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

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

Bakken oil country with one of North Dakota's most lopsided presidential margins

18762024·38 elections
Williams County, North Dakota · Farragutful · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
39,555
2024 ACS
Most similar
Burke County
ND · similarity 1.00
21 precincts · 15,122 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.6%
2,27612,50115,122
2020R
−66.8%
2,16911,73914,334
2016R
−65.1%
1,73510,06912,807
2012R
−49.6%
2,3227,1849,808
2008R
−36.0%
2,9216,2919,373
2004R
−42.2%
2,5126,2788,929
2000R
−36.6%
2,3305,1877,807
1996R
−7.3%
3,0183,5907,840
1992R
−6.6%
3,0083,6649,917
1988R
−16.9%
4,0045,6539,768
1984R
−43.3%
3,1778,16611,523
1980R
−40.2%
2,5456,5309,904
1976R
−0.5%
4,1894,2308,692
1972R
−22.6%
2,9894,8008,014
1968R
−9.3%
3,2633,9807,726
1964D
+27.0%
5,3523,0768,439
1960D
+2.1%
4,6834,4929,177
1956R
−0.4%
4,1574,1888,364
1952R
−17.8%
2,9994,3077,367
1948D
+8.0%
2,5712,1335,495
1944D
+25.3%
3,7482,2176,063
1940D
+29.2%
4,5792,4707,211
1936D
+51.9%
4,9031,0217,473
1932D
+48.1%
4,8231,5096,884
1928R
−17.3%
2,5033,5916,272
1924R
−30.7%
3081,8655,073
1920R
−42.3%
1,3303,7685,769
1916D
+27.1%
1,7699033,193
1912D
+6.4%
6965492,280
1908R
−28.8%
1,0341,9793,276
1904R
−43.8%
3168251,163
1900R
−44.5%
95249346
1896R
−10.6%
83103188
1892R
−44.6%
045101
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%
Polish
1.0%
African American
3.8%
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
Mainline Protestant
13.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.2%
Other Christian
6.0%
Methodist
0.7%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Williams County anchors North Dakota's oil-patch economy along the Bakken formation, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+67.6 reflects a voting pattern consistent with energy-dependent rural counties across the northern plains.

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

Williams County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $85,595, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 39,555 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 Burke County and Martin County.