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
GroupGrant CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German54.5%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian15.0%20.3%—
Irish7.1%7.3%9.4%
Russian6.8%——
American6.4%2.9%5.3%
English4.2%5.1%9.5%
Swedish1.9%3.2%—
Slovak0.9%——
Filipino1.2%0.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%0.2%1.4%
Mexican1.0%2.8%11.3%
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
Grant County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
48.9
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
1.3%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.6%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Grant County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$57,875
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.6%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Grant County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.7%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
2.3%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
3.8%
0.7%
0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.3%
0.4%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Grant County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
20.3%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
26.4%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
30.7%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
22.6%
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.
Grant County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
9 precincts · 1,306 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Grant County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
91
641
14
746
12.2%
85.9%
R+73.7
Precinct -33
60
204
8
272
22.1%
75.0%
R+52.9
Precinct -22
32
114
2
148
21.6%
77.0%
R+55.4
Precinct -44
22
102
1
125
17.6%
81.6%
R+64.0
Precinct -55
0
15
0
15
0.0%
100.0%
R+100.0
Grant 31-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
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Even
Grant 31-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
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Even
Grant 31-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
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Even
Grant 31-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1920–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1920
−71.9%
1924
−34.7%
1928
−10.1%
1932
+61.7%
1936
+24.2%
1940
−63.4%
1944
−61.7%
1948
−37.3%
1952
−71.4%
1956
−44.4%
1960
−30.5%
1964
−14.4%
1968
−50.5%
1972
−43.5%
1976
−11.2%
1980
−67.3%
1984
−51.3%
1988
−34.1%
1992
−24.8%
1996
−33.6%
2000
−59.0%
2004
−55.4%
2008
−23.1%
2012
−48.9%
2016
−66.8%
2020
−67.9%
2024
−66.7%
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
15.7%Harris205
82.4%Trump1,076
1.8%Oliver23 +1
R+66.7
D+1.2
R+65.2
1,306
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.4%1,076
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic15.7%205
Chase OliverLibertarian1.8%23
OtherAll other candidates0.2%2
R
15.0%Biden207
82.9%Trump1,145
2.0%Jorgensen28
R+67.9
R+1.1
R+72.4
1,381
R
13.4%Clinton185
80.2%Trump1,108
4.7%Johnson65
R+66.8
R+17.9
R+68.9
1,381
R
23.6%Obama334
72.5%Romney1,025
3.8%
R+48.9
R+25.8
R+52.8
1,413
R
21.1%Obama280
44.2%McCain587
34.8%
R+23.1
D+32.3
R+30.4
1,329
R
21.3%Kerry264
76.7%Bush952
2.1%
R+55.4
D+3.6
R+52.9
1,242
R
16.5%Gore235
75.5%Bush1,077
1.9%Nader27
R+59.0
R+25.4
R+59.5
1,427
R
21.9%Clinton300
55.5%Dole760
21.5%Perot295
R+33.6
R+8.8
R+42.1
1,369
R
21.2%Clinton415
45.9%Bush900
32.1%Perot629
R+24.8
D+9.4
R+30.3
1,959
R
32.0%Dukakis654
66.1%Bush1,351
1.9%
R+34.1
D+17.2
R+26.4
2,043
R
23.6%Mondale507
74.9%Reagan1,607
1.4%
R+51.3
D+16.0
R+33.1
2,145
R
13.6%Carter317
80.8%Reagan1,891
5.6%
R+67.3
R+56.1
R+57.6
2,339
R
42.2%Carter952
53.4%Ford1,205
4.5%
R+11.2
D+32.3
R+13.3
2,258
R
26.7%McGovern596
70.2%Nixon1,569
3.2%
R+43.5
D+7.0
R+20.4
2,236
R
21.3%Humphrey488
71.8%Nixon1,648
7.0%
R+50.5
R+36.1
R+49.8
2,296
R
42.7%Johnson1,063
57.1%Goldwater1,421
0.2%
R+14.4
D+16.1
R+37.0
2,488
R
34.7%Kennedy955
65.2%Nixon1,794
0.1%
R+30.5
D+13.9
R+30.7
2,751
R
27.6%Stevenson718
72.0%Eisenhower1,872
0.3%
R+44.4
D+27.0
R+29.0
2,599
R
13.9%Stevenson403
85.3%Eisenhower2,465
0.7%
R+71.4
R+34.1
R+60.6
2,889
R
29.7%Truman689
66.9%Dewey1,555
3.4%
R+37.3
D+24.4
R+41.8
2,323
R
18.9%Roosevelt410
80.6%Dewey1,745
0.4%
R+61.7
D+1.7
R+69.2
2,164
R
18.2%Roosevelt627
81.5%Willkie2,815
0.3%
R+63.4
R+87.6
R+73.3
3,453
D
53.8%Roosevelt1,858
29.6%Landon1,022
16.7%
D+24.2
R+37.5
R+0.1
3,456
D
79.7%Roosevelt2,912
18.0%Hoover657
2.3%
D+61.7
D+71.8
D+43.9
3,654
R
44.5%Smith1,434
54.6%Hoover1,759
0.9%
R+10.1
D+24.6
D+7.4
3,222
O
4.4%Davis125
39.1%Coolidge1,120
56.4%La Follette1,618
La Follette +17.5
D+37.2
R+9.5
2,867
R
11.3%Cox296
83.2%Harding2,184
5.6%
R+71.9
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R+45.7
2,626
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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
20.5%267
79.5%1,035
1,302
2022
R
9.2%103
67.8%755
1,114
2018
R
26.7%337
73.3%925
1,262
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−7 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −164 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Grant County, ND in Grant County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−49
2012
+4
2013
+36
2014
−1
2015
+31
2016
−20
2017
−26
2018
−15
2019
−83
2021
+44
2022
−54
2023
−10
2024
−14
2025
−7
Grant County's sparse, ranch-dominated landscape anchors a political alignment that has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 60 points in recent cycles, making it among the most lopsided rural counties in North Dakota.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 61.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 71.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.7 points.
A population of 2,269, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,875 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Adams County and McIntosh 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, Grant County, North Dakota voted Republican by 66.7 points (R+66.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,306 votes cast, 205 went Democratic and 1,076 went Republican.
When did Grant County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grant County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Grant County, North Dakota?
Grant County, North Dakota has a population of 2,269 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grant County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Grant County, North Dakota is $57,875 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Grant County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grant County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
