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1876–2024
Billings County, North Dakota
Billings County·North Dakota

Billings County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of the least-populated counties in the nation, with margins to match

18762024·38 elections
Billings County, North Dakota · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+70
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,024
2024 ACS
Most similar
Golden Valley County
ND · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 647 votes cast
Trump · R+70
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.6%
93543647
2020R
−73.9%
72541635
2016R
−72.1%
59495605
2012R
−66.3%
89472578
2008R
−52.3%
114375499
2004R
−62.1%
99449564
2000R
−59.4%
82394525
1996R
−32.5%
116281507
1992R
−23.0%
123279678
1988R
−34.3%
211437659
1984R
−57.0%
133505653
1980R
−58.3%
122524689
1976R
−9.6%
285351684
1972R
−43.5%
192509729
1968R
−34.6%
174395638
1964D
+1.2%
348340688
1960D
+4.2%
400368768
1956R
−27.4%
248437689
1952R
−64.6%
143674822
1948R
−8.3%
311372736
1944R
−25.6%
209354566
1940R
−24.3%
4046631,068
1936D
+32.5%
7293291,232
1932D
+43.1%
7602951,079
1928R
−5.2%
412458877
1924R
−44.7%
32421871
1920R
−84.4%
61787860
1916R
−4.8%
276306623
1912R
−6.5%
5476711,899
1908R
−51.1%
2367681,042
1904R
−72.8%
37256301
1900R
−50.2%
51158213
1896R
−48.1%
2778106
1892R
−73.4%
04764
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.
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
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 90.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Billings County's roughly 900 residents are spread across the North Dakota Badlands, and its lopsided presidential margins reflect a rural ranching electorate where third-party or Democratic votes can be counted in the dozens.

The Republican margin in Billings County reached its widest at eighty-four points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was seventy points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Billings County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $86,806, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,024 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Golden Valley County and Morrill County.