Williams County, North Dakota: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+68%. Republican peak: R+68 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+68MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 39,5552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $85,5952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Burke County, ND · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Williams CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Williams County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −44.6% |
| 1896 | −10.6% |
| 1900 | −44.5% |
| 1904 | −43.8% |
| 1908 | −28.8% |
| 1912 | +6.4% |
| 1916 | +27.1% |
| 1920 | −42.3% |
| 1924 | −30.7% |
| 1928 | −17.3% |
| 1932 | +48.1% |
| 1936 | +51.9% |
| 1940 | +29.2% |
| 1944 | +25.3% |
| 1948 | +8.0% |
| 1952 | −17.8% |
| 1956 | −0.4% |
| 1960 | +2.1% |
| 1964 | +27.0% |
| 1968 | −9.3% |
| 1972 | −22.6% |
| 1976 | −0.5% |
| 1980 | −40.2% |
| 1984 | −43.3% |
| 1988 | −16.9% |
| 1992 | −6.6% |
| 1996 | −7.3% |
| 2000 | −36.6% |
| 2004 | −42.2% |
| 2008 | −36.0% |
| 2012 | −49.6% |
| 2016 | −65.1% |
| 2020 | −66.8% |
| 2024 | −67.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,276 | 12,501 | 15,122 | ||
| R | 2,169 | 11,739 | 14,334 | ||
| R | 1,735 | 10,069 | 12,807 | ||
| R | 2,322 | 7,184 | 9,808 | ||
| R | 2,921 | 6,291 | 9,373 | ||
| R | 2,512 | 6,278 | 8,929 | ||
| R | 2,330 | 5,187 | 7,807 | ||
| R | 3,018 | 3,590 | 7,840 | ||
| R | 3,008 | 3,664 | 9,917 | ||
| R | 4,004 | 5,653 | 9,768 | ||
| R | 3,177 | 8,166 | 11,523 | ||
| R | 2,545 | 6,530 | 9,904 | ||
| R | 4,189 | 4,230 | 8,692 | ||
| R | 2,989 | 4,800 | 8,014 | ||
| R | 3,263 | 3,980 | 7,726 | ||
| D | 5,352 | 3,076 | 8,439 | ||
| D | 4,683 | 4,492 | 9,177 | ||
| R | 4,157 | 4,188 | 8,364 | ||
| R | 2,999 | 4,307 | 7,367 | ||
| D | 2,571 | 2,133 | 5,495 | ||
| D | 3,748 | 2,217 | 6,063 | ||
| D | 4,579 | 2,470 | 7,211 | ||
| D | 4,903 | 1,021 | 7,473 | ||
| D | 4,823 | 1,509 | 6,884 | ||
| R | 2,503 | 3,591 | 6,272 | ||
| O | 308 | 1,865 | 5,073 | ||
| R | 1,330 | 3,768 | 5,769 | ||
| D | 1,769 | 903 | 3,193 | ||
| O | 696 | 549 | 2,280 | ||
| R | 1,034 | 1,979 | 3,276 | ||
| R | 316 | 825 | 1,163 | ||
| R | 95 | 249 | 346 | ||
| R | 83 | 103 | 188 | ||
| O | 0 | 45 | 101 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.5%
English
6.2%
Irish
5.9%
American
4.4%
Polish
1.6%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.0%
African American
3.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 31.8 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
$85,595
Williams County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Williams County$85,595
North Dakota$76,657
United States$80,734
Williams 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
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.2%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.5%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Other languages1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Williams County anchors North Dakota's oil-patch economy along the Bakken formation, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+67.6 reflects a voting pattern consistent with energy-dependent rural counties across the northern plains.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-eight points.
A median household income of $85,595, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 39,555 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burke County and Martin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Williams County, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Williams County, North Dakota voted Republican by 67.6 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,122 votes cast, 2,276 went Democratic and 12,501 went Republican.
What is Williams County, North Dakota's political typology?
Akashic places Williams County, North Dakota in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 8 times, Republican 23 times, and other 3 times.
When did Williams County, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Williams County, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Williams County, North Dakota?
Williams County, North Dakota has a population of 39,555 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Williams County, North Dakota?
Median household income in Williams County, North Dakota is $85,595 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Williams County, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Williams County, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.