Oliver County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 1,087 votes cast

Trump · R+69

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−69.3%	156	909	1,087
2020	R	−74.0%	129	918	1,066
2016	R	−69.9%	119	830	1,017
2012	R	−40.7%	281	693	1,013
2008	R	−33.7%	332	682	1,040
2004	R	−42.9%	310	790	1,119
2000	R	−44.2%	244	709	1,051
1996	R	−16.2%	333	499	1,022
1992	R	−16.0%	306	503	1,228
1988	R	−13.7%	526	696	1,237
1984	R	−36.6%	419	915	1,357
1980	R	−52.9%	270	966	1,316
1976	R	−4.0%	529	575	1,140
1972	R	−36.6%	293	669	1,027
1968	R	−35.7%	269	616	971
1964	D	+7.8%	548	469	1,017
1960	R	−17.4%	494	703	1,198
1956	R	−47.2%	279	788	1,079
1952	R	−76.7%	143	1,132	1,289
1948	R	−40.3%	304	749	1,104
1944	R	−54.6%	219	756	984
1940	R	−67.2%	266	1,356	1,623
1936	D	+27.8%	906	469	1,573
1932	D	+57.9%	1,152	302	1,469
1928	R	−3.7%	631	680	1,316
1924	R	−29.4%	31	367	1,141
1920	R	−77.2%	111	1,105	1,287
1916	R	−2.6%	327	346	724
1912	D	+1.4%	139	131	578
1908	R	−28.1%	179	325	520
1904	R	−65.9%	46	241	296
1900	R	−18.7%	75	110	187
1896	R	−0.9%	58	59	117
1892	R	−42.2%	0	35	83
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: 46.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.4%

5.4%

75–84

4.4%

9.4%

65–74

6.4%

7.7%

55–64

7.9%

4.6%

45–54

3.6%

5.1%

35–44

4.7%

3.7%

25–34

5.8%

2.6%

18–24

1.3%

10.2%

5–17

9.1%

3.5%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,240

Oliver County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Oliver County$77,240

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

5.2%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

33.7%

Mainline Protestant

19.6%

Methodist

3.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Oliver County's 2,065 residents have delivered some of the widest presidential margins in the state, reflecting the deep rural Republican lean common across the northern Great Plains. Sparse settlement and an agricultural economy define its political geography.

The Republican margin in Oliver County reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was sixty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Oliver County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,240, a 99% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,839 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 Morton County and McKenzie County.

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