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
GroupDivide CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
Norwegian42.6%20.3%—
German16.8%34.5%12.5%
Irish8.8%7.3%9.4%
English7.2%5.1%9.5%
Scottish5.5%—1.3%
Italian4.1%—4.8%
Swedish3.8%3.2%—
American2.1%2.9%5.3%
Spanish1.6%——
Puerto Rican1.5%0.5%1.8%
Colombian1.2%—0.4%
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
Divide County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
49.7
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.6%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Divide County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$91,852
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.3%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.7%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Divide County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Divide County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
9.8%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.7%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.7%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
46.8%
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.
Divide County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 1,201 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Divide County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
136
415
20
571
23.8%
72.7%
R+48.9
Precinct -22
74
223
6
303
24.4%
73.6%
R+49.2
Precinct -33
25
141
3
169
14.8%
83.4%
R+68.6
Precinct -44
18
135
5
158
11.4%
85.4%
R+74.1
Divide 02-01 Voting District01
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Divide 02-02 Voting District02
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Divide 02-03 Voting District03
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presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
−2.1%
1916
+13.5%
1920
−65.5%
1924
−26.7%
1928
−21.9%
1932
+45.8%
1936
+46.0%
1940
+10.3%
1944
+10.4%
1948
−4.6%
1952
−42.2%
1956
−4.1%
1960
−4.0%
1964
+31.5%
1968
−5.8%
1972
−22.4%
1976
+8.9%
1980
−39.5%
1984
−29.3%
1988
+0.3%
1992
+7.3%
1996
+11.1%
2000
−17.3%
2004
−20.8%
2008
−14.7%
2012
−29.9%
2016
−51.0%
2020
−50.7%
2024
−55.0%
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
21.1%Harris253
76.1%Trump914
2.2%Oliver27 +1
R+55.0
R+4.4
R+53.6
1,201
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.1%914
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic21.1%253
Chase OliverLibertarian2.2%27
OtherAll other candidates0.6%7
R
23.3%Biden285
74.0%Trump904
2.5%Jorgensen30
R+50.7
D+0.4
R+55.1
1,222
R
20.1%Clinton245
71.1%Trump867
5.8%Johnson71
R+51.0
R+21.1
R+53.1
1,219
R
33.1%Obama385
63.1%Romney733
3.8%
R+29.9
R+15.3
R+33.8
1,162
R
41.0%Obama464
55.7%McCain630
3.3%
R+14.7
D+6.1
R+21.9
1,131
R
38.4%Kerry487
59.2%Bush751
2.4%
R+20.8
R+3.6
R+18.4
1,268
R
38.5%Gore306
55.8%Bush443
3.0%Nader24
R+17.3
R+28.4
R+17.8
794
D
47.5%Clinton637
36.4%Dole488
15.6%Perot209
D+11.1
D+3.8
D+2.6
1,340
D
39.1%Clinton634
31.8%Bush515
28.1%Perot456
D+7.3
D+7.0
D+1.8
1,620
D
49.5%Dukakis875
49.2%Bush869
1.4%
D+0.3
D+29.6
D+8.1
1,768
R
34.0%Mondale626
63.3%Reagan1,165
2.7%
R+29.3
D+10.2
R+11.1
1,840
R
26.5%Carter509
66.1%Reagan1,267
7.4%
R+39.5
R+48.4
R+29.8
1,918
D
53.4%Carter1,057
44.5%Ford881
2.0%
D+8.9
D+31.3
D+6.8
1,978
R
37.9%McGovern774
60.3%Nixon1,230
1.8%
R+22.4
R+16.6
D+0.8
2,040
R
44.6%Humphrey914
50.4%Nixon1,032
5.0%
R+5.8
R+37.3
R+5.1
2,048
D
65.7%Johnson1,498
34.2%Goldwater779
0.2%
D+31.5
D+35.6
D+8.9
2,281
R
47.9%Kennedy1,243
51.9%Nixon1,348
0.2%
R+4.0
±0.0
R+4.2
2,595
R
47.9%Stevenson1,194
52.0%Eisenhower1,296
0.1%
R+4.1
D+38.1
D+11.3
2,493
R
28.6%Stevenson807
70.8%Eisenhower1,999
0.6%
R+42.2
R+37.6
R+31.5
2,824
R
43.5%Truman887
48.1%Dewey981
8.3%
R+4.6
R+15.0
R+9.1
2,038
D
54.6%Roosevelt1,513
44.2%Dewey1,225
1.2%
D+10.4
D+0.1
D+2.9
2,772
D
54.6%Roosevelt1,771
44.3%Willkie1,437
1.0%
D+10.3
R+35.7
D+0.4
3,242
D
62.6%Roosevelt2,212
16.5%Landon585
20.9%
D+46.0
D+0.2
D+21.8
3,536
D
69.8%Roosevelt2,374
24.0%Hoover817
6.2%
D+45.8
D+67.7
D+28.0
3,402
R
38.4%Smith1,250
60.4%Hoover1,963
1.2%
R+21.9
D+4.8
R+4.5
3,252
O
3.7%Davis91
30.4%Coolidge743
65.7%La Follette1,605
La Follette +35.4
D+38.8
R+1.5
2,442
R
15.3%Cox462
80.8%Harding2,438
3.9%
R+65.5
R+79.0
R+39.3
3,017
D
53.0%Wilson950
39.4%Hughes707
7.6%
D+13.5
D+15.6
D+10.4
1,794
O
26.5%Wilson375
28.6%Taft404
44.9%
Roosevelt +16.3
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R+21.6
1,413
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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
25.8%309
74.2%887
1,196
2022
R
15.7%161
64.2%657
1,024
2018
R
39.4%469
60.6%720
1,189
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−7 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +18 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Divide County, ND in Divide County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+53
2012
+111
2013
+67
2014
+90
2015
+7
2016
−76
2017
−116
2018
−35
2019
−10
2021
−16
2022
−1
2023
−24
2024
−25
2025
−7
Divide County sits in North Dakota's northwest corner along the Saskatchewan border, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 50 points in multiple consecutive cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 65.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.0 points.
A population of 2,167, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,852 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bottineau County and Lake of the Woods 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, Divide County, North Dakota voted Republican by 55.0 points (R+55.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,201 votes cast, 253 went Democratic and 914 went Republican.
When did Divide County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Divide County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Divide County, North Dakota?
Divide County, North Dakota has a population of 2,167 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Divide County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Divide County, North Dakota is $91,852 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Divide County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Divide County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
