Traill County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 4,115 votes cast

Trump · R+31

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−31.4%	1,359	2,650	4,115
2020	R	−24.9%	1,493	2,522	4,136
2016	R	−26.0%	1,241	2,265	3,933
2012	R	−4.7%	1,811	1,996	3,921
2008	D	+7.2%	2,136	1,845	4,041
2004	R	−21.0%	1,651	2,543	4,248
2000	R	−21.4%	1,512	2,392	4,112
1996	D	+0.0%	1,822	1,820	4,042
1992	R	−8.4%	1,638	2,019	4,553
1988	R	−13.6%	1,940	2,562	4,559
1984	R	−31.0%	1,580	3,037	4,694
1980	R	−32.8%	1,428	3,092	5,076
1976	R	−8.5%	2,352	2,800	5,251
1972	R	−24.1%	1,892	3,118	5,078
1968	R	−20.4%	1,740	2,692	4,678
1964	D	+6.1%	2,614	2,312	4,929
1960	R	−21.4%	2,084	3,218	5,303
1956	R	−22.1%	1,969	3,090	5,062
1952	R	−44.5%	1,484	3,884	5,391
1948	R	−10.1%	1,874	2,328	4,477
1944	D	+2.2%	2,479	2,370	4,869
1940	R	−7.5%	2,476	2,882	5,390
1936	D	+18.5%	2,780	1,807	5,269
1932	D	+24.0%	3,112	1,893	5,074
1928	R	−43.0%	1,447	3,638	5,098
1924	R	−51.5%	234	2,596	4,583
1920	R	−73.7%	523	3,666	4,263
1916	R	−34.5%	664	1,423	2,202
1912	D	+8.2%	507	365	1,734
1908	R	−39.2%	490	1,207	1,828
1904	R	−73.7%	176	1,566	1,887
1900	R	−55.9%	409	1,537	2,019
1896	R	−42.2%	674	1,673	2,367
1892	R	−56.3%	0	1,026	1,822
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

0.8%

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: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.7%

85+

2.4%

2.1%

75–84

3.0%

5.8%

65–74

5.4%

7.6%

55–64

6.3%

5.9%

45–54

5.4%

5.9%

35–44

5.0%

5.8%

25–34

5.3%

5.6%

18–24

4.1%

8.3%

5–17

8.2%

3.3%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,004

Traill County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Traill County$87,004

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

9.1%

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

49.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.9%

Methodist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Traill County hugs the Minnesota border along the fertile Red River Valley, where agriculture shapes both the economy and the electorate. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+31.4 reflects a pattern consistent across rural eastern North Dakota.

The Republican margin in Traill County reached its widest at seventy-four points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Traill County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,004, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,970 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 Barnes County and Grand Forks County.

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