Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+59 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,9552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,3162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Wahpeton, ND-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 | 3,459 | 7,866 | 11,614 | ||
| R | 3,536 | 7,400 | 11,242 | ||
| R | 2,957 | 6,896 | 10,894 | ||
| R | 4,456 | 6,113 | 10,835 | ||
| R | 5,063 | 5,686 | 10,977 | ||
| R | 3,990 | 7,567 | 11,742 | ||
| R | 3,536 | 7,031 | 11,320 | ||
| R | 4,209 | 4,853 | 10,289 | ||
| R | 3,810 | 5,499 | 11,811 | ||
| R | 5,009 | 6,603 | 11,721 | ||
| R | 4,457 | 8,347 | 12,929 | ||
| R | 4,194 | 7,935 | 13,444 | ||
| R | 6,695 | 6,873 | 13,895 | ||
| R | 5,106 | 7,486 | 12,717 | ||
| R | 5,044 | 6,261 | 11,932 | ||
| D | 7,276 | 5,061 | 12,346 | ||
| R | 6,322 | 7,051 | 13,385 | ||
| R | 5,052 | 7,306 | 12,372 | ||
| R | 4,105 | 9,001 | 13,186 | ||
| D | 5,704 | 5,148 | 11,135 | ||
| R | 5,011 | 6,347 | 11,400 | ||
| R | 5,760 | 7,169 | 12,983 | ||
| D | 6,220 | 3,664 | 11,534 | ||
| D | 8,151 | 3,430 | 11,845 | ||
| R | 5,182 | 6,125 | 11,366 | ||
| R | 1,014 | 4,577 | 9,469 | ||
| R | 1,900 | 7,589 | 9,701 | ||
| R | 2,580 | 2,787 | 5,499 | ||
| D | 1,966 | 1,243 | 4,680 | ||
| R | 2,116 | 2,643 | 4,910 | ||
| R | 1,362 | 3,523 | 5,066 | ||
| R | 2,062 | 2,879 | 5,096 | ||
| R | 2,015 | 2,474 | 4,543 | ||
| O | 434 | 1,229 | 3,042 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
42.2%
Irish
6.2%
English
3.5%
Polish
2.8%
American
2.2%
French
1.8%
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: 39.2 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
$74,316
Wahpeton, ND-MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wahpeton, ND-MN$74,316
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.4%
Working age (18–64)10.6%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wahpeton-Breckenridge straddles the North Dakota–Minnesota line, functioning as a single small industrial and retail hub whose cross-state geography complicates clean partisan sorting in either state's data.
The Democratic margin in Wahpeton, ND-MN peaked at forty points in 1932. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $74,316 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% 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 Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 37.9 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,614 votes cast, 3,459 went Democratic and 7,866 went Republican.
What is Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Wahpeton, ND-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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota?
Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota has a population of 22,955 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota is $74,316 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wahpeton, ND-MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.