Mountrail County, North Dakota: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,5072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,7172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Emmet County, IA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mountrail CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mountrail County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1912 | −6.9% |
| 1916 | +23.0% |
| 1920 | −55.8% |
| 1924 | −32.7% |
| 1928 | −7.8% |
| 1932 | +51.7% |
| 1936 | +43.5% |
| 1940 | +9.3% |
| 1944 | +8.5% |
| 1948 | +3.8% |
| 1952 | −27.0% |
| 1956 | +5.3% |
| 1960 | +8.9% |
| 1964 | +38.5% |
| 1968 | +5.0% |
| 1972 | −18.5% |
| 1976 | +20.5% |
| 1980 | −27.4% |
| 1984 | −11.1% |
| 1988 | +15.4% |
| 1992 | +11.4% |
| 1996 | +11.9% |
| 2000 | −7.3% |
| 2004 | −2.0% |
| 2008 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | −16.2% |
| 2016 | −33.2% |
| 2020 | −37.6% |
| 2024 | −43.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,125 | 2,877 | 4,073 | ||
| R | 1,256 | 2,824 | 4,165 | ||
| R | 1,220 | 2,582 | 4,106 | ||
| R | 1,403 | 1,962 | 3,457 | ||
| D | 1,477 | 1,406 | 2,938 | ||
| R | 1,465 | 1,527 | 3,030 | ||
| R | 1,256 | 1,466 | 2,896 | ||
| D | 1,277 | 965 | 2,615 | ||
| D | 1,393 | 1,017 | 3,289 | ||
| D | 1,977 | 1,443 | 3,458 | ||
| R | 1,565 | 1,959 | 3,555 | ||
| R | 1,183 | 2,165 | 3,587 | ||
| D | 2,189 | 1,430 | 3,708 | ||
| R | 1,391 | 2,038 | 3,496 | ||
| D | 1,662 | 1,494 | 3,370 | ||
| D | 2,548 | 1,131 | 3,683 | ||
| D | 2,264 | 1,894 | 4,163 | ||
| D | 1,891 | 1,699 | 3,597 | ||
| R | 1,437 | 2,516 | 3,998 | ||
| D | 1,521 | 1,395 | 3,304 | ||
| D | 1,981 | 1,666 | 3,693 | ||
| D | 2,392 | 1,981 | 4,435 | ||
| D | 2,775 | 700 | 4,769 | ||
| D | 3,284 | 986 | 4,448 | ||
| R | 2,003 | 2,354 | 4,501 | ||
| O | 130 | 1,354 | 3,741 | ||
| R | 687 | 2,960 | 4,070 | ||
| D | 1,262 | 740 | 2,267 | ||
| O | 307 | 407 | 1,451 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.0%
Irish
2.9%
American
2.9%
English
2.3%
Italian
0.9%
Polish
0.6%
Scottish
0.5%
African American
1.4%
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: 35.4 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
$80,717
Mountrail County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Mountrail County$80,717
North Dakota$76,657
United States$80,734
Mountrail County ranks in the top 25% 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
14.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)13.6%
Seniors (65+)16.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.5%
speak English only
Spanish7.5%
Other languages3.3%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mountrail County sits atop the Bakken Formation and has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, posting a 43-point margin in 2024 despite a Native American population that historically tempers GOP totals in similar prairie counties.
The Democratic margin here once reached fifty-two points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A population of 9,507, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,717 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Emmet County and Jackson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mountrail County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mountrail County, North Dakota voted Republican by 43.0 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,073 votes cast, 1,125 went Democratic and 2,877 went Republican.
What is Mountrail County, North Dakota's political typology?
Akashic places Mountrail County, North Dakota in the "Florida Surge" typology — Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply Republican across the Trump era. 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 15 times, Republican 12 times, and other 2 times.
When did Mountrail County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mountrail County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Mountrail County, North Dakota?
Mountrail County, North Dakota has a population of 9,507 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mountrail County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Mountrail County, North Dakota is $80,717 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Mountrail County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mountrail County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.