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
GroupBowman CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German34.7%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian28.9%20.3%—
American9.5%2.9%5.3%
English6.9%5.1%9.5%
Polish5.9%1.6%2.2%
Irish5.6%7.3%9.4%
Swedish4.7%3.2%—
Czech3.5%——
Mexican2.2%2.8%11.3%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Oglala Sioux1.0%——
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
Bowman County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
42.8
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.5%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bowman County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$72,109
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.4%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.0%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bowman County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
2.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bowman County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
29.8%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.5%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
10.5%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
54.2%
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.
Bowman County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 1,618 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Bowman County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
105
578
15
698
15.0%
82.8%
R+67.8
Precinct -22
43
365
4
412
10.4%
88.6%
R+78.2
Precinct -44
43
248
5
296
14.5%
83.8%
R+69.3
Precinct -33
16
193
3
212
7.5%
91.0%
R+83.5
Bowman 39-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
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Even
Bowman 39-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
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Even
Bowman 39-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
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Even
Bowman 39-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
−35.5%
1912
+5.7%
1916
+27.0%
1920
−51.0%
1924
−41.3%
1928
−11.2%
1932
+31.1%
1936
+29.1%
1940
−2.5%
1944
−12.5%
1948
−8.7%
1952
−43.2%
1956
−16.9%
1960
−10.1%
1964
+17.2%
1968
−22.4%
1972
−26.0%
1976
−6.1%
1980
−49.3%
1984
−46.4%
1988
−20.0%
1992
−10.8%
1996
−15.0%
2000
−51.0%
2004
−51.5%
2008
−38.4%
2012
−49.9%
2016
−68.2%
2020
−70.4%
2024
−72.7%
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
12.8%Harris207
85.5%Trump1,384
1.2%Oliver20 +1
R+72.7
R+2.3
R+71.3
1,618
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican85.5%1,384
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic12.8%207
Chase OliverLibertarian1.2%20
OtherAll other candidates0.4%7
R
13.8%Biden228
84.2%Trump1,395
1.8%Jorgensen30
R+70.4
R+2.2
R+74.9
1,657
R
12.7%Clinton227
80.9%Trump1,446
4.4%Johnson79
R+68.2
R+18.4
R+70.3
1,787
R
23.8%Obama414
73.7%Romney1,280
2.5%
R+49.9
R+11.5
R+53.7
1,737
R
29.1%Obama478
67.5%McCain1,107
3.4%
R+38.4
D+13.1
R+45.6
1,640
R
23.1%Kerry397
74.6%Bush1,280
2.3%
R+51.5
R+0.5
R+49.0
1,716
R
22.4%Gore330
73.4%Bush1,080
2.7%Nader40
R+51.0
R+36.0
R+51.5
1,471
R
33.2%Clinton489
48.2%Dole710
17.7%Perot261
R+15.0
R+4.2
R+23.5
1,473
R
26.5%Clinton506
37.3%Bush712
35.6%Perot678
R+10.8
D+9.2
R+16.4
1,907
R
39.5%Dukakis737
59.5%Bush1,111
1.0%
R+20.0
D+26.4
R+12.3
1,867
R
26.2%Mondale562
72.5%Reagan1,559
1.3%
R+46.4
D+2.9
R+28.2
2,149
R
21.2%Carter454
70.5%Reagan1,507
8.3%
R+49.3
R+43.1
R+39.5
2,138
R
45.6%Carter911
51.7%Ford1,033
2.7%
R+6.1
D+19.9
R+8.2
1,998
R
35.7%McGovern643
61.7%Nixon1,111
2.6%
R+26.0
R+3.6
R+2.8
1,801
R
34.0%Humphrey559
56.5%Nixon927
9.5%
R+22.4
R+39.6
R+21.7
1,642
D
58.6%Johnson1,070
41.4%Goldwater756
0.1%
D+17.2
D+27.3
R+5.4
1,827
R
44.9%Kennedy847
55.0%Nixon1,038
0.2%
R+10.1
D+6.8
R+10.3
1,888
R
41.4%Stevenson715
58.3%Eisenhower1,007
0.2%
R+16.9
D+26.3
R+1.5
1,726
R
28.0%Stevenson540
71.2%Eisenhower1,375
0.8%
R+43.2
R+34.6
R+32.5
1,931
R
41.1%Truman597
49.8%Dewey723
9.0%
R+8.7
D+3.8
R+13.2
1,451
R
43.2%Roosevelt609
55.7%Dewey785
1.1%
R+12.5
R+10.0
R+20.0
1,410
R
48.2%Roosevelt882
50.6%Willkie927
1.2%
R+2.5
R+31.5
R+12.4
1,831
D
55.6%Roosevelt1,118
26.6%Landon534
17.8%
D+29.1
R+2.0
D+4.8
2,010
D
59.4%Roosevelt1,292
28.3%Hoover616
12.3%
D+31.1
D+42.3
D+13.3
2,176
R
43.8%Smith821
55.0%Hoover1,031
1.2%
R+11.2
D+30.1
D+6.3
1,875
O
3.9%Davis67
45.2%Coolidge776
50.9%La Follette875
La Follette +5.8
D+9.7
R+16.1
1,718
R
18.8%Cox321
69.8%Harding1,192
11.4%
R+51.0
R+78.0
R+24.8
1,708
D
59.5%Wilson685
32.5%Hughes374
8.0%
D+27.0
D+21.3
D+23.9
1,151
O
34.9%Wilson361
29.2%Taft302
35.9%
Roosevelt +1.1
D+41.2
R+13.8
1,035
R
30.6%Bryan209
66.1%Taft451
3.2%
R+35.5
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R+25.9
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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
16.3%263
83.7%1,349
1,612
2022
R
9.3%126
74.1%1,003
1,353
2018
R
24.7%404
75.3%1,233
1,637
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−46 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −250 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $62,787 in average income, against $92,917 for residents who stayed — 32% 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 Bowman County, ND in Bowman County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+9
2012
+68
2013
+13
2014
+30
2015
+36
2016
−67
2017
−76
2018
−87
2019
−45
2021
−64
2022
+1
2023
−29
2024
+7
2025
−46
Bowman sits in the state's southwestern corner along the South Dakota line, where ranching economy and sparse settlement have long produced some of the most lopsided Republican margins in the region — 72 points in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 72.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.7 points.
A population of 2,906, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,109 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pierce County and Burke 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.
In 2024, Bowman County, North Dakota voted Republican by 72.7 points (R+72.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,618 votes cast, 207 went Democratic and 1,384 went Republican.
When did Bowman County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bowman County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Bowman County, North Dakota?
Bowman County, North Dakota has a population of 2,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bowman County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Bowman County, North Dakota is $72,109 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Bowman County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bowman County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
