2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 93 | 543 | 647 | |
| 2020 | R | 72 | 541 | 635 | |
| 2016 | R | 59 | 495 | 605 | |
| 2012 | R | 89 | 472 | 578 | |
| 2008 | R | 114 | 375 | 499 | |
| 2004 | R | 99 | 449 | 564 | |
| 2000 | R | 82 | 394 | 525 | |
| 1996 | R | 116 | 281 | 507 | |
| 1992 | R | 123 | 279 | 678 | |
| 1988 | R | 211 | 437 | 659 | |
| 1984 | R | 133 | 505 | 653 | |
| 1980 | R | 122 | 524 | 689 | |
| 1976 | R | 285 | 351 | 684 | |
| 1972 | R | 192 | 509 | 729 | |
| 1968 | R | 174 | 395 | 638 | |
| 1964 | D | 348 | 340 | 688 | |
| 1960 | D | 400 | 368 | 768 | |
| 1956 | R | 248 | 437 | 689 | |
| 1952 | R | 143 | 674 | 822 | |
| 1948 | R | 311 | 372 | 736 | |
| 1944 | R | 209 | 354 | 566 | |
| 1940 | R | 404 | 663 | 1,068 | |
| 1936 | D | 729 | 329 | 1,232 | |
| 1932 | D | 760 | 295 | 1,079 | |
| 1928 | R | 412 | 458 | 877 | |
| 1924 | R | 32 | 421 | 871 | |
| 1920 | R | 61 | 787 | 860 | |
| 1916 | R | 276 | 306 | 623 | |
| 1912 | R | 547 | 671 | 1,899 | |
| 1908 | R | 236 | 768 | 1,042 | |
| 1904 | R | 37 | 256 | 301 | |
| 1900 | R | 51 | 158 | 213 | |
| 1896 | R | 27 | 78 | 106 | |
| 1892 | R | 0 | 47 | 64 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
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: 41.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$86,806
Billings County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Billings County$86,806
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
10.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 90.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Billings County's roughly 900 residents are spread across the North Dakota Badlands, and its lopsided presidential margins reflect a rural ranching electorate where third-party or Democratic votes can be counted in the dozens.
The Republican margin in Billings County reached its widest at eighty-four points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was seventy points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Billings County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $86,806, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,024 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 Golden Valley County and Morrill County.
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