Dunn County, North Dakota: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+69%. Republican peak: R+69 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+69MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,0402024 5-year
- Median household income
- $97,6892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- McCone County, MT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dunn CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dunn County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | −39.3% |
| 1912 | −4.4% |
| 1916 | +28.1% |
| 1920 | −63.1% |
| 1924 | −34.5% |
| 1928 | +6.9% |
| 1932 | +60.2% |
| 1936 | +45.1% |
| 1940 | −20.9% |
| 1944 | −19.8% |
| 1948 | −7.0% |
| 1952 | −53.8% |
| 1956 | −19.5% |
| 1960 | −5.1% |
| 1964 | +11.2% |
| 1968 | −20.2% |
| 1972 | −36.1% |
| 1976 | +0.5% |
| 1980 | −49.2% |
| 1984 | −37.3% |
| 1988 | −17.0% |
| 1992 | −5.6% |
| 1996 | −13.9% |
| 2000 | −37.6% |
| 2004 | −34.2% |
| 2008 | −33.6% |
| 2012 | −49.1% |
| 2016 | −63.0% |
| 2020 | −68.8% |
| 2024 | −68.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 332 | 1,877 | 2,242 | ||
| R | 342 | 1,951 | 2,338 | ||
| R | 358 | 1,771 | 2,243 | ||
| R | 508 | 1,506 | 2,034 | ||
| R | 527 | 1,080 | 1,644 | ||
| R | 571 | 1,178 | 1,774 | ||
| R | 474 | 1,124 | 1,728 | ||
| R | 587 | 830 | 1,743 | ||
| R | 667 | 784 | 2,105 | ||
| R | 892 | 1,263 | 2,178 | ||
| R | 716 | 1,583 | 2,324 | ||
| R | 532 | 1,706 | 2,386 | ||
| D | 1,051 | 1,041 | 2,157 | ||
| R | 644 | 1,438 | 2,197 | ||
| R | 772 | 1,207 | 2,149 | ||
| D | 1,351 | 1,079 | 2,432 | ||
| R | 1,321 | 1,462 | 2,783 | ||
| R | 1,055 | 1,567 | 2,628 | ||
| R | 664 | 2,237 | 2,924 | ||
| R | 1,074 | 1,244 | 2,423 | ||
| R | 919 | 1,374 | 2,298 | ||
| R | 1,392 | 2,132 | 3,536 | ||
| D | 2,257 | 732 | 3,381 | ||
| D | 2,380 | 569 | 3,008 | ||
| D | 1,561 | 1,360 | 2,925 | ||
| O | 190 | 980 | 2,291 | ||
| R | 457 | 2,102 | 2,608 | ||
| D | 1,028 | 566 | 1,644 | ||
| O | 246 | 285 | 880 | ||
| R | 160 | 373 | 542 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.1%
Irish
6.3%
English
4.6%
American
4.6%
Polish
3.1%
Italian
1.2%
Scottish
0.9%
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: 40.4 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
$97,689
Dunn County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Dunn County$97,689
North Dakota$76,657
United States$80,734
Dunn County ranks in the top 5% 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
7.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.1%
Working age (18–64)5.1%
Seniors (65+)15.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.3%
speak English only
Other languages4.0%
Spanish2.8%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dunn County's 2024 presidential result—R+68.9—sits near the outer edge of the national distribution, reflecting a sparsely settled western North Dakota oil-patch electorate where Republican margins have widened consistently over the past decade.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-nine points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-nine points.
A median household income of $97,689, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,040 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McCone County and Burke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dunn County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dunn County, North Dakota voted Republican by 68.9 points (R+69), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,242 votes cast, 332 went Democratic and 1,877 went Republican.
What is Dunn County, North Dakota's political typology?
Akashic places Dunn County, North Dakota in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 6 times, Republican 22 times, and other 2 times.
When did Dunn County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dunn County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Dunn County, North Dakota?
Dunn County, North Dakota has a population of 4,040 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dunn County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Dunn County, North Dakota is $97,689 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Dunn County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dunn County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.