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
GroupRansom CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German40.4%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian30.1%20.3%—
Irish6.3%7.3%9.4%
Swedish4.1%3.2%—
English3.6%5.1%9.5%
Czech3.4%——
French2.9%2.3%1.6%
American2.4%2.9%5.3%
Mexican0.8%2.8%11.3%
Honduran0.7%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.4%——
African American†0.9%1.6%9.9%
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
Ransom County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
43.1
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.1%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ransom County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$75,736
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.4%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.9%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ransom County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
2.3%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
2.8%
0.7%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ransom County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
15.3%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.5%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
34.1%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
36.9%
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.
Ransom County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
7 precincts · 2,649 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Ransom County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PCT 1PCT 1
920
1,661
68
2,649
34.7%
62.7%
R+28.0
Ransom 24-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Ransom 24-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Ransom 24-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Ransom 24-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Ransom 26-05 Voting District05
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Ransom 26-06 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
−49.4%
1896
−13.8%
1900
−28.9%
1904
−63.6%
1908
−37.5%
1912
−0.3%
1916
+1.2%
1920
−56.7%
1924
−38.2%
1928
−26.7%
1932
+34.6%
1936
+25.2%
1940
−12.9%
1944
−10.9%
1948
−5.1%
1952
−41.1%
1956
−13.2%
1960
−12.5%
1964
+11.2%
1968
−19.4%
1972
−20.4%
1976
+0.5%
1980
−28.9%
1984
−16.3%
1988
+3.4%
1992
+2.2%
1996
+11.5%
2000
−15.0%
2004
−5.9%
2008
+15.3%
2012
+13.8%
2016
−15.8%
2020
−19.3%
2024
−28.0%
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
34.7%Harris920
62.7%Trump1,661
1.9%Oliver51 +1
R+28.0
R+8.7
R+26.5
2,649
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican62.7%1,661
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic34.7%920
Chase OliverLibertarian1.9%51
OtherAll other candidates0.6%17
R
38.5%Biden945
57.8%Trump1,418
3.5%Jorgensen86
R+19.3
R+3.5
R+23.7
2,454
R
35.5%Clinton838
51.3%Trump1,210
10.5%Johnson247
R+15.8
R+29.5
R+17.9
2,359
D
55.4%Obama1,343
41.6%Romney1,009
3.0%
D+13.8
R+1.6
D+9.9
2,425
D
56.4%Obama1,371
41.0%McCain998
2.6%
D+15.3
D+21.2
D+8.1
2,433
R
46.1%Kerry1,199
52.0%Bush1,352
2.0%
R+5.9
D+9.1
R+3.4
2,602
R
39.7%Gore1,080
54.7%Bush1,488
2.5%Nader67
R+15.0
R+26.5
R+15.5
2,719
D
49.2%Clinton1,199
37.8%Dole920
12.4%Perot303
D+11.5
D+9.3
D+2.9
2,435
D
40.2%Clinton1,166
38.0%Bush1,102
21.5%Perot625
D+2.2
R+1.2
R+3.4
2,903
D
51.0%Dukakis1,459
47.7%Bush1,362
1.3%
D+3.4
D+19.7
D+11.1
2,858
R
41.1%Mondale1,222
57.4%Reagan1,706
1.5%
R+16.3
D+12.7
D+1.9
2,973
R
31.0%Carter974
59.9%Reagan1,883
9.1%
R+28.9
R+29.5
R+19.2
3,142
D
49.6%Carter1,715
49.1%Ford1,696
1.3%
D+0.5
D+21.0
R+1.5
3,456
R
39.4%McGovern1,355
59.9%Nixon2,056
0.7%
R+20.4
R+1.0
D+2.7
3,435
R
38.0%Humphrey1,286
57.4%Nixon1,943
4.6%
R+19.4
R+30.6
R+18.7
3,383
D
55.5%Johnson2,063
44.3%Goldwater1,647
0.2%
D+11.2
D+23.7
R+11.4
3,717
R
43.7%Kennedy1,806
56.3%Nixon2,324
0.0%
R+12.5
D+0.7
R+12.7
4,131
R
43.3%Stevenson1,808
56.6%Eisenhower2,361
0.1%
R+13.2
D+27.8
D+2.2
4,174
R
29.1%Stevenson1,265
70.2%Eisenhower3,051
0.7%
R+41.1
R+36.0
R+30.3
4,347
R
45.8%Truman1,595
50.8%Dewey1,772
3.4%
R+5.1
D+5.8
R+9.6
3,485
R
44.2%Roosevelt1,639
55.1%Dewey2,044
0.8%
R+10.9
D+2.0
R+18.4
3,712
R
43.3%Roosevelt1,986
56.2%Willkie2,579
0.5%
R+12.9
R+38.1
R+22.9
4,589
D
55.5%Roosevelt2,385
30.3%Landon1,303
14.2%
D+25.2
R+9.5
D+0.9
4,298
D
66.3%Roosevelt3,025
31.7%Hoover1,445
2.0%
D+34.6
D+61.4
D+16.8
4,563
R
36.3%Smith1,505
63.0%Hoover2,613
0.7%
R+26.7
D+11.4
R+9.3
4,145
O
7.4%Davis303
45.6%Coolidge1,862
47.0%La Follette1,919
La Follette +1.4
D+18.5
R+13.0
4,084
R
20.6%Cox802
77.3%Harding3,010
2.1%
R+56.7
R+57.9
R+30.5
3,894
D
49.0%Wilson1,121
47.8%Hughes1,093
3.1%
D+1.2
D+1.5
R+1.9
2,286
O
30.9%Wilson490
31.2%Taft495
37.9%
Roosevelt +6.7
D+37.2
R+19.9
1,586
R
30.0%Bryan581
67.5%Taft1,308
2.5%
R+37.5
D+26.1
R+28.0
1,937
R
16.0%Parker253
79.7%Roosevelt1,257
4.3%
R+63.6
R+34.8
R+44.0
1,578
R
33.9%Bryan499
62.8%McKinley924
3.3%
R+28.9
R+15.1
R+21.3
1,472
R
42.7%Bryan579
56.5%McKinley766
0.8%
R+13.8
D+35.6
R+7.7
1,356
O
0.0%Cleveland0
49.4%Harrison566
50.6%
Weaver +1.1
—
R+51.1
1,145
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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
39.3%1,033
60.7%1,596
2,629
2022
R
29.0%527
57.4%1,045
1,820
2018
D
61.1%1,399
38.9%890
2,289
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−21 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −116 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $57,016 in average income, against $86,413 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+8.3 on average — 20 points more Democratic-leaning than Ransom County, ND itself (R+28.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Cass County, ND38R+8.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Cass County, ND53
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 Ransom County, ND in Ransom County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+12
2012
+49
2013
+32
2014
−46
2015
+27
2016
−52
2017
−56
2018
−50
2019
+17
2021
−5
2022
−5
2023
−19
2024
+1
2025
−21
Ransom County's roughly 5,900 residents are spread across southeastern North Dakota's Sheyenne River valley, where farming communities have backed Republican presidential candidates by wide margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.0 points.
A population of 5,643, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,736 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sargent County and Norman 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, Ransom County, North Dakota voted Republican by 28.0 points (R+28.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,649 votes cast, 920 went Democratic and 1,661 went Republican.
When did Ransom County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ransom County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Ransom County, North Dakota?
Ransom County, North Dakota has a population of 5,643 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ransom County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Ransom County, North Dakota is $75,736 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Ransom County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ransom County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
