Ransom County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 2,649 votes cast

Trump · R+28

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−28.0%	920	1,661	2,649
2020	R	−19.3%	945	1,418	2,454
2016	R	−15.8%	838	1,210	2,359
2012	D	+13.8%	1,343	1,009	2,425
2008	D	+15.3%	1,371	998	2,433
2004	R	−5.9%	1,199	1,352	2,602
2000	R	−15.0%	1,080	1,488	2,719
1996	D	+11.5%	1,199	920	2,435
1992	D	+2.2%	1,166	1,102	2,903
1988	D	+3.4%	1,459	1,362	2,858
1984	R	−16.3%	1,222	1,706	2,973
1980	R	−28.9%	974	1,883	3,142
1976	D	+0.5%	1,715	1,696	3,456
1972	R	−20.4%	1,355	2,056	3,435
1968	R	−19.4%	1,286	1,943	3,383
1964	D	+11.2%	2,063	1,647	3,717
1960	R	−12.5%	1,806	2,324	4,131
1956	R	−13.2%	1,808	2,361	4,174
1952	R	−41.1%	1,265	3,051	4,347
1948	R	−5.1%	1,595	1,772	3,485
1944	R	−10.9%	1,639	2,044	3,712
1940	R	−12.9%	1,986	2,579	4,589
1936	D	+25.2%	2,385	1,303	4,298
1932	D	+34.6%	3,025	1,445	4,563
1928	R	−26.7%	1,505	2,613	4,145
1924	R	−38.2%	303	1,862	4,084
1920	R	−56.7%	802	3,010	3,894
1916	D	+1.2%	1,121	1,093	2,286
1912	R	−0.3%	490	495	1,586
1908	R	−37.5%	581	1,308	1,937
1904	R	−63.6%	253	1,257	1,578
1900	R	−28.9%	499	924	1,472
1896	R	−13.8%	579	766	1,356
1892	R	−49.4%	0	566	1,145
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

0.9%

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: 43.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

2.8%

3.0%

75–84

2.9%

6.6%

65–74

5.2%

7.6%

55–64

6.7%

6.4%

45–54

5.2%

5.8%

35–44

6.1%

25–34

4.8%

4.3%

18–24

3.5%

8.4%

5–17

7.9%

2.6%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,736

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

Ransom County$75,736

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

10.4%

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

41.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

15.3%

Other Christian

5.2%

Methodist

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Baptist

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ransom County's roughly 5,900 residents are spread across southeastern North Dakota's Sheyenne River valley, where farming communities have backed Republican presidential candidates by wide margins in recent cycles.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-five points in 1932; the Republican margin reached sixty-four points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Ransom County's demographics — a population of 5,643, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $75,736 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sargent County and Bremer County.

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Ransom County delivered a near-tie in 2024.