Walsh County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

2 precincts · 4,496 votes cast

Trump · R+45

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−44.8%	1,173	3,186	4,496
2020	R	−41.6%	1,333	3,324	4,783
2016	R	−39.4%	1,167	2,995	4,636
2012	R	−14.0%	1,985	2,656	4,791
2008	R	−1.8%	2,325	2,415	4,882
2004	R	−24.9%	1,905	3,194	5,186
2000	R	−26.2%	1,743	3,099	5,182
1996	R	−2.8%	2,082	2,222	4,939
1992	R	−10.3%	1,936	2,544	5,904
1988	R	−10.1%	2,646	3,250	5,966
1984	R	−31.1%	2,264	4,347	6,704
1980	R	−38.0%	1,850	4,488	6,938
1976	D	+0.5%	3,555	3,518	7,309
1972	R	−15.3%	2,908	3,991	7,090
1968	R	−6.8%	2,948	3,410	6,812
1964	D	+33.3%	4,911	2,454	7,376
1960	R	−0.3%	4,009	4,036	8,047
1956	R	−9.8%	3,238	3,946	7,200
1952	R	−15.3%	3,494	4,761	8,304
1948	D	+21.7%	4,170	2,646	7,031
1944	D	+31.4%	4,747	2,471	7,252
1940	D	+28.6%	5,499	3,051	8,568
1936	D	+48.2%	5,756	1,813	8,185
1932	D	+51.4%	5,342	1,616	7,244
1928	D	+1.9%	3,798	3,657	7,472
1924	R	−33.3%	917	2,837	5,770
1920	R	−37.1%	2,047	4,581	6,824
1916	D	+8.7%	2,003	1,670	3,812
1912	D	+21.5%	1,206	586	2,882
1908	R	−3.1%	1,641	1,751	3,540
1904	R	−28.2%	1,113	2,042	3,295
1900	R	−0.1%	1,804	1,807	3,657
1896	D	+11.1%	2,134	1,707	3,864
1892	R	−31.5%	0	974	3,094
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: 43.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

3.0%

2.9%

75–84

2.8%

6.1%

65–74

5.8%

8.2%

55–64

6.8%

5.6%

45–54

5.2%

6.0%

35–44

5.7%

5.4%

25–34

4.5%

3.6%

18–24

3.7%

9.0%

5–17

8.5%

3.2%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$71,944

Walsh County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Walsh County$71,944

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

11.2%

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

41.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

38.6%

Other Christian

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Methodist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 18.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Walsh County anchors the northern Red River Valley with an economy built on sugar beets and small-grain farming. Its electorate has delivered lopsided Republican margins for over two decades, with 2024's R+44.8 result consistent with the broader rural Great Plains shift.

The Republican margin in Walsh County reached its widest at forty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Walsh County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,944, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,396 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 Griggs County and Ramsey County.

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