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
GroupWells CountyNorth DakotaUnited States
German53.7%34.5%12.5%
Norwegian24.5%20.3%—
Irish6.2%7.3%9.4%
Russian4.4%——
American3.8%2.9%5.3%
English2.6%5.1%9.5%
Polish1.6%1.6%2.2%
Scottish1.4%—1.3%
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
Wells County
North Dakota
United States
Median age
46.3
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
11.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.7%
16.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wells County
North Dakota
United States
Median household income
$66,114
$76,657
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.1%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.7%
32.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wells County
North Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
2.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wells County
North Dakota
United States
Catholic
24.5%
21.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.8%
10.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
22.0%
45.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
29.2%
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.
Wells County, North Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 2,253 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Wells County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
405
1,815
33
2,253
18.0%
80.6%
R+62.6
Wells 14-01 Voting District01
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Wells 14-02 Voting District02
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Wells 14-03 Voting District03
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Wells 14-04 Voting District04
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
−50.8%
1896
−29.4%
1900
−41.8%
1904
−68.2%
1908
−38.8%
1912
+9.1%
1916
−19.9%
1920
−73.5%
1924
−40.7%
1928
−5.3%
1932
+55.9%
1936
+34.9%
1940
−27.8%
1944
−23.7%
1948
−22.4%
1952
−56.6%
1956
−33.9%
1960
−16.7%
1964
+10.5%
1968
−26.5%
1972
−31.3%
1976
−5.3%
1980
−53.2%
1984
−39.6%
1988
−18.0%
1992
−9.7%
1996
−9.0%
2000
−39.4%
2004
−31.1%
2008
−26.4%
2012
−41.2%
2016
−57.8%
2020
−61.1%
2024
−62.6%
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
18.0%Harris405
80.6%Trump1,815
1.0%Oliver22 +1
R+62.6
R+1.5
R+61.1
2,253
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.6%1,815
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic18.0%405
Chase OliverLibertarian1.0%22
OtherAll other candidates0.5%11
R
18.6%Biden442
79.7%Trump1,893
1.3%Jorgensen32
R+61.1
R+3.3
R+65.6
2,374
R
17.6%Clinton419
75.4%Trump1,796
4.2%Johnson101
R+57.8
R+16.5
R+59.9
2,383
R
28.3%Obama673
69.5%Romney1,654
2.2%
R+41.2
R+14.9
R+45.1
2,379
R
35.4%Obama841
61.8%McCain1,468
2.9%
R+26.4
D+4.7
R+33.7
2,377
R
33.5%Kerry858
64.6%Bush1,654
1.9%
R+31.1
D+8.3
R+28.6
2,561
R
27.4%Gore661
66.8%Bush1,610
2.1%Nader51
R+39.4
R+30.3
R+39.9
2,410
R
37.8%Clinton962
46.9%Dole1,192
14.7%Perot373
R+9.0
D+0.7
R+17.6
2,542
R
30.5%Clinton888
40.2%Bush1,171
29.1%Perot850
R+9.7
D+8.3
R+15.3
2,916
R
40.6%Dukakis1,317
58.7%Bush1,901
0.7%
R+18.0
D+21.6
R+10.3
3,241
R
29.5%Mondale1,036
69.2%Reagan2,426
1.3%
R+39.6
D+13.5
R+21.4
3,506
R
20.7%Carter746
73.9%Reagan2,660
5.4%
R+53.2
R+47.9
R+43.4
3,599
R
46.2%Carter1,742
51.5%Ford1,941
2.2%
R+5.3
D+26.0
R+7.3
3,767
R
33.2%McGovern1,297
64.4%Nixon2,519
2.4%
R+31.3
R+4.8
R+8.1
3,910
R
33.4%Humphrey1,265
59.9%Nixon2,266
6.6%
R+26.5
R+36.9
R+25.8
3,782
D
55.2%Johnson2,314
44.8%Goldwater1,875
0.0%
D+10.5
D+27.2
R+12.1
4,189
R
41.6%Kennedy1,885
58.2%Nixon2,641
0.2%
R+16.7
D+17.3
R+16.8
4,535
R
32.9%Stevenson1,434
66.9%Eisenhower2,912
0.2%
R+33.9
D+22.6
R+18.5
4,355
R
21.3%Stevenson1,016
77.9%Eisenhower3,709
0.8%
R+56.6
R+34.1
R+45.8
4,762
R
37.4%Truman1,492
59.8%Dewey2,385
2.7%
R+22.4
D+1.3
R+26.9
3,986
R
37.9%Roosevelt1,557
61.6%Dewey2,529
0.5%
R+23.7
D+4.2
R+31.2
4,106
R
35.9%Roosevelt1,878
63.7%Willkie3,335
0.4%
R+27.8
R+62.8
R+37.8
5,232
D
58.8%Roosevelt3,114
23.8%Landon1,263
17.4%
D+34.9
R+21.0
D+10.7
5,298
D
77.4%Roosevelt3,823
21.5%Hoover1,062
1.1%
D+55.9
D+61.2
D+38.1
4,939
R
47.1%Smith2,123
52.4%Hoover2,364
0.6%
R+5.3
D+35.3
D+12.1
4,512
O
3.7%Davis138
44.4%Coolidge1,644
51.8%La Follette1,917
La Follette +7.5
D+32.8
R+15.5
3,703
R
12.2%Cox456
85.7%Harding3,202
2.1%
R+73.5
R+53.6
R+47.3
3,736
R
38.7%Wilson810
58.6%Hughes1,226
2.7%
R+19.9
R+29.0
R+23.0
2,093
O
32.7%Wilson494
23.6%Taft356
43.7%
Roosevelt +11.0
D+47.9
R+10.4
1,510
R
29.3%Bryan535
68.1%Taft1,243
2.6%
R+38.8
D+29.4
R+29.2
1,826
R
12.7%Parker209
80.9%Roosevelt1,330
6.4%
R+68.2
R+26.4
R+48.5
1,644
R
28.1%Bryan388
69.9%McKinley966
2.0%
R+41.8
R+12.5
R+34.3
1,382
R
34.9%Bryan317
64.2%McKinley584
0.9%
R+29.4
D+21.4
R+23.3
909
R
0.0%Cleveland0
50.8%Harrison157
49.2%
R+50.8
—
R+52.5
309
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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
24.1%537
75.9%1,690
2,227
2022
R
13.3%225
54.5%923
1,694
2018
R
28.0%622
72.0%1,601
2,223
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 −233 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $54,328 in average income, against $89,780 for residents who stayed — 39% 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 Wells County, ND in Wells County, ND: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+60
2012
+54
2013
−49
2014
−10
2015
−16
2016
−33
2017
−35
2018
−76
2019
−70
2021
−39
2022
+46
2023
−15
2024
−34
2025
−16
Wells County's 2024 presidential margin of R+62.6 reflects the overwhelmingly rural, agricultural character common to the state's interior counties, where small-town populations have shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 73.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.6 points.
A population of 3,890, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,114 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kidder County and Pierce 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, Wells County, North Dakota voted Republican by 62.6 points (R+62.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,253 votes cast, 405 went Democratic and 1,815 went Republican.
When did Wells County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wells County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wells County, North Dakota?
Wells County, North Dakota has a population of 3,890 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wells County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Wells County, North Dakota is $66,114 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Wells County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wells County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
