† 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
GroupWorthingtonMinnesotaUnited States
Mexican21.0%3.9%11.3%
Guatemalan11.5%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran3.7%0.2%0.7%
Nicaraguan1.6%——
Puerto Rican1.2%0.3%1.8%
Honduran1.2%—0.3%
Spanish0.5%——
German22.8%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian5.6%12.1%—
Dutch4.4%——
Irish3.1%9.9%9.4%
Swedish1.9%6.5%—
English1.7%6.6%9.5%
American1.7%2.3%5.3%
Polish0.5%3.7%2.2%
Ethiopian3.6%0.5%—
African2.0%0.5%0.5%
African American†1.4%3.8%9.9%
Sudanese0.7%——
Haitian0.5%—0.3%
Burmese3.3%0.2%—
Laotian1.4%——
Vietnamese0.4%0.4%0.6%
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
Worthington
Minnesota
United States
Median age
33.5
39
39.1
Age 18–24
10.1%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Worthington
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$61,797
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.6%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.8%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Worthington
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
47.2%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
35.7%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
5.0%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
5.3%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Worthington
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.
Worthington, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−8.9%
2008
+5.2%
2012
+4.3%
2016
−7.2%
2020
−6.5%
2024
−14.2%
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
R
42.1%Harris1,589
56.3%Trump2,125
1.7%
R+14.2
R+7.7
R+12.7
3,777
R
45.5%Biden1,891
52.0%Trump2,159
2.5%
R+6.5
D+0.7
R+10.9
4,155
R
42.8%Clinton1,771
49.9%Trump2,068
7.3%
R+7.2
R+11.4
R+9.3
4,141
D
51.3%Obama2,105
47.0%Romney1,930
1.7%
D+4.3
R+1.0
D+0.4
4,105
D
51.6%Obama2,279
46.4%McCain2,048
2.1%
D+5.2
D+14.2
R+2.0
4,418
R
45.4%Kerry2,042
54.4%Bush2,443
0.2%
R+8.9
—
R+6.5
4,493
Worthington's Swift pork plant drew waves of immigrant workers over three decades, pushing the city's foreign-born share above 30% and making Nobles County one of Minnesota's sharpest demographic outliers in a sea of rural red.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.2 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 14.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.2 points.
A population of 13,780, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,797 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Storm Lake and Crete.
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, Worthington, Minnesota voted Republican by 14.2 points (R+14.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,777 votes cast, 1,589 went Democratic and 2,125 went Republican.
When did Worthington, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Worthington, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Worthington, Minnesota?
Worthington, Minnesota has a population of 13,780 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Worthington, Minnesota?
Median household income in Worthington, Minnesota is $61,797 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Worthington, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Worthington, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
