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
GroupBillings CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German34.2%34.5%12.5%
Ukrainian10.3%——
Norwegian9.8%20.3%—
French5.5%2.3%1.6%
Irish5.3%7.3%9.4%
Czech4.9%——
English4.7%5.1%9.5%
Polish3.3%1.6%2.2%
Mexican2.6%2.8%11.3%
Spaniard1.3%0.2%—
Turtle Mountain Chippewa3.9%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
Billings County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
41.8
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.9%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Billings County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$86,806
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.8%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.6%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Billings County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.8%
6.7%
22.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.4%
0.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Billings County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
3.4%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
90.3%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
21.0%
5.2%
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.
Billings County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 647 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Billings County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -22
24
300
4
328
7.3%
91.5%
R+84.1
Precinct -11
56
149
7
212
26.4%
70.3%
R+43.9
Precinct -33
13
94
0
107
12.1%
87.9%
R+75.7
Billings 39-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Billings 39-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Billings 39-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−73.4%
1896
−48.1%
1900
−50.2%
1904
−72.8%
1908
−51.1%
1912
−6.5%
1916
−4.8%
1920
−84.4%
1924
−44.7%
1928
−5.2%
1932
+43.1%
1936
+32.5%
1940
−24.3%
1944
−25.6%
1948
−8.3%
1952
−64.6%
1956
−27.4%
1960
+4.2%
1964
+1.2%
1968
−34.6%
1972
−43.5%
1976
−9.6%
1980
−58.3%
1984
−57.0%
1988
−34.3%
1992
−23.0%
1996
−32.5%
2000
−59.4%
2004
−62.1%
2008
−52.3%
2012
−66.3%
2016
−72.1%
2020
−73.9%
2024
−69.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
14.4%Harris93
83.9%Trump543
1.2%Oliver8 +1
R+69.6
D+4.3
R+68.1
647
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican83.9%543
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic14.4%93
Chase OliverLibertarian1.2%8
OtherAll other candidates0.5%3
R
11.3%Biden72
85.2%Trump541
3.3%Jorgensen21
R+73.9
R+1.8
R+78.3
635
R
9.8%Clinton59
81.8%Trump495
5.5%Johnson33
R+72.1
R+5.8
R+74.2
605
R
15.4%Obama89
81.7%Romney472
2.9%
R+66.3
R+14.0
R+70.1
578
R
22.8%Obama114
75.2%McCain375
2.0%
R+52.3
D+9.8
R+59.6
499
R
17.6%Kerry99
79.6%Bush449
2.8%
R+62.1
R+2.6
R+59.6
564
R
15.6%Gore82
75.0%Bush394
2.9%Nader15
R+59.4
R+26.9
R+59.9
525
R
22.9%Clinton116
55.4%Dole281
21.1%Perot107
R+32.5
R+9.5
R+41.1
507
R
18.1%Clinton123
41.2%Bush279
39.8%Perot270
R+23.0
D+11.3
R+28.6
678
R
32.0%Dukakis211
66.3%Bush437
1.7%
R+34.3
D+22.7
R+26.6
659
R
20.4%Mondale133
77.3%Reagan505
2.3%
R+57.0
D+1.4
R+38.7
653
R
17.7%Carter122
76.1%Reagan524
6.2%
R+58.3
R+48.7
R+48.6
689
R
41.7%Carter285
51.3%Ford351
7.0%
R+9.6
D+33.8
R+11.7
684
R
26.3%McGovern192
69.8%Nixon509
3.8%
R+43.5
R+8.8
R+20.3
729
R
27.3%Humphrey174
61.9%Nixon395
10.8%
R+34.6
R+35.8
R+33.9
638
D
50.6%Johnson348
49.4%Goldwater340
0.0%
D+1.2
R+3.0
R+21.4
688
D
52.1%Kennedy400
47.9%Nixon368
0.0%
D+4.2
D+31.6
D+4.0
768
R
36.0%Stevenson248
63.4%Eisenhower437
0.6%
R+27.4
D+37.2
R+12.0
689
R
17.4%Stevenson143
82.0%Eisenhower674
0.6%
R+64.6
R+56.3
R+53.8
822
R
42.3%Truman311
50.5%Dewey372
7.2%
R+8.3
D+17.3
R+12.8
736
R
36.9%Roosevelt209
62.5%Dewey354
0.5%
R+25.6
R+1.4
R+33.1
566
R
37.8%Roosevelt404
62.1%Willkie663
0.1%
R+24.3
R+56.7
R+34.2
1,068
D
59.2%Roosevelt729
26.7%Landon329
14.1%
D+32.5
R+10.6
D+8.2
1,232
D
70.4%Roosevelt760
27.3%Hoover295
2.2%
D+43.1
D+48.3
D+25.3
1,079
R
47.0%Smith412
52.2%Hoover458
0.8%
R+5.2
D+39.4
D+12.2
877
R
3.7%Davis32
48.3%Coolidge421
48.0%La Follette418
R+44.7
D+39.8
R+19.5
871
R
7.1%Cox61
91.5%Harding787
1.4%
R+84.4
R+79.6
R+58.2
860
R
44.3%Wilson276
49.1%Hughes306
6.6%
R+4.8
D+1.7
R+8.0
623
O
28.8%Wilson547
35.3%Taft671
35.9%
Roosevelt +0.5
D+44.5
R+26.1
1,899
R
22.6%Bryan236
73.7%Taft768
3.6%
R+51.1
D+21.7
R+41.5
1,042
R
12.3%Parker37
85.0%Roosevelt256
2.7%
R+72.8
R+22.5
R+53.1
301
R
23.9%Bryan51
74.2%McKinley158
1.9%
R+50.2
R+2.1
R+42.7
213
R
25.5%Bryan27
73.6%McKinley78
0.9%
R+48.1
D+25.3
R+42.0
106
R
0.0%Cleveland0
73.4%Harrison47
26.6%
R+73.4
—
R+75.1
64
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
18.1%117
81.9%529
646
2022
R
8.9%48
70.9%381
537
2018
R
20.4%115
79.6%450
565
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+16 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +146 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $76,538 in average income, against $109,468 for residents who stayed — 30% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Billings County, ND in Billings County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+49
2012
+60
2013
−24
2014
−5
2015
+10
2016
−14
2017
−35
2018
−8
2019
+4
2021
+24
2022
+54
2023
+1
2024
+14
2025
+16
Billings County's roughly 900 residents are spread across the North Dakota Badlands, and its lopsided presidential margins reflect a rural ranching electorate where third-party or Democratic votes can be counted in the dozens.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 84.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.6 points.
A population of 1,024, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,806 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Arthur County and Stafford County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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.
How did Billings County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Billings County, North Dakota voted Republican by 69.6 points (R+69.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 647 votes cast, 93 went Democratic and 543 went Republican.
When did Billings County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Billings County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Billings County, North Dakota?
Billings County, North Dakota has a population of 1,024 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Billings County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Billings County, North Dakota is $86,806 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Billings County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Billings County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
