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
GroupDickey CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German46.1%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian15.4%20.3%—
Irish7.9%7.3%9.4%
English5.3%5.1%9.5%
American4.4%2.9%5.3%
Swedish4.0%3.2%—
Russian2.6%——
Polish2.0%1.6%2.2%
Mexican1.9%2.8%11.3%
Spaniard0.4%0.2%—
Guatemalan0.3%—0.5%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Filipino0.7%0.3%0.9%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
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
Dickey County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
39.5
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
10.2%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dickey County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$68,654
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.9%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dickey County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.3%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
2.9%
0.7%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dickey County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
18.6%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
32.0%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
12.2%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
35.7%
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.
Dickey County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 2,453 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Dickey County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PCT 1PCT 1
557
1,829
67
2,453
22.7%
74.6%
R+51.9
Dickey 26-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Dickey 26-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Dickey 28-01 Voting District01
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
−43.4%
1896
−2.6%
1900
−14.4%
1904
−46.2%
1908
−24.6%
1912
+13.9%
1916
−5.7%
1920
−55.7%
1924
−34.7%
1928
−6.4%
1932
+35.4%
1936
+16.9%
1940
−21.8%
1944
−22.8%
1948
−15.8%
1952
−43.2%
1956
−23.7%
1960
−25.6%
1964
+0.3%
1968
−29.5%
1972
−28.2%
1976
−11.2%
1980
−43.0%
1984
−39.7%
1988
−24.4%
1992
−19.5%
1996
−17.4%
2000
−37.6%
2004
−35.7%
2008
−18.4%
2012
−29.9%
2016
−46.2%
2020
−46.8%
2024
−51.9%
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
22.7%Harris557
74.6%Trump1,829
2.0%Oliver49 +1
R+51.9
R+5.1
R+50.4
2,453
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.6%1,829
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic22.7%557
Chase OliverLibertarian2.0%49
OtherAll other candidates0.7%18
R
25.1%Biden608
71.9%Trump1,742
2.6%Jorgensen63
R+46.8
R+0.5
R+51.2
2,424
R
23.0%Clinton554
69.3%Trump1,667
5.1%Johnson123
R+46.2
R+16.4
R+48.3
2,407
R
33.6%Obama853
63.5%Romney1,610
2.8%
R+29.9
R+11.5
R+33.7
2,535
R
39.8%Obama1,044
58.2%McCain1,525
1.9%
R+18.4
D+17.3
R+25.6
2,620
R
31.3%Kerry883
67.0%Bush1,890
1.7%
R+35.7
D+1.9
R+33.2
2,821
R
28.9%Gore806
66.5%Bush1,853
1.9%Nader52
R+37.6
R+20.1
R+38.1
2,786
R
35.8%Clinton953
53.2%Dole1,418
10.4%Perot276
R+17.4
D+2.0
R+26.0
2,665
R
30.0%Clinton918
49.5%Bush1,514
20.1%Perot616
R+19.5
D+5.0
R+25.0
3,060
R
37.4%Dukakis1,249
61.9%Bush2,064
0.7%
R+24.4
D+15.3
R+16.7
3,336
R
29.6%Mondale1,051
69.4%Reagan2,460
1.0%
R+39.7
D+3.3
R+21.5
3,546
R
25.7%Carter917
68.7%Reagan2,455
5.7%
R+43.0
R+31.8
R+33.3
3,574
R
43.5%Carter1,612
54.7%Ford2,027
1.9%
R+11.2
D+17.0
R+13.3
3,709
R
35.4%McGovern1,266
63.6%Nixon2,277
1.1%
R+28.2
D+1.3
R+5.1
3,581
R
32.8%Humphrey1,098
62.3%Nixon2,087
4.9%
R+29.5
R+29.8
R+28.8
3,348
D
50.1%Johnson1,818
49.8%Goldwater1,808
0.1%
D+0.3
D+25.9
R+22.3
3,630
R
37.2%Kennedy1,433
62.8%Nixon2,420
0.1%
R+25.6
R+1.9
R+25.8
3,856
R
38.1%Stevenson1,435
61.7%Eisenhower2,327
0.2%
R+23.7
D+19.5
R+8.3
3,770
R
28.1%Stevenson1,150
71.2%Eisenhower2,917
0.7%
R+43.2
R+27.4
R+32.4
4,095
R
39.1%Truman1,264
54.9%Dewey1,774
6.0%
R+15.8
D+7.0
R+20.3
3,232
R
38.3%Roosevelt1,339
61.1%Dewey2,134
0.5%
R+22.8
R+0.9
R+30.3
3,492
R
35.6%Roosevelt1,721
57.4%Willkie2,777
7.0%
R+21.8
R+38.8
R+31.8
4,835
D
51.3%Roosevelt2,287
34.4%Landon1,533
14.3%
D+16.9
R+18.5
R+7.3
4,458
D
66.1%Roosevelt3,068
30.7%Hoover1,424
3.3%
D+35.4
D+41.8
D+17.6
4,643
R
46.5%Smith1,977
52.9%Hoover2,250
0.6%
R+6.4
D+28.3
D+11.0
4,253
O
9.0%Davis352
43.7%Coolidge1,716
47.2%La Follette1,856
La Follette +3.7
D+21.0
R+9.5
3,930
R
20.1%Cox766
75.8%Harding2,887
4.1%
R+55.7
R+50.0
R+29.5
3,809
R
44.5%Wilson920
50.1%Hughes1,037
5.4%
R+5.7
R+19.5
R+8.8
2,069
D
43.8%Wilson723
29.9%Taft494
26.3%
D+13.9
D+38.5
R+5.7
1,652
R
36.3%Bryan633
61.0%Taft1,062
2.7%
R+24.6
D+21.6
R+15.1
1,742
R
23.4%Parker336
69.6%Roosevelt998
6.9%
R+46.2
R+31.8
R+26.5
1,433
R
41.8%Bryan567
56.2%McKinley763
2.1%
R+14.4
R+11.8
R+6.9
1,358
R
48.4%Bryan587
51.1%McKinley619
0.5%
R+2.6
D+40.8
D+3.4
1,212
O
0.0%Cleveland0
43.4%Harrison509
56.6%
Weaver +13.2
—
R+45.1
1,173
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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
29.1%706
70.9%1,722
2,428
2022
R
18.8%335
68.0%1,211
1,780
2018
R
42.1%911
57.9%1,253
2,164
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−25 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −470 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $42,763 in average income, against $90,093 for residents who stayed — 53% 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 Dickey County, ND in Dickey County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+10
2012
+6
2013
−42
2014
−93
2015
−33
2016
−71
2017
−147
2018
+57
2019
−75
2021
−34
2022
+24
2023
−20
2024
−27
2025
−25
Dickey County's 5,757 residents are spread across rolling prairie near the South Dakota line, and its presidential margins have consistently ranked among North Dakota's most lopsided, reflecting the overwhelmingly rural, agricultural character of the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.9 points.
A population of 4,935, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,654 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walworth County and LaMoure 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, Dickey County, North Dakota voted Republican by 51.9 points (R+51.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,453 votes cast, 557 went Democratic and 1,829 went Republican.
When did Dickey County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dickey County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Dickey County, North Dakota?
Dickey County, North Dakota has a population of 4,935 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dickey County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Dickey County, North Dakota is $68,654 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Dickey County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dickey County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
