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

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

Oil-patch county where the Bakken boom reshaped the workforce

18762024·38 elections
Stark County, North Dakota · Magicpiano · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+65
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
33,302
2024 ACS
Most similar
Jefferson County
PA · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 15,100 votes cast
Trump · R+65
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−65.2%
2,47312,32315,100
2020R
−63.9%
2,49912,11015,050
2016R
−64.9%
1,7539,75512,322
2012R
−49.1%
2,8128,52111,633
2008R
−29.1%
3,8027,02411,070
2004R
−40.5%
3,0137,22010,400
2000R
−36.9%
2,7846,3879,777
1996R
−11.4%
3,0954,0868,705
1992R
−13.9%
3,0034,49110,678
1988R
−24.6%
3,6786,13710,003
1984R
−45.5%
2,7597,64110,740
1980R
−47.7%
2,0166,3129,003
1976R
−3.4%
4,0764,3748,760
1972R
−30.5%
2,6365,1158,131
1968R
−24.0%
2,5774,3657,444
1964D
+19.3%
4,2702,8887,161
1960D
+13.1%
4,1973,2237,421
1956R
−40.9%
1,7784,2516,040
1952R
−59.7%
1,3325,3226,688
1948R
−22.5%
2,0173,2225,357
1944R
−30.0%
1,5342,8524,398
1940R
−35.5%
2,0754,3676,457
1936D
+39.3%
4,0121,6026,139
1932D
+53.7%
4,7861,4436,229
1928D
+25.3%
3,2311,9245,161
1924R
−44.3%
2662,1304,211
1920R
−73.2%
5323,5264,089
1916R
−18.8%
9531,4092,425
1912D
+16.8%
6783871,728
1908R
−29.5%
4969221,446
1904R
−49.6%
231703951
1900R
−29.1%
4267801,215
1896R
−42.0%
216530748
1892R
−60.6%
0339559
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
1.9%
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.
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
45.2%
Mainline Protestant
10.0%
Other Christian
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stark County anchors North Dakota's oil-producing southwest, and its heavily male, energy-sector workforce has driven Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, making it one of the state's most lopsided counties.

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

Stark County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,449, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 33,302 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 Jefferson County and Edwards County.