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
GroupMcIntosh CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German57.6%34.5%12.5%
Russian16.3%——
American7.1%2.9%5.3%
Norwegian4.5%20.3%—
Irish2.1%7.3%9.4%
English1.9%5.1%9.5%
Swedish1.8%3.2%—
French1.6%2.3%1.6%
Mexican2.4%2.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
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
McIntosh County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
53
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
4.4%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
31.1%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
McIntosh County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$64,419
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.9%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
McIntosh County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
2.3%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
8.6%
0.7%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.3%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
McIntosh County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
13.4%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.1%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
29.6%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
52.9%
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.
McIntosh County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
12 precincts · 1,390 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
McIntosh County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -44
82
339
10
431
19.0%
78.7%
R+59.6
Precinct -11
50
307
5
362
13.8%
84.8%
R+71.0
Precinct -22
41
169
7
217
18.9%
77.9%
R+59.0
Precinct -55
21
129
3
153
13.7%
84.3%
R+70.6
Precinct -66
20
131
2
153
13.1%
85.6%
R+72.5
Precinct -33
15
57
2
74
20.3%
77.0%
R+56.8
McIntosh 28-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
McIntosh 28-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
McIntosh 28-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
McIntosh 28-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
McIntosh 28-05 Voting District05
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
McIntosh 28-06 Voting District06
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
−70.0%
1896
−67.2%
1900
−68.1%
1904
−85.2%
1908
−73.4%
1912
−8.0%
1916
−55.4%
1920
−90.2%
1924
−32.3%
1928
+10.4%
1932
+73.8%
1936
+11.9%
1940
−83.3%
1944
−84.2%
1948
−60.9%
1952
−82.6%
1956
−68.6%
1960
−62.2%
1964
−33.1%
1968
−70.1%
1972
−64.2%
1976
−31.4%
1980
−75.3%
1984
−64.5%
1988
−48.1%
1992
−33.3%
1996
−30.0%
2000
−50.6%
2004
−47.5%
2008
−22.0%
2012
−37.6%
2016
−59.8%
2020
−61.3%
2024
−65.0%
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
16.5%Harris229
81.4%Trump1,132
1.4%Oliver20 +1
R+65.0
R+3.7
R+63.5
1,390
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.4%1,132
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic16.5%229
Chase OliverLibertarian1.4%20
OtherAll other candidates0.6%9
R
17.9%Biden261
79.2%Trump1,153
2.1%Jorgensen30
R+61.3
R+1.5
R+65.8
1,455
R
16.3%Clinton235
76.1%Trump1,100
4.9%Johnson71
R+59.8
R+22.2
R+61.9
1,446
R
30.0%Obama459
67.6%Romney1,035
2.4%
R+37.6
R+15.6
R+41.5
1,530
R
37.8%Obama579
59.8%McCain916
2.4%
R+22.0
D+25.5
R+29.3
1,532
R
25.3%Kerry436
72.8%Bush1,254
1.9%
R+47.5
D+3.1
R+45.0
1,722
R
21.4%Gore350
72.0%Bush1,178
2.2%Nader36
R+50.6
R+20.5
R+51.1
1,637
R
26.4%Clinton470
56.4%Dole1,005
16.6%Perot295
R+30.0
D+3.3
R+38.6
1,781
R
21.9%Clinton450
55.2%Bush1,134
22.1%Perot454
R+33.3
D+14.8
R+38.9
2,054
R
25.5%Dukakis598
73.5%Bush1,726
1.0%
R+48.1
D+16.4
R+40.3
2,347
R
17.0%Mondale427
81.5%Reagan2,047
1.6%
R+64.5
D+10.8
R+46.2
2,513
R
10.7%Carter308
86.0%Reagan2,471
3.3%
R+75.3
R+43.8
R+65.5
2,873
R
32.9%Carter912
64.3%Ford1,785
2.8%
R+31.4
D+32.7
R+33.5
2,776
R
17.4%McGovern521
81.6%Nixon2,440
1.0%
R+64.2
D+6.0
R+41.0
2,990
R
12.5%Humphrey342
82.7%Nixon2,258
4.8%
R+70.1
R+37.0
R+69.4
2,732
R
33.4%Johnson950
66.6%Goldwater1,891
0.0%
R+33.1
D+29.1
R+55.7
2,841
R
18.9%Kennedy628
81.1%Nixon2,694
0.0%
R+62.2
D+6.4
R+62.4
3,322
R
15.6%Stevenson498
84.2%Eisenhower2,689
0.2%
R+68.6
D+14.0
R+53.2
3,193
R
8.2%Stevenson276
90.9%Eisenhower3,043
0.9%
R+82.6
R+21.8
R+71.9
3,348
R
18.5%Truman513
79.4%Dewey2,203
2.2%
R+60.9
D+23.3
R+65.4
2,776
R
7.8%Roosevelt226
92.0%Dewey2,682
0.3%
R+84.2
R+0.9
R+91.7
2,916
R
8.3%Roosevelt318
91.7%Willkie3,494
0.0%
R+83.3
R+95.2
R+93.3
3,812
D
52.4%Roosevelt1,900
40.5%Landon1,469
7.2%
D+11.9
R+61.9
R+12.4
3,629
D
86.9%Roosevelt3,078
13.1%Hoover465
0.0%
D+73.8
D+63.3
D+56.0
3,543
D
55.2%Smith1,474
44.8%Hoover1,196
0.0%
D+10.4
D+42.8
D+27.9
2,670
O
2.1%Davis39
34.5%Coolidge637
63.4%La Follette1,172
La Follette +29.0
D+57.8
R+7.2
1,849
R
4.2%Cox79
94.3%Harding1,782
1.5%
R+90.2
R+34.8
R+64.0
1,889
R
22.0%Wilson270
77.4%Hughes950
0.7%
R+55.4
R+47.4
R+58.5
1,228
O
13.0%Wilson125
21.0%Taft202
66.0%
Roosevelt +45.1
D+65.4
R+27.5
963
R
13.1%Bryan140
86.5%Taft927
0.5%
R+73.4
D+11.8
R+63.9
1,072
R
7.3%Parker58
92.5%Roosevelt736
0.3%
R+85.2
R+17.1
R+65.5
796
R
16.0%Bryan125
84.0%McKinley658
0.0%
R+68.1
R+0.9
R+60.5
783
R
16.4%Bryan66
83.6%McKinley336
0.0%
R+67.2
D+2.8
R+61.1
402
R
0.0%Cleveland0
70.0%Harrison280
30.0%
R+70.0
—
R+71.7
400
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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
23.4%324
76.6%1,060
1,384
2022
R
11.1%123
70.6%780
1,105
2018
R
32.2%467
67.8%982
1,449
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −73 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in McIntosh County, ND in McIntosh County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−14
2012
+21
2013
+15
2014
+35
2015
−8
2016
−93
2017
+24
2018
−10
2019
−49
2021
+18
2022
−9
2023
+4
2024
−11
2025
+4
McIntosh County, anchored by the small city of Ashley, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting the heavily rural, agriculturally dependent character common to south-central North Dakota's shrinking small counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 90.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.0 points.
A population of 2,497, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,419 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Nuckolls 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.
How did McIntosh County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, McIntosh County, North Dakota voted Republican by 65.0 points (R+65.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,390 votes cast, 229 went Democratic and 1,132 went Republican.
When did McIntosh County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McIntosh County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in McIntosh County, North Dakota?
McIntosh County, North Dakota has a population of 2,497 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McIntosh County, North Dakota?
Median household income in McIntosh County, North Dakota is $64,419 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of McIntosh County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McIntosh County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
