Richland County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 8,261 votes cast

Trump · R+38

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−37.6%	2,473	5,576	8,261
2020	R	−32.8%	2,510	5,072	7,812
2016	R	−35.6%	2,064	4,767	7,592
2012	R	−13.5%	3,198	4,229	7,613
2008	R	−5.1%	3,513	3,900	7,563
2004	R	−29.7%	2,821	5,264	8,215
2000	R	−31.3%	2,490	4,999	8,015
1996	R	−6.4%	2,890	3,345	7,069
1992	R	−14.3%	2,688	3,873	8,301
1988	R	−13.9%	3,523	4,670	8,274
1984	R	−32.1%	3,047	5,980	9,133
1980	R	−32.3%	2,698	5,711	9,337
1976	R	−4.1%	4,592	4,991	9,785
1972	R	−21.2%	3,367	5,194	8,624
1968	R	−14.5%	3,098	4,224	7,767
1964	D	+13.8%	4,525	3,425	7,955
1960	R	−8.1%	4,003	4,711	8,718
1956	R	−22.1%	3,171	4,971	8,154
1952	R	−40.3%	2,541	6,022	8,630
1948	R	−0.5%	3,413	3,448	7,075
1944	R	−15.9%	3,192	4,402	7,624
1940	R	−17.4%	3,584	5,102	8,734
1936	D	+18.5%	3,792	2,386	7,596
1932	D	+41.0%	5,663	2,304	8,183
1928	R	−8.2%	3,604	4,251	7,889
1924	R	−37.2%	769	3,235	6,624
1920	R	−60.1%	1,339	5,483	6,900
1916	R	−8.3%	1,772	2,097	3,938
1912	D	+10.7%	1,380	1,034	3,236
1908	R	−10.5%	1,502	1,864	3,441
1904	R	−35.8%	1,116	2,420	3,639
1900	R	−18.9%	1,399	2,067	3,536
1896	R	−22.7%	1,160	1,843	3,015
1892	R	−42.8%	0	866	2,025
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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.2%

3.1%

75–84

3.7%

5.9%

65–74

5.6%

6.3%

55–64

6.4%

5.2%

45–54

4.5%

5.9%

35–44

5.3%

5.8%

25–34

5.4%

7.3%

18–24

5.8%

7.7%

5–17

8.7%

2.4%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,432

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

Richland County$75,432

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

9.7%

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

34.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

30.6%

Other Christian

3.1%

Methodist

2.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Richland County's economy centers on sugar beet and small-grain agriculture along the Red River, and its presidential margins have exceeded R+35 in each of the last three cycles, reflecting the broader rural consolidation seen across the northern Plains.

The Republican margin in Richland County reached its widest at sixty points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Richland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,432, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,584 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 Wilkin County and Barnes County.

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