New Ulm, MN, Minnesota: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+35%. Republican peak: R+70 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 25,8002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,3782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for New Ulm, MN, MNOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,576 | 9,692 | 14,598 | ||
| R | 4,753 | 9,552 | 14,635 | ||
| R | 3,763 | 8,708 | 13,779 | ||
| R | 5,630 | 7,938 | 13,929 | ||
| R | 5,809 | 7,456 | 13,620 | ||
| R | 5,158 | 8,395 | 13,778 | ||
| R | 4,650 | 7,370 | 12,834 | ||
| R | 4,864 | 5,580 | 12,359 | ||
| R | 4,278 | 5,390 | 13,621 | ||
| R | 5,109 | 6,898 | 12,173 | ||
| R | 4,469 | 8,399 | 12,977 | ||
| R | 4,915 | 8,051 | 14,122 | ||
| R | 5,792 | 7,479 | 14,039 | ||
| R | 4,347 | 7,791 | 12,729 | ||
| R | 4,585 | 7,039 | 12,350 | ||
| D | 6,069 | 5,851 | 11,937 | ||
| R | 5,353 | 7,084 | 12,453 | ||
| R | 3,067 | 7,965 | 11,059 | ||
| R | 3,129 | 8,152 | 11,308 | ||
| R | 4,804 | 5,068 | 10,016 | ||
| R | 2,842 | 7,018 | 9,949 | ||
| R | 3,678 | 7,533 | 11,301 | ||
| D | 6,637 | 2,679 | 10,267 | ||
| D | 6,716 | 2,027 | 8,955 | ||
| D | 5,341 | 3,611 | 9,016 | ||
| O | 270 | 2,255 | 7,076 | ||
| R | 796 | 5,841 | 7,240 | ||
| R | 1,101 | 2,078 | 3,482 | ||
| D | 1,359 | 472 | 3,161 | ||
| D | 1,536 | 1,518 | 3,357 | ||
| R | 869 | 2,073 | 3,031 | ||
| R | 1,471 | 1,695 | 3,256 | ||
| R | 1,469 | 1,807 | 3,383 | ||
| R | 1,080 | 1,174 | 2,807 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
56.8%
Irish
5.9%
English
3.6%
American
3.4%
Polish
2.0%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,378
New Ulm, MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
New Ulm, MN$69,378
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.2%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.2%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 12.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
New Ulm anchors Brown County, one of Minnesota's most reliably conservative enclaves, where German Lutheran and Catholic settlement patterns dating to the 1850s still correlate with voting margins that routinely diverge from statewide trends.
The Democratic margin in New Ulm, MN peaked at fifty-two points in 1932. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-five points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $69,378 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did New Ulm, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Ulm, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 35.0 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,598 votes cast, 4,576 went Democratic and 9,692 went Republican.
What is New Ulm, MN, Minnesota's political archetype?
Akashic classifies New Ulm, MN, Minnesota as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did New Ulm, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Ulm, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
New Ulm, MN, Minnesota has a population of 25,800 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota is $69,378 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.