Grand Forks County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

20 precincts · 31,411 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.0%	12,469	18,123	31,411
2020	R	−13.3%	12,880	16,987	30,970
2016	R	−18.1%	10,851	16,340	30,365
2012	R	−3.4%	14,032	15,060	30,029
2008	D	+5.1%	16,104	14,520	31,153
2004	R	−15.3%	12,646	17,298	30,470
2000	R	−18.6%	10,593	15,875	28,385
1996	R	−0.9%	11,376	11,606	25,836
1992	R	−8.9%	10,930	13,705	31,104
1988	R	−8.4%	12,494	14,801	27,531
1984	R	−22.3%	10,050	15,898	26,191
1980	R	−29.4%	6,997	14,257	24,731
1976	R	−8.7%	11,545	13,820	26,218
1972	R	−16.8%	9,416	13,361	23,475
1968	R	−11.2%	7,695	9,802	18,849
1964	D	+18.6%	10,740	7,367	18,175
1960	R	−13.7%	8,341	10,997	19,343
1956	R	−24.5%	6,231	10,289	16,550
1952	R	−31.8%	5,639	10,939	16,662
1948	D	+4.5%	6,996	6,374	13,789
1944	D	+15.2%	7,707	5,668	13,434
1940	D	+8.7%	8,396	7,043	15,506
1936	D	+33.7%	9,222	4,312	14,549
1932	D	+19.3%	7,579	5,090	12,900
1928	R	−30.1%	4,300	8,024	12,371
1924	R	−54.0%	943	6,690	10,651
1920	R	−49.5%	2,527	7,646	10,332
1916	D	+12.7%	2,814	2,159	5,148
1912	D	+13.4%	1,492	955	3,999
1908	R	−20.7%	1,750	2,740	4,773
1904	R	−51.6%	828	2,807	3,837
1900	R	−25.2%	1,532	2,603	4,244
1896	R	−12.3%	1,893	2,432	4,365
1892	R	−51.3%	0	1,639	3,197
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%

African American

3.1%

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: 30.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

1.8%

75–84

2.4%

4.1%

65–74

4.2%

4.8%

55–64

4.9%

4.5%

45–54

4.2%

6.1%

35–44

5.4%

8.7%

25–34

6.8%

10.1%

18–24

9.0%

7.6%

5–17

7.5%

3.2%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,075

Grand Forks County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Grand Forks County$68,075

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

13.2%

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

Mainline Protestant

21.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

17.9%

Other Christian

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.9%

Methodist

1.0%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Baptist

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grand Forks County anchors a regional university economy in the Red River Valley but has trended decisively Republican in recent cycles, posting an R+18 margin in 2024 despite a sizable student and academic population.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-four points in 1936; the Republican margin reached fifty-four points in 1924. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Grand Forks County's demographics — a population of 72,923, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,075 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Traill County and Richland County.

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Grand Forks County delivered a near-tie in 2024.