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
GroupSargent CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German33.4%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian26.3%20.3%—
English6.6%5.1%9.5%
Swedish4.7%3.2%—
Irish4.0%7.3%9.4%
Czech2.6%——
Polish2.4%1.6%2.2%
French1.7%2.3%1.6%
African American†1.3%1.6%9.9%
Ethiopian0.8%——
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Sudanese0.4%——
Mexican1.9%2.8%11.3%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Dominican0.3%—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
Sargent County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
44.9
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
6.2%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.8%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sargent County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$77,946
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.9%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.2%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sargent County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.9%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
2.3%
13.6%
Other languages
1.8%
1.2%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sargent County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
15.1%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.2%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
24.1%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
54.6%
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.
Sargent County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
7 precincts · 2,043 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Sargent County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
654
1,292
52
1,998
32.7%
64.7%
R+31.9
Precinct -22
9
33
3
45
20.0%
73.3%
R+53.3
Sargent 26-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
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Even
Sargent 26-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Sargent 26-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Sargent 26-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
—
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Even
Sargent 26-05 Voting District05
0
0
0
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−47.4%
1896
+4.0%
1900
−14.8%
1904
−50.4%
1908
−26.5%
1912
+2.2%
1916
−9.1%
1920
−59.3%
1924
−36.8%
1928
+5.7%
1932
+54.8%
1936
+40.3%
1940
−0.7%
1944
−2.1%
1948
+3.9%
1952
−32.0%
1956
−6.0%
1960
+2.0%
1964
+21.5%
1968
−2.7%
1972
−9.6%
1976
+9.9%
1980
−18.3%
1984
−3.3%
1988
+7.7%
1992
+6.4%
1996
+9.1%
2000
−6.6%
2004
−5.7%
2008
+17.5%
2012
+9.8%
2016
−19.7%
2020
−25.5%
2024
−32.4%
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
32.5%Harris663
64.9%Trump1,325
1.8%Oliver36 +1
R+32.4
R+6.9
R+30.9
2,043
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican64.9%1,325
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic32.5%663
Chase OliverLibertarian1.8%36
OtherAll other candidates0.9%19
R
35.7%Biden738
61.2%Trump1,266
3.0%Jorgensen62
R+25.5
R+5.8
R+30.0
2,070
R
34.8%Clinton694
54.5%Trump1,088
8.4%Johnson167
R+19.7
R+29.5
R+21.8
1,997
D
53.6%Obama1,075
43.8%Romney879
2.6%
D+9.8
R+7.7
D+5.9
2,007
D
57.9%Obama1,115
40.4%McCain778
1.8%
D+17.5
D+23.2
D+10.2
1,927
R
46.4%Kerry1,021
52.1%Bush1,147
1.5%
R+5.7
D+0.9
R+3.3
2,200
R
43.9%Gore959
50.5%Bush1,103
2.2%Nader48
R+6.6
R+15.7
R+7.1
2,184
D
48.5%Clinton1,003
39.4%Dole814
11.7%Perot241
D+9.1
D+2.7
D+0.6
2,067
D
42.6%Clinton961
36.2%Bush816
20.5%Perot463
D+6.4
R+1.2
D+0.9
2,254
D
53.6%Dukakis1,306
45.9%Bush1,119
0.5%
D+7.7
D+11.0
D+15.4
2,436
R
47.5%Mondale1,295
50.8%Reagan1,385
1.7%
R+3.3
D+15.0
D+14.9
2,725
R
37.1%Carter1,048
55.4%Reagan1,565
7.4%
R+18.3
R+28.2
R+8.6
2,823
D
54.2%Carter1,644
44.3%Ford1,344
1.4%
D+9.9
D+19.5
D+7.8
3,031
R
44.9%McGovern1,331
54.5%Nixon1,616
0.6%
R+9.6
R+6.9
D+13.5
2,966
R
45.9%Humphrey1,308
48.6%Nixon1,386
5.4%
R+2.7
R+24.2
R+2.0
2,849
D
60.7%Johnson1,840
39.2%Goldwater1,189
0.1%
D+21.5
D+19.5
R+1.1
3,033
D
51.0%Kennedy1,655
49.0%Nixon1,591
0.1%
D+2.0
D+8.0
D+1.8
3,248
R
46.9%Stevenson1,473
52.9%Eisenhower1,662
0.2%
R+6.0
D+26.0
D+9.4
3,142
R
33.7%Stevenson1,090
65.8%Eisenhower2,124
0.5%
R+32.0
R+35.9
R+21.3
3,230
D
49.7%Truman1,506
45.7%Dewey1,387
4.6%
D+3.9
D+6.0
R+0.6
3,033
R
48.6%Roosevelt1,426
50.7%Dewey1,488
0.7%
R+2.1
R+1.4
R+9.6
2,934
R
49.3%Roosevelt1,894
50.0%Willkie1,922
0.7%
R+0.7
R+41.1
R+10.7
3,843
D
64.5%Roosevelt2,306
24.1%Landon863
11.4%
D+40.3
R+14.5
D+16.1
3,577
D
76.0%Roosevelt2,818
21.2%Hoover785
2.9%
D+54.8
D+49.1
D+37.0
3,709
D
52.6%Smith1,989
46.9%Hoover1,772
0.5%
D+5.7
D+42.5
D+23.2
3,780
O
6.9%Davis232
43.7%Coolidge1,468
49.3%La Follette1,656
La Follette +5.7
D+22.5
R+11.6
3,361
R
18.9%Cox673
78.2%Harding2,787
2.9%
R+59.3
R+50.2
R+33.1
3,565
R
43.5%Wilson868
52.6%Hughes1,050
3.9%
R+9.1
R+11.3
R+12.3
1,996
D
39.2%Wilson641
37.0%Taft605
23.8%
D+2.2
D+28.7
R+17.3
1,635
R
35.0%Bryan576
61.5%Taft1,012
3.5%
R+26.5
D+23.9
R+16.9
1,646
R
21.2%Parker310
71.6%Roosevelt1,045
7.1%
R+50.4
R+35.6
R+30.7
1,459
R
41.5%Bryan564
56.3%McKinley765
2.3%
R+14.8
R+18.8
R+7.2
1,360
D
51.8%Bryan636
47.8%McKinley587
0.3%
D+4.0
D+51.4
D+10.1
1,227
O
0.0%Cleveland0
47.4%Harrison491
52.6%
Weaver +5.2
—
R+49.1
1,036
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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
39.2%797
60.8%1,235
2,032
2022
R
25.5%403
62.5%988
1,581
2018
D
58.8%1,171
41.2%821
1,992
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−16 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −149 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,637 in average income, against $90,362 for residents who stayed — 46% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+8.3 on average — 24 points more Democratic-leaning than Sargent County, ND itself (R+32.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Cass County, ND22R+8.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Cass County, ND22
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 Sargent County, ND in Sargent County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−22
2012
+104
2013
−24
2014
+37
2015
−67
2016
−3
2017
−51
2018
−22
2019
+31
2021
−5
2022
−13
2023
−21
2024
−77
2025
−16
Sargent County's roughly 4,400 residents are spread across a flat, agricultural landscape near the Minnesota and South Dakota borders, and its voting pattern in 2024 tracked closely with North Dakota's broader rural Republican lean, landing at R+32.4.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 59.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.4 points.
A population of 3,804, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,946 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ransom 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.
How did Sargent County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sargent County, North Dakota voted Republican by 32.4 points (R+32.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,043 votes cast, 663 went Democratic and 1,325 went Republican.
When did Sargent County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sargent County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Sargent County, North Dakota?
Sargent County, North Dakota has a population of 3,804 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sargent County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Sargent County, North Dakota is $77,946 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Sargent County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sargent County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
