Morton County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 17,036 votes cast

Trump · R+53

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−53.4%	3,748	12,839	17,036
2020	R	−50.4%	3,872	12,243	16,619
2016	R	−52.1%	3,080	11,336	15,832
2012	R	−30.9%	4,469	8,680	13,613
2008	R	−21.0%	5,079	7,869	13,264
2004	R	−33.7%	4,073	8,325	12,633
2000	R	−31.7%	3,439	6,993	11,223
1996	R	−9.5%	3,745	4,699	10,070
1992	R	−12.6%	3,594	5,042	11,522
1988	R	−8.4%	4,708	5,588	10,447
1984	R	−27.7%	3,996	7,146	11,356
1980	R	−41.9%	2,861	7,659	11,458
1976	D	+3.1%	5,241	4,921	10,462
1972	R	−23.8%	3,312	5,494	9,177
1968	R	−16.1%	3,156	4,465	8,115
1964	D	+27.3%	5,173	2,955	8,138
1960	D	+9.4%	4,866	4,028	8,895
1956	R	−33.0%	2,628	5,232	7,890
1952	R	−50.2%	2,079	6,309	8,426
1948	R	−17.0%	2,521	3,607	6,394
1944	R	−31.2%	1,850	3,537	5,415
1940	R	−31.0%	2,889	5,499	8,428
1936	D	+46.4%	5,612	1,857	8,090
1932	D	+50.1%	5,548	1,828	7,430
1928	D	+15.5%	3,946	2,881	6,853
1924	R	−39.3%	265	2,377	5,370
1920	R	−74.5%	632	4,618	5,347
1916	R	−19.2%	1,835	2,785	4,942
1912	D	+0.2%	1,017	1,011	3,618
1908	R	−38.6%	873	2,021	2,976
1904	R	−63.2%	321	1,474	1,825
1900	R	−32.5%	536	1,056	1,599
1896	R	−31.3%	393	752	1,148
1892	R	−60.8%	0	596	981
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%

African American

1.3%

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: 37.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.0%

2.0%

75–84

3.1%

5.3%

65–74

5.1%

6.3%

55–64

6.1%

5.3%

45–54

5.2%

7.7%

35–44

6.7%

7.3%

25–34

6.9%

4.4%

18–24

3.8%

9.1%

5–17

8.5%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,382

Morton County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Morton County$79,382

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

8.0%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

33.5%

Mainline Protestant

13.7%

Other Christian

3.9%

Baptist

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Methodist

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morton County sits directly west of Bismarck and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deeply rural, majority-white demographic profile typical of the Missouri River corridor in western North Dakota.

The Republican margin in Morton County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was fifty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Morton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,382, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 33,777 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 Oliver County and Greeley County.

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