Benson County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 2,002 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.4%	795	1,163	2,002
2020	R	−13.9%	822	1,094	1,961
2016	R	−4.3%	842	929	2,011
2012	D	+17.0%	1,235	868	2,157
2008	D	+35.8%	1,569	733	2,334
2004	D	+8.6%	1,196	1,002	2,246
2000	R	−4.8%	952	1,055	2,154
1996	D	+9.6%	1,059	850	2,172
1992	D	+9.6%	1,126	874	2,625
1988	D	+12.4%	1,691	1,316	3,031
1984	R	−3.9%	1,599	1,729	3,363
1980	R	−28.7%	1,119	2,149	3,587
1976	D	+7.6%	1,973	1,689	3,725
1972	R	−11.2%	1,635	2,050	3,721
1968	D	+1.8%	1,772	1,707	3,643
1964	D	+26.5%	2,566	1,489	4,060
1960	R	−1.8%	2,181	2,259	4,443
1956	R	−11.6%	1,851	2,340	4,203
1952	R	−40.1%	1,353	3,192	4,584
1948	D	+6.8%	2,216	1,920	4,331
1944	D	+13.3%	2,261	1,726	4,010
1940	D	+7.6%	2,898	2,485	5,420
1936	D	+43.3%	3,343	1,020	5,363
1932	D	+50.4%	3,650	1,170	4,917
1928	R	−8.8%	2,194	2,621	4,872
1924	R	−39.1%	246	1,870	4,156
1920	R	−65.5%	680	3,540	4,365
1916	R	−12.7%	922	1,210	2,270
1912	D	+4.0%	594	515	1,971
1908	R	−40.3%	553	1,363	2,010
1904	R	−74.6%	143	1,111	1,298
1900	R	−53.3%	319	1,084	1,436
1896	R	−41.1%	227	549	783
1892	R	−68.8%	0	419	609
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 32.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.5%

2.9%

75–84

2.1%

4.4%

65–74

5.5%

5.8%

55–64

5.7%

4.5%

45–54

4.5%

5.5%

35–44

5.4%

6.4%

25–34

3.6%

4.3%

18–24

5.0%

12.2%

5–17

11.8%

4.9%

4.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$64,033

Benson County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Benson County$64,033

North Dakota$76,657

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

39.9%

Mainline Protestant

24.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Baptist

0.4%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Benson County is home to the Spirit Lake Nation reservation, giving it a Native American population share well above state norms and producing presidential margins that have tightened in cycles tied closely to tribal turnout fluctuations.

The Democratic margin in Benson County has rarely exceeded fifty points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded seventy-five points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by eighteen points.

Benson County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 43% non-Hispanic-white share, a 26% poverty rate, and a median household income of $64,033 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winneshiek County and Norman County.

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