Billings County, North Dakota: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+84 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,0242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,8062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+84 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Golden Valley County, ND · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Billings CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Billings County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 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
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 93 | 543 | 647 | ||
| R | 72 | 541 | 635 | ||
| R | 59 | 495 | 605 | ||
| R | 89 | 472 | 578 | ||
| R | 114 | 375 | 499 | ||
| R | 99 | 449 | 564 | ||
| R | 82 | 394 | 525 | ||
| R | 116 | 281 | 507 | ||
| R | 123 | 279 | 678 | ||
| R | 211 | 437 | 659 | ||
| R | 133 | 505 | 653 | ||
| R | 122 | 524 | 689 | ||
| R | 285 | 351 | 684 | ||
| R | 192 | 509 | 729 | ||
| R | 174 | 395 | 638 | ||
| D | 348 | 340 | 688 | ||
| D | 400 | 368 | 768 | ||
| R | 248 | 437 | 689 | ||
| R | 143 | 674 | 822 | ||
| R | 311 | 372 | 736 | ||
| R | 209 | 354 | 566 | ||
| R | 404 | 663 | 1,068 | ||
| D | 729 | 329 | 1,232 | ||
| D | 760 | 295 | 1,079 | ||
| R | 412 | 458 | 877 | ||
| R | 32 | 421 | 871 | ||
| R | 61 | 787 | 860 | ||
| R | 276 | 306 | 623 | ||
| O | 547 | 671 | 1,899 | ||
| R | 236 | 768 | 1,042 | ||
| R | 37 | 256 | 301 | ||
| R | 51 | 158 | 213 | ||
| R | 27 | 78 | 106 | ||
| R | 0 | 47 | 64 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.2%
French
5.5%
Irish
5.3%
English
4.7%
Polish
3.3%
American
3.3%
Scottish
1.9%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.8 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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$86,806
Billings County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Billings County$86,806
North Dakota$76,657
United States$80,734
Billings County ranks in the top 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
Working age (18–64)9.1%
Seniors (65+)38.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.2%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 90.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The Republican margin here reached eighty-four points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A population of 1,024, a 95% 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 Golden Valley County and Morrill County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Billings County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Billings County, North Dakota voted Republican by 69.6 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 647 votes cast, 93 went Democratic and 543 went Republican.
What is Billings County, North Dakota's political typology?
Akashic places Billings County, North Dakota in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 1 times.
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. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.