2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 130 | 909 | 1,056 | |
| 2020 | R | 137 | 994 | 1,155 | |
| 2016 | R | 119 | 895 | 1,052 | |
| 2012 | R | 230 | 769 | 1,023 | |
| 2008 | R | 286 | 640 | 943 | |
| 2004 | R | 336 | 808 | 1,165 | |
| 2000 | R | 296 | 698 | 1,039 | |
| 1996 | R | 416 | 483 | 1,089 | |
| 1992 | R | 458 | 551 | 1,524 | |
| 1988 | R | 693 | 971 | 1,690 | |
| 1984 | R | 543 | 1,298 | 1,869 | |
| 1980 | R | 418 | 1,442 | 1,968 | |
| 1976 | R | 899 | 1,087 | 2,089 | |
| 1972 | R | 651 | 1,446 | 2,179 | |
| 1968 | R | 808 | 1,239 | 2,180 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,454 | 974 | 2,434 | |
| 1960 | R | 1,076 | 1,609 | 2,687 | |
| 1956 | R | 936 | 1,415 | 2,359 | |
| 1952 | R | 811 | 1,986 | 2,841 | |
| 1948 | R | 972 | 1,212 | 2,379 | |
| 1944 | R | 1,226 | 1,540 | 2,827 | |
| 1940 | R | 1,342 | 1,951 | 3,391 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,821 | 684 | 3,731 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,473 | 906 | 3,594 | |
| 1928 | R | 1,336 | 2,002 | 3,429 | |
| 1924 | R | 135 | 996 | 2,514 | |
| 1920 | R | 456 | 1,911 | 2,694 | |
| 1916 | D | 922 | 518 | 1,651 | |
| 1912 | D | 308 | 264 | 1,120 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.4%
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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.7 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$91,591
Burke County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Burke County$91,591
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
5.9%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 7.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Burke County, a sparsely settled oil-patch and wheat-farming corner of northwestern North Dakota, recorded an R+73.8 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest of any county in the country that cycle.
The Republican margin in Burke County reached its widest at seventy-four points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Burke County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $91,591, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,156 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 Bollinger County and Holt County.
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