Golden Valley County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 991 votes cast

Trump · R+73

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−73.2%	122	847	991
2020	R	−71.5%	137	871	1,026
2016	R	−72.8%	99	796	957
2012	R	−62.5%	162	742	928
2008	R	−49.4%	210	642	875
2004	R	−56.5%	195	719	927
2000	R	−56.0%	156	611	812
1996	R	−30.8%	235	520	924
1992	R	−22.3%	255	503	1,114
1988	R	−33.2%	388	781	1,183
1984	R	−48.4%	325	964	1,319
1980	R	−55.4%	259	1,006	1,349
1976	R	−12.7%	479	633	1,208
1972	R	−33.5%	362	774	1,229
1968	R	−32.3%	348	735	1,199
1964	R	−9.1%	602	722	1,324
1960	R	−10.2%	672	825	1,499
1956	R	−18.4%	567	824	1,397
1952	R	−51.9%	376	1,186	1,562
1948	R	−14.5%	585	788	1,401
1944	R	−23.0%	443	709	1,158
1940	R	−11.7%	689	873	1,571
1936	D	+24.7%	991	581	1,659
1932	D	+21.8%	1,023	653	1,695
1928	R	−25.7%	552	937	1,499
1924	R	−38.9%	140	718	1,487
1920	R	−58.3%	286	1,177	1,527
1916	D	+15.6%	697	499	1,269
1912	—	No data	—	—	—
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
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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: 47.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

0.4%

4.1%

75–84

6.4%

9.1%

65–74

7.9%

8.0%

55–64

8.3%

5.7%

45–54

4.1%

4.4%

35–44

6.4%

4.4%

25–34

3.0%

2.1%

18–24

2.3%

7.3%

5–17

8.3%

3.9%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,021

Golden Valley County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Golden Valley County$68,021

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

19.8%

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

25.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

23.7%

Other Christian

5.2%

Methodist

0.3%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Golden Valley is a sparsely populated ranching county in western North Dakota where the 2024 presidential race broke R+73.2 — among the widest margins of any county in the country. Fewer than 2,000 residents make each precinct return outsized in percentage terms.

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

Golden Valley County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,021, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,653 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 Boyd County and Morrill County.

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Golden Valley County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.