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
GroupEmmons CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German56.0%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian8.4%20.3%—
Dutch6.3%——
Russian6.0%——
English5.5%5.1%9.5%
Irish4.6%7.3%9.4%
American2.4%2.9%5.3%
Finnish1.8%——
Turtle Mountain Chippewa0.2%0.6%—
Spaniard0.5%0.2%—
Mexican0.2%2.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
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
Emmons County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
51.7
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
4.6%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.7%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Emmons County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$66,538
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.1%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.2%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Emmons County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
6.7%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
5.6%
0.7%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Emmons County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
81.1%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.3%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
0.0%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.6%
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.
Emmons County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 1,930 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Emmons County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -22
41
376
5
422
9.7%
89.1%
R+79.4
Precinct -11
52
349
4
405
12.8%
86.2%
R+73.3
Precinct -33
42
322
12
376
11.2%
85.6%
R+74.5
Precinct -55
37
327
2
366
10.1%
89.3%
R+79.2
Precinct -44
33
323
5
361
9.1%
89.5%
R+80.3
Emmons 28-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Emmons 28-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Emmons 28-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Emmons 28-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Emmons 28-05 Voting District05
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
−67.5%
1896
−28.0%
1900
−16.3%
1904
−39.1%
1908
−20.9%
1912
+8.5%
1916
−27.9%
1920
−84.2%
1924
−35.6%
1928
+7.1%
1932
+53.7%
1936
+31.2%
1940
−55.2%
1944
−54.6%
1948
−29.6%
1952
−72.8%
1956
−54.3%
1960
+7.1%
1964
−6.1%
1968
−40.3%
1972
−31.7%
1976
+3.0%
1980
−61.1%
1984
−49.3%
1988
−27.3%
1992
−18.6%
1996
−28.2%
2000
−51.5%
2004
−39.7%
2008
−37.2%
2012
−55.8%
2016
−73.8%
2020
−74.7%
2024
−77.3%
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
10.6%Harris205
87.9%Trump1,697
1.1%Oliver21 +1
R+77.3
R+2.6
R+75.8
1,930
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.9%1,697
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic10.6%205
Chase OliverLibertarian1.1%21
OtherAll other candidates0.4%7
R
11.8%Biden237
86.5%Trump1,738
1.3%Jorgensen27
R+74.7
R+0.9
R+79.2
2,009
R
10.9%Clinton215
84.7%Trump1,677
2.6%Johnson52
R+73.8
R+18.0
R+75.9
1,981
R
20.3%Obama383
76.2%Romney1,435
3.5%
R+55.8
R+18.6
R+59.7
1,884
R
29.7%Obama546
67.0%McCain1,230
3.3%
R+37.2
D+2.4
R+44.5
1,837
R
28.9%Kerry611
68.6%Bush1,449
2.5%
R+39.7
D+11.8
R+37.2
2,113
R
20.3%Gore405
71.8%Bush1,430
2.1%Nader42
R+51.5
R+23.3
R+52.0
1,992
R
25.4%Clinton544
53.5%Dole1,148
20.6%Perot441
R+28.2
R+9.6
R+36.7
2,144
R
24.5%Clinton595
43.1%Bush1,047
31.9%Perot774
R+18.6
D+8.7
R+24.2
2,430
R
35.6%Dukakis925
62.9%Bush1,634
1.4%
R+27.3
D+22.0
R+19.6
2,596
R
24.2%Mondale620
73.5%Reagan1,885
2.4%
R+49.3
D+11.8
R+31.1
2,566
R
16.4%Carter502
77.6%Reagan2,369
6.0%
R+61.1
R+64.1
R+51.4
3,054
D
48.9%Carter1,459
45.9%Ford1,370
5.2%
D+3.0
D+34.7
D+0.9
2,984
R
32.8%McGovern1,115
64.5%Nixon2,194
2.7%
R+31.7
D+8.6
R+8.6
3,400
R
24.7%Humphrey756
65.0%Nixon1,991
10.3%
R+40.3
R+34.2
R+39.6
3,061
R
46.9%Johnson1,556
53.1%Goldwater1,759
0.0%
R+6.1
R+13.2
R+28.7
3,315
D
53.5%Kennedy2,058
46.4%Nixon1,785
0.1%
D+7.1
D+61.4
D+6.9
3,845
R
22.8%Stevenson825
77.1%Eisenhower2,789
0.1%
R+54.3
D+18.5
R+38.9
3,617
R
13.4%Stevenson522
86.2%Eisenhower3,369
0.5%
R+72.8
R+43.2
R+62.1
3,910
R
33.9%Truman1,187
63.5%Dewey2,223
2.7%
R+29.6
D+25.0
R+34.1
3,503
R
22.4%Roosevelt656
77.0%Dewey2,255
0.6%
R+54.6
D+0.6
R+62.1
2,929
R
22.1%Roosevelt1,004
77.3%Willkie3,515
0.6%
R+55.2
R+86.5
R+65.2
4,548
D
57.9%Roosevelt2,424
26.7%Landon1,117
15.3%
D+31.2
R+22.4
D+7.0
4,183
D
76.3%Roosevelt3,089
22.6%Hoover916
1.1%
D+53.7
D+46.6
D+35.9
4,049
D
53.3%Smith2,066
46.2%Hoover1,792
0.4%
D+7.1
D+42.7
D+24.5
3,875
O
4.1%Davis123
39.7%Coolidge1,198
56.1%La Follette1,695
La Follette +16.6
D+48.7
R+10.4
3,021
R
7.5%Cox238
91.8%Harding2,900
0.7%
R+84.2
R+56.4
R+58.1
3,160
R
35.3%Wilson609
63.2%Hughes1,090
1.6%
R+27.9
R+36.3
R+31.0
1,726
D
38.9%Wilson524
30.4%Taft410
30.7%
D+8.5
D+29.4
R+11.1
1,347
R
38.8%Bryan618
59.7%Taft951
1.5%
R+20.9
D+18.2
R+11.3
1,593
R
29.5%Parker281
68.7%Roosevelt653
1.8%
R+39.1
R+22.8
R+19.4
951
R
41.6%Bryan311
58.0%McKinley433
0.4%
R+16.3
D+11.7
R+8.8
747
R
35.7%Bryan168
63.7%McKinley300
0.6%
R+28.0
D+39.5
R+21.9
471
R
0.0%Cleveland0
67.5%Harrison278
32.5%
R+67.5
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R+69.1
412
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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
18.8%355
81.2%1,534
1,889
2022
R
6.9%106
59.5%915
1,539
2018
R
21.4%391
78.6%1,433
1,824
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+3 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −174 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $61,378 in average income, against $77,206 for residents who stayed — 21% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Burleigh County, ND23
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 Emmons County, ND in Emmons County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+6
2012
−18
2013
+22
2014
−42
2015
−10
2016
−45
2017
−18
2018
−14
2019
−24
2021
−3
2022
+13
2023
−27
2024
−17
2025
+3
Emmons County, a sparsely settled stretch of the Missouri River breaks, recorded an R+77.3 presidential margin in 2024—among the most lopsided results of any county in the country, reflecting deep rural consolidation across the Great Plains.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 84.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 77.3 points.
A population of 3,254, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,538 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Logan County and Potter 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, Emmons County, North Dakota voted Republican by 77.3 points (R+77.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,930 votes cast, 205 went Democratic and 1,697 went Republican.
When did Emmons County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Emmons County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Emmons County, North Dakota?
Emmons County, North Dakota has a population of 3,254 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Emmons County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Emmons County, North Dakota is $66,538 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Emmons County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Emmons County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
