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
GroupBurke CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
Norwegian32.1%20.3%—
German21.3%34.5%12.5%
Swedish7.0%3.2%—
American6.3%2.9%5.3%
Irish6.1%7.3%9.4%
English4.7%5.1%9.5%
French4.0%2.3%1.6%
Italian2.9%—4.8%
Mexican1.5%2.8%11.3%
Honduran1.0%—0.3%
Vietnamese1.1%—0.6%
Filipino0.7%0.3%0.9%
Nigerian1.7%0.2%0.2%
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
Burke County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
39.7
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
4.3%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.0%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Burke County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$91,591
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.9%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.8%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Burke County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
2.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Burke County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
18.8%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.2%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
7.2%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
66.8%
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.
Burke County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
12 precincts · 1,056 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Burke County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -33
39
308
1
348
11.2%
88.5%
R+77.3
Precinct -22
50
255
8
313
16.0%
81.5%
R+65.5
Precinct -44
12
133
2
147
8.2%
90.5%
R+82.3
Precinct -55
16
112
3
131
12.2%
85.5%
R+73.3
Precinct -66
10
67
1
78
12.8%
85.9%
R+73.1
Precinct -11
3
34
2
39
7.7%
87.2%
R+79.5
Burke 2-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
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Even
Burke 2-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
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Even
Burke 2-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
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Even
Burke 2-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
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Even
Burke 2-05 Voting District05
0
0
0
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Burke 2-06 Voting District06
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+3.9%
1916
+24.5%
1920
−54.0%
1924
−34.2%
1928
−19.4%
1932
+43.6%
1936
+30.5%
1940
−18.0%
1944
−11.1%
1948
−10.1%
1952
−41.4%
1956
−20.3%
1960
−19.8%
1964
+19.7%
1968
−19.8%
1972
−36.5%
1976
−9.0%
1980
−52.0%
1984
−40.4%
1988
−16.4%
1992
−6.1%
1996
−6.2%
2000
−38.7%
2004
−40.5%
2008
−37.5%
2012
−52.7%
2016
−73.8%
2020
−74.2%
2024
−73.8%
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
12.3%Harris130
86.1%Trump909
1.1%Oliver12 +1
R+73.8
D+0.4
R+72.3
1,056
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.1%909
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic12.3%130
Chase OliverLibertarian1.1%12
OtherAll other candidates0.5%5
R
11.9%Biden137
86.1%Trump994
1.7%Jorgensen20
R+74.2
R+0.4
R+78.7
1,155
R
11.3%Clinton119
85.1%Trump895
2.5%Johnson26
R+73.8
R+21.1
R+75.9
1,052
R
22.5%Obama230
75.2%Romney769
2.3%
R+52.7
R+15.1
R+56.5
1,023
R
30.3%Obama286
67.9%McCain640
1.8%
R+37.5
D+3.0
R+44.8
943
R
28.8%Kerry336
69.4%Bush808
1.8%
R+40.5
R+1.8
R+38.1
1,165
R
28.5%Gore296
67.2%Bush698
1.9%Nader20
R+38.7
R+32.5
R+39.2
1,039
R
38.2%Clinton416
44.4%Dole483
16.2%Perot176
R+6.2
R+0.1
R+14.7
1,089
R
30.1%Clinton458
36.2%Bush551
33.2%Perot506
R+6.1
D+10.3
R+11.7
1,524
R
41.0%Dukakis693
57.5%Bush971
1.5%
R+16.4
D+23.9
R+8.7
1,690
R
29.1%Mondale543
69.4%Reagan1,298
1.5%
R+40.4
D+11.6
R+22.2
1,869
R
21.2%Carter418
73.3%Reagan1,442
5.5%
R+52.0
R+43.0
R+42.3
1,968
R
43.0%Carter899
52.0%Ford1,087
4.9%
R+9.0
D+27.5
R+11.1
2,089
R
29.9%McGovern651
66.4%Nixon1,446
3.8%
R+36.5
R+16.7
R+13.3
2,179
R
37.1%Humphrey808
56.8%Nixon1,239
6.1%
R+19.8
R+39.5
R+19.1
2,180
D
59.7%Johnson1,454
40.0%Goldwater974
0.2%
D+19.7
D+39.6
R+2.9
2,434
R
40.0%Kennedy1,076
59.9%Nixon1,609
0.1%
R+19.8
D+0.5
R+20.0
2,687
R
39.7%Stevenson936
60.0%Eisenhower1,415
0.3%
R+20.3
D+21.1
R+4.9
2,359
R
28.5%Stevenson811
69.9%Eisenhower1,986
1.5%
R+41.4
R+31.3
R+30.6
2,841
R
40.9%Truman972
50.9%Dewey1,212
8.2%
R+10.1
D+1.0
R+14.6
2,379
R
43.4%Roosevelt1,226
54.5%Dewey1,540
2.2%
R+11.1
D+6.9
R+18.6
2,827
R
39.6%Roosevelt1,342
57.5%Willkie1,951
2.9%
R+18.0
R+48.4
R+27.9
3,391
D
48.8%Roosevelt1,821
18.3%Landon684
32.9%
D+30.5
R+13.1
D+6.2
3,731
D
68.8%Roosevelt2,473
25.2%Hoover906
6.0%
D+43.6
D+63.0
D+25.8
3,594
R
39.0%Smith1,336
58.4%Hoover2,002
2.7%
R+19.4
D+14.8
R+2.0
3,429
O
5.4%Davis135
39.6%Coolidge996
54.7%La Follette1,376
La Follette +15.4
D+19.8
R+9.1
2,514
R
16.9%Cox456
70.9%Harding1,911
12.1%
R+54.0
R+78.5
R+27.8
2,694
D
55.8%Wilson922
31.4%Hughes518
12.8%
D+24.5
D+20.5
D+21.3
1,651
O
27.5%Wilson308
23.6%Taft264
48.9%
Roosevelt +21.4
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R+15.6
1,120
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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
16.8%175
83.2%868
1,043
2022
R
8.0%62
63.7%494
776
2018
R
23.8%228
76.2%729
957
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−2 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −45 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $77,588 in average income, against $101,968 for residents who stayed — 24% 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 Burke County, ND in Burke County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+91
2012
+108
2013
+106
2014
−53
2015
+62
2016
−138
2017
−111
2018
−50
2019
+12
2021
−35
2022
−26
2023
−1
2024
−8
2025
−2
Burke County, a sparsely settled oil-patch and wheat-farming corner of northwestern North Dakota, recorded an R+73.8 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest of any county in the country that cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 74.2 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 73.8 points.
A population of 2,156, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,591 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Renville County and Bowman 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, Burke County, North Dakota voted Republican by 73.8 points (R+73.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,056 votes cast, 130 went Democratic and 909 went Republican.
When did Burke County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Burke County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Burke County, North Dakota?
Burke County, North Dakota has a population of 2,156 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burke County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Burke County, North Dakota is $91,591 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Burke County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Burke County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
