Griggs County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 1,289 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.4%	301	963	1,289
2020	R	−47.9%	308	907	1,250
2016	R	−43.4%	298	847	1,265
2012	R	−17.5%	536	771	1,343
2008	R	−6.4%	598	682	1,314
2004	R	−27.9%	505	907	1,439
2000	R	−29.7%	484	920	1,469
1996	R	−3.9%	670	731	1,571
1992	R	−7.2%	647	773	1,756
1988	R	−9.2%	846	1,020	1,885
1984	R	−20.3%	828	1,254	2,094
1980	R	−32.5%	636	1,342	2,170
1976	D	+1.6%	1,122	1,086	2,262
1972	R	−18.2%	901	1,312	2,258
1968	R	−4.6%	1,008	1,110	2,227
1964	D	+25.9%	1,505	885	2,390
1960	D	+0.0%	1,279	1,278	2,561
1956	R	−1.6%	1,173	1,212	2,387
1952	R	−32.8%	872	1,727	2,609
1948	D	+6.2%	1,180	1,036	2,338
1944	D	+10.7%	1,228	990	2,227
1940	D	+13.4%	1,464	1,117	2,592
1936	D	+36.7%	1,665	666	2,723
1932	D	+59.3%	1,838	428	2,377
1928	R	−5.8%	1,182	1,329	2,534
1924	R	−28.1%	116	738	2,214
1920	R	−51.3%	530	1,739	2,355
1916	D	+11.5%	668	521	1,275
1912	D	+29.1%	434	144	995
1908	R	−9.6%	493	605	1,167
1904	R	−44.3%	232	688	1,030
1900	R	−12.4%	407	527	968
1896	D	+6.1%	360	318	685
1892	R	−41.9%	0	245	585
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: 51.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.5%

85+

3.7%

3.1%

75–84

3.5%

10.1%

65–74

7.8%

7.9%

55–64

8.6%

5.7%

45–54

5.3%

4.5%

35–44

3.9%

5.1%

25–34

3.3%

2.9%

18–24

2.4%

7.7%

5–17

8.3%

2.4%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,711

Griggs County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Griggs County$61,711

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

11.7%

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

42.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Griggs County's population has fallen steadily for decades, leaving a landscape of small agricultural communities that vote with remarkable consistency — the 2024 presidential margin exceeded 50 points, mirroring broader rural North Dakota patterns.

The Democratic margin in Griggs County peaked at fifty-nine points in 1932. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-one points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Griggs County's median household income of $61,711 sits well below state and national norms, and 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walsh County and Harrison County.

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Griggs County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.