† 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
GroupDuluthMinnesotaUnited States
German21.7%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian11.9%12.1%—
Finnish9.9%——
Swedish9.6%6.5%—
Irish8.9%9.9%9.4%
English6.9%6.6%9.5%
Polish4.9%3.7%2.2%
Italian4.2%—4.8%
African American†2.3%3.8%9.9%
Mexican1.5%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian0.3%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Hmong0.2%1.7%—
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
Duluth
Minnesota
United States
Median age
35.2
39
39.1
Age 18–24
18.4%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Duluth
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$68,807
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.8%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.0%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Duluth
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.6%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
4.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Duluth
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.
Duluth, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+38.1%
2008
+39.2%
2012
+37.8%
2016
+29.1%
2020
+39.4%
2024
+38.7%
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
68.2%Harris34,179
29.5%Trump14,791
2.4%
D+38.7
R+0.8
D+40.1
50,152
D
68.4%Biden34,384
29.0%Trump14,560
2.6%
D+39.4
D+10.3
D+35.0
50,273
D
59.6%Clinton28,845
30.5%Trump14,764
9.9%
D+29.1
R+8.7
D+27.0
48,416
D
67.5%Obama33,686
29.8%Romney14,854
2.7%
D+37.8
R+1.4
D+33.9
49,871
D
68.5%Obama35,617
29.3%McCain15,257
2.2%
D+39.2
D+1.1
D+31.9
51,996
D
68.3%Kerry35,978
30.2%Bush15,900
1.5%
D+38.1
—
D+40.6
52,690
Duluth's working-class Iron Range identity and union-dense economy have kept it reliably left-leaning in statewide contests, even as its population has gradually declined from its early-20th-century industrial peak.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.4 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.7 points.
A population of 87,093, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,807 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Paul and Lansing.
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, Duluth, Minnesota voted Democratic by 38.7 points (D+38.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 50,152 votes cast, 34,179 went Democratic and 14,791 went Republican.
How many people live in Duluth, Minnesota?
Duluth, Minnesota has a population of 87,093 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Duluth, Minnesota?
Median household income in Duluth, Minnesota is $68,807 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Duluth, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Duluth, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
