† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBloomingtonMinnesotaUnited States
German23.8%29.2%12.5%
Irish10.8%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian10.2%12.1%—
English8.0%6.6%9.5%
Swedish6.7%6.5%—
Polish3.8%3.7%2.2%
French2.7%1.8%1.6%
Italian2.4%—4.8%
African American†7.1%3.8%9.9%
Somali1.9%1.1%—
African0.8%0.5%0.5%
Ethiopian0.6%0.5%—
Liberian0.6%0.2%—
Nigerian0.4%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.3%0.2%—
Mexican6.3%3.9%11.3%
Ecuadorian1.0%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.6%0.3%1.8%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
Hmong1.4%1.7%—
Asian Indian1.3%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.7%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bloomington
Minnesota
United States
Median age
41.1
39
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.6%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bloomington
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$93,211
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.2%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.2%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bloomington
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.8%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
8.1%
4.2%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.7%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
5.2%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bloomington
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bloomington, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+4.2%
2008
+13.5%
2012
+13.3%
2016
+19.4%
2020
+30.4%
2024
+30.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
63.9%Harris33,312
33.4%Trump17,388
2.7%
D+30.6
D+0.2
D+32.0
52,091
D
64.0%Biden35,215
33.6%Trump18,515
2.3%
D+30.4
D+11.0
D+25.9
55,023
D
55.2%Clinton27,834
35.9%Trump18,068
8.9%
D+19.4
D+6.1
D+17.3
50,383
D
55.5%Obama28,485
42.2%Romney21,662
2.4%
D+13.3
R+0.3
D+9.4
51,356
D
55.8%Obama28,548
42.3%McCain21,625
1.9%
D+13.5
D+9.3
D+6.3
51,126
D
51.4%Kerry26,021
47.1%Bush23,881
1.5%
D+4.2
—
D+6.7
50,666
Bloomington anchors the dense southern rim of the Twin Cities metro, where a large hospitality and retail workforce and substantial immigrant communities have steadily shifted its competitive suburbs toward Democratic margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.6 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 30.6 points.
A population of 88,665, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,211 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Minnetonka and Eagan.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bloomington, Minnesota voted Democratic by 30.6 points (D+30.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 52,091 votes cast, 33,312 went Democratic and 17,388 went Republican.
How many people live in Bloomington, Minnesota?
Bloomington, Minnesota has a population of 88,665 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bloomington, Minnesota?
Median household income in Bloomington, Minnesota is $93,211 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Bloomington, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bloomington, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
