature

Officials on this site by chamber and party

State legislators on this site by chamber and party
ChamberDemocratsRepublicansOthers
State Senate34330
State House67660

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Elections

2024 presidential vote: D +4.3. 51.1% Democratic, 46.9% Republican.

Results from Candidates in American General Elections (CAGE): certified from 1990 to 2024, and 2026 as it is counted (unofficial, from NYT and NBC reporting, until certified). Shares are of all votes cast.

U.S. Senate

2026

2026 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Peggy FlanagancalledD1,515,84453.8%
Michele TafoyaR1,228,80843.6%
Marisa SimonettiI41,4581.5%
Rebecca WhitingLbt32,3831.1%

Unofficial: about 98% of the expected vote counted; called by a network. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2024: Amy Klobuchar (D) won by 15.8 points
  • 2020: Tina Smith (D) won by 5.3 points
  • 2018 special: Tina Smith (D) won by 10.6 points
  • 2018: Amy Klobuchar (D) won by 24.1 points
  • 2014: Al Franken (D) won by 10.3 points

Governor

2026

2026 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amy KlobucharcalledD1,521,63356.2%
Lisa DemuthR1,138,69042.0%
Steven YoungGrn49,5771.8%

Unofficial: about 94% of the expected vote counted; called by a network. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2022: Tim Walz (D) won by 7.7 points
  • 2018: Tim Walz (D) won by 11.5 points
  • 2014: Mark Dayton (D) won by 5.8 points
  • 2010: Mark Dayton (D) won by 0.5 points
  • 2006: Tim Pawlenty (R) won by 0.9 points

President

Statewide vote

Presidential vote in Minnesota by year
YearDemocraticRepublicanMargin
202451.1%46.9%D +4.3
202052.6%45.4%D +7.1
201646.9%45.3%D +1.5
201252.8%45.1%D +7.7
200854.2%44.0%D +10.3
200451.1%47.7%D +3.5
200047.9%45.5%D +2.4
199651.2%35.0%D +16.2
199243.5%31.9%D +11.6

U.S. House

Seats won and the statewide House vote

House seats and vote in Minnesota by year
YearD seatsR seatsD voteR vote
2026counting4356.6%42.5%
20244450.3%49.4%
20224450.2%48.2%
20204448.7%46.2%
20185355.2%43.7%
20165350.2%46.7%
20145350.3%46.6%
20125355.6%43.1%
20104448.0%46.5%
20085357.6%38.2%
20065353.0%42.5%
20044451.5%45.5%
20024449.9%46.8%
20005352.2%42.0%
19986253.5%42.4%
19966255.2%41.8%
19946250.7%48.6%
19926251.9%41.0%
19906258.6%41.4%

In 2026 the seats are the races called so far.

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Who lives there

5,739,445 people, by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Each figure beside the nation’s; ± is the 90 percent margin of error.

Minnesota at a glance

ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimates

People

5,739,445

A Census Bureau estimate

Median age

38.8

±0.1 · United States 38.9

Median household income

$89,062

±$409 · United States $80,734

Race and ethnicity

Share of everyone; Hispanic or Latino people may be of any race, the other groups are not Hispanic

Show the data
Race and ethnicity: minnesota beside United States
PartMinnesotaUnited States
White75.9%57.4%
Black7.0%11.9%
Hispanic or Latino6.4%19.3%
Asian5.1%5.9%
Another race or more than one5.7%5.5%

Age, schooling, income and place

Minnesota over United States; ± is the 90 percent margin of error

0%50%
Minnesota
United States
±
Aged 65 and over
17.3%
17.2%
±0.1
Bachelor’s degree or moreadults 25 and over
39.4%
35.7%
±0.3
Below the poverty line
9.3%
12.4%
±0.2
Born outside the U.S.
8.7%
14.1%
±0.1
Veteranscivilian adults
5.9%
6.2%
±0.1
Living in rural areas2020 Census
28.1%
20.0%
Show the data
Shares of people: minnesota beside United States
RowMinnesotaUnited States
Aged 65 and over17.3%17.2%
Bachelor’s degree or more (adults 25+)39.4%35.7%
Below the poverty line9.3%12.4%
Born outside the U.S.8.7%14.1%
Veterans (adults)5.9%6.2%
Living in rural areas (2020 Census)28.1%20.0%

Source: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates (Census Bureau); rural share from the 2020 Census.

About these figures

The figures from the American Community Survey are estimates from a sample, not a count. The ± beside each is its 90 percent margin of error: nine times in ten the true value lies within that range. In small districts the margins are wide, so a gap of a few points from United States may be noise. Shares are of everyone in the district, except education (adults 25 and over), poverty (people whose poverty status is known) and veterans (civilian adults).

These are the Census Bureau’s own estimates for the district; margins on shares are approximated from the counts’ margins.

The rural share counts the people living outside the urban areas the Census Bureau drew from the 2020 Census; it is a count, with no margin of error.

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Opinion

What Minnesota’s adults think, estimated from the lab’s national survey.

Estimates for each state come from multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP): a model of every respondent’s answers by age, race, education, sex and their state’s 2024 vote, weighted to the state’s population. Rank 1 is the highest of the 51 states. See Public Opinion for the questions and the national trends.

Partisan animosity: Minnesota’s estimates
Partisan animosityMNRankMedian state
Feelings gap between the parties52.5 51.0–53.81151.8
Very liberal or very conservative27% 25%–28%1626%
MAGA Republicans44% 41%–47%4047%
Political violence: Minnesota’s estimates
Political violenceMNRankMedian state
Protesting without a permit32% 31%–34%529%
Vandalism6.6% 5.9%–7.4%206.2%
Assault2.4% 1.9%–2.9%292.5%
Arson1.9% 1.5%–2.4%201.8%
Assault with a deadly weapon1.4% 1.1%–1.9%261.4%
Murder1.1% 0.9%–1.6%351.2%
Support for political violence (index)7.6% 7.1%–8.0%107.1%
Democratic norms: Minnesota’s estimates
Democratic normsMNRankMedian state
Censoring hostile media14% 13%–16%4617%
Governing by executive order28% 26%–29%3729%
Ignoring court rulings10% 9.4%–12%3712%
Party over election rules13% 11%–14%3714%
Cutting polling stations5.8% 5.1%–6.7%427.0%
Accepting norm breaches (index)14% 13%–16%4216%
Issues: Minnesota’s estimates
IssuesMNRankMedian state
The economy over the next six months36% 31%–41%2335%
The economy over the past six months25% 21%–28%4125%
Free speech is secure19% 15%–23%3420%
Amnesty for undocumented immigrants31% 29%–33%2230%
Deport immigrants here illegally51% 48%–55%2451%
Immigration is good for America67% 64%–71%2265%
More manufacturing jobs48% 45%–52%2448%
New tariffs33% 28%–38%2933%
New tariffs, if prices rise30% 26%–34%1929%
Notes

An estimate is uncertain, especially in small states: the 95% interval shows the range. Ranks between states whose intervals overlap mean little. Estimates as of Nov 3, 2026.

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What its officials say

6.4% of Minnesota’s officials’ statements make personal attacks, against 4.7% nationwide.

An AI model reads each statement (posts on X, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a rate is the share of statements with that label, in the officials’ current terms. The Minnesota dashboard has the trends, topics and leaders.

Rates of each kind of statement in Minnesota and the nation
Kind of statementAll officialsMembers of CongressLegislators and governorNation
Personal attacks6.4%5.8%6.7%4.7%
Policy criticism16%26%11%16%
Policy discussion44%71%30%50%
Bipartisanship5.1%9.7%2.6%5.5%
Credit claiming14%26%7.1%19%
Extreme labels2.1%2.0%2.2%2.3%
Statements44,02515,43328,5921,724,578

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Ideology and lawmaking

42,142 bills in the Minnesota legislature since 2019, 524 of them law (1.2%).

CSIP is the lab’s ideology score from roll calls, donations and text, on one scale for every official (0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition). The legislature’s party gap is measured within each chamber from its own roll calls, in standard deviations of its members’ positions. See Bills for every legislature.

CSIP medians

By party and level

Median CSIP score by party and level
OfficialsMediann
D in Congress-1.056
D governor-0.871
D in the legislature-0.69101
R in Congress1.054
R in the legislature0.2199

Party gap in the legislature

Latest term, from roll calls

Party gap by chamber and term
Chamber, termGap (SD)Members
State Senate, 2025-20261.7069
State House, 2025-20261.68137
State Senate, 2023-20242.1759
State House, 2023-20242.01136

Bills

State legislature, 2019 on

42,142

bills introduced

524 became law (1.2%)

The most bills are on Health (12% of those with an area).

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Money

37% of itemized gifts to its members of Congress came from inside Minnesota; — of itemized gifts to its state officials came from inside Minnesota (latest cycle).

Itemized donations are individual gifts over $200 a cycle, the only ones reported with an address; totals and shares count those only. Aggregates only: no donor is named.

Members of Congress

2026 cycle · 10 officials · $19.6M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Minnesota37%
California13%
New York8.3%
Florida6.3%
Texas4.1%

State officials

2026 cycle · 193 officials · $4.1M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare

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Threats and violence

6 federal prosecutions for threatening officials in Minnesota, 49 threats or harassment of local officials since 2022, and 9 political violence events in the lab’s record.

Separate records, never added together: prosecutions the Justice Department announced (not every threat), the Bridging Divides Initiative’s record of threats and harassment against local officials, the lab’s record of political violence, the FBI’s hate crime statistics and the Crowd Counting Consortium’s protests. The Political Violence page has each record in full.

3.9

hate crimes per 100,000 (2025)

Agencies covering 100% of residents reported

1,137

protests in the last 12 months

2025-06 to 2026-05; 19.5 per 100,000

6

threat prosecutions announced

Justice Department press releases, 2010 on

Hate crimes reported to the FBI

Incidents per year

1002001991: 225 incidents1992: 0 incidents1993: 0 incidents1994: 0 incidents1995: 285 incidents1996: 268 incidents1997: 214 incidents1998: 248 incidents1999: 226 incidents2000: 169 incidents2001: 208 incidents2002: 203 incidents2003: 215 incidents2004: 239 incidents2005: 206 incidents2006: 137 incidents2007: 157 incidents2008: 164 incidents2009: 153 incidents2010: 127 incidents2011: 148 incidents2012: 72 incidents2013: 144 incidents2014: 98 incidents2015: 109 incidents2016: 119 incidents2017: 144 incidents2018: 125 incidents2019: 142 incidents2020: 198 incidents2021: 244 incidents2022: 165 incidents2023: 184 incidents2024: 228 incidents2025: 224 incidents0285 in 199522419912000201020202025
Notes

Reporting is voluntary: a year’s count rises and falls with the number of police agencies that took part, not only with crime. Few agencies reported in the early 1990s, and in 2021 the FBI took reports only through its incident-based system (NIBRS), which many agencies had not yet joined. The Political Violence page has each year’s coverage.

Where people protested

Counties with the most protest events, last 12 months

Protest events by county
Hennepin County340
Ramsey County210
St. Louis County109
Blue Earth County59
Wright County57

Crowd Counting Consortium (CC0).

Back to topNext: Files

Files and sources

Every figure on this page is in the bulk files and the data API.

The state facts file has one row per state and every series by year or month, with the state boundaries; the API serves this state at /v1/states/MN. Sources: the Census Bureau (people, boundaries), Candidates in American General Elections and MIT Election Data and Science Lab (elections), the lab’s survey, the FBI, the Crowd Counting Consortium, the Justice Department, the Bridging Divides Initiative and the Global Terrorism Database. Credits and terms are on Open data.

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