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
GroupSteele CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
Norwegian36.8%20.3%—
German23.5%34.5%12.5%
Swedish6.8%3.2%—
English6.2%5.1%9.5%
Irish5.1%7.3%9.4%
Danish3.4%——
Polish0.8%1.6%2.2%
Dutch0.8%——
Mexican1.3%2.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.5%1.8%
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
Steele County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
46.9
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.9%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Steele County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$77,500
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.9%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Steele County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.0%
6.7%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Steele County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
9.0%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.6%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
25.8%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
59.6%
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.
Steele County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 1,015 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Steele County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -22
90
142
6
238
37.8%
59.7%
R+21.8
Precinct -44
85
145
6
236
36.0%
61.4%
R+25.4
Precinct -55
71
118
4
193
36.8%
61.1%
R+24.4
Precinct -11
62
124
4
190
32.6%
65.3%
R+32.6
Precinct -33
59
93
6
158
37.3%
58.9%
R+21.5
Steele 20-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Steele 20-04 Voting District04
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Steele 20-05 Voting District05
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Steele 23-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Steele 23-02 Voting District02
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
−52.6%
1896
−27.7%
1900
−52.4%
1904
−79.5%
1908
−40.2%
1912
+1.6%
1916
−12.7%
1920
−72.2%
1924
−49.2%
1928
−15.4%
1932
+45.8%
1936
+25.1%
1940
+3.8%
1944
+11.7%
1948
+4.7%
1952
−24.7%
1956
−1.7%
1960
−1.5%
1964
+27.6%
1968
+1.9%
1972
−8.7%
1976
+12.0%
1980
−20.3%
1984
−9.2%
1988
+12.9%
1992
+6.9%
1996
+10.9%
2000
−14.9%
2004
+2.5%
2008
+20.3%
2012
+1.9%
2016
−17.7%
2020
−23.9%
2024
−25.1%
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
36.2%Harris367
61.3%Trump622
1.6%Oliver16 +1
R+25.1
R+1.2
R+23.7
1,015
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican61.3%622
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic36.2%367
Chase OliverLibertarian1.6%16
OtherAll other candidates1.0%10
R
36.0%Biden392
59.9%Trump652
3.5%Jorgensen38
R+23.9
R+6.2
R+28.3
1,088
R
36.1%Clinton361
53.9%Trump538
7.5%Johnson75
R+17.7
R+19.6
R+19.8
999
D
49.7%Obama518
47.8%Romney498
2.5%
D+1.9
R+18.4
R+1.9
1,042
D
59.5%Obama614
39.1%McCain404
1.4%
D+20.3
D+17.9
D+13.1
1,032
D
50.8%Kerry616
48.3%Bush586
0.9%
D+2.5
D+17.3
D+4.9
1,213
R
39.3%Gore475
54.1%Bush655
2.3%Nader28
R+14.9
R+25.8
R+15.4
1,210
D
50.6%Clinton620
39.7%Dole486
9.4%Perot115
D+10.9
D+4.0
D+2.4
1,225
D
43.6%Clinton598
36.7%Bush503
19.5%Perot267
D+6.9
R+5.9
D+1.4
1,370
D
56.1%Dukakis895
43.3%Bush690
0.6%
D+12.9
D+22.0
D+20.6
1,595
R
44.9%Mondale781
54.1%Reagan941
1.0%
R+9.2
D+11.1
D+9.0
1,740
R
33.0%Carter617
53.3%Reagan997
13.7%
R+20.3
R+32.3
R+10.6
1,870
D
55.3%Carter1,066
43.4%Ford835
1.3%
D+12.0
D+20.7
D+9.9
1,926
R
45.3%McGovern892
54.0%Nixon1,063
0.8%
R+8.7
R+10.6
D+14.5
1,970
D
48.8%Humphrey991
46.9%Nixon952
4.3%
D+1.9
R+25.7
D+2.6
2,031
D
63.7%Johnson1,404
36.1%Goldwater796
0.1%
D+27.6
D+29.1
D+5.0
2,203
R
49.2%Kennedy1,173
50.8%Nixon1,209
0.0%
R+1.5
D+0.2
R+1.7
2,382
R
49.1%Stevenson1,148
50.8%Eisenhower1,188
0.0%
R+1.7
D+23.0
D+13.7
2,337
R
37.4%Stevenson911
62.2%Eisenhower1,513
0.4%
R+24.7
R+29.5
R+14.0
2,434
D
49.7%Truman1,163
45.0%Dewey1,052
5.3%
D+4.7
R+7.0
D+0.3
2,338
D
55.6%Roosevelt1,320
43.9%Dewey1,042
0.5%
D+11.7
D+7.9
D+4.2
2,374
D
51.5%Roosevelt1,434
47.7%Willkie1,328
0.8%
D+3.8
R+21.3
R+6.1
2,784
D
50.3%Roosevelt1,444
25.2%Landon724
24.5%
D+25.1
R+20.7
D+0.8
2,873
D
71.7%Roosevelt1,925
25.9%Hoover695
2.4%
D+45.8
D+61.2
D+28.0
2,685
R
42.0%Smith1,152
57.3%Hoover1,574
0.7%
R+15.4
D+33.8
D+2.1
2,745
R
3.6%Davis85
52.8%Coolidge1,247
43.5%La Follette1,029
R+49.2
D+23.1
R+24.0
2,363
R
12.9%Cox337
85.2%Harding2,222
1.9%
R+72.2
R+59.6
R+46.1
2,609
R
40.6%Wilson515
53.3%Hughes676
6.1%
R+12.7
R+14.3
R+15.8
1,268
O
25.2%Wilson253
23.6%Taft237
51.2%
Roosevelt +26.1
D+41.8
R+18.0
1,005
R
28.5%Bryan366
68.7%Taft881
2.7%
R+40.2
D+39.3
R+30.6
1,282
R
7.3%Parker69
86.8%Roosevelt817
5.8%
R+79.5
R+27.1
R+59.8
941
R
22.0%Bryan214
74.4%McKinley724
3.6%
R+52.4
R+24.7
R+44.9
973
R
35.7%Bryan322
63.5%McKinley572
0.8%
R+27.7
D+24.9
R+21.7
901
R
0.0%Cleveland0
52.6%Harrison398
47.4%
R+52.6
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R+54.3
756
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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
41.9%422
58.1%585
1,007
2022
R
28.1%222
59.4%469
789
2018
D
58.3%557
41.7%399
956
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+5 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −144 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $66,138 in average income, against $111,864 for residents who stayed — 41% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Steele County, ND in Steele County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−20
2012
−20
2013
−35
2014
−3
2015
−1
2016
−12
2017
−10
2018
−21
2019
−17
2021
+12
2022
−11
2023
−10
2024
−1
2025
+5
Steele County's roughly 2,200 residents are spread across flat Red River valley cropland, and its presidential margins have tracked North Dakota's broader rural Republican lean consistently across recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 79.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.1 points.
A population of 1,804, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,500 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kittson 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, Steele County, North Dakota voted Republican by 25.1 points (R+25.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,015 votes cast, 367 went Democratic and 622 went Republican.
When did Steele County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Steele County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Steele County, North Dakota?
Steele County, North Dakota has a population of 1,804 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Steele County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Steele County, North Dakota is $77,500 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Steele County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Steele County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
