Sargent County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

2 precincts · 2,043 votes cast

Trump · R+32

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−32.4%	663	1,325	2,043
2020	R	−25.5%	738	1,266	2,070
2016	R	−19.7%	694	1,088	1,997
2012	D	+9.8%	1,075	879	2,007
2008	D	+17.5%	1,115	778	1,927
2004	R	−5.7%	1,021	1,147	2,200
2000	R	−6.6%	959	1,103	2,184
1996	D	+9.1%	1,003	814	2,067
1992	D	+6.4%	961	816	2,254
1988	D	+7.7%	1,306	1,119	2,436
1984	R	−3.3%	1,295	1,385	2,725
1980	R	−18.3%	1,048	1,565	2,823
1976	D	+9.9%	1,644	1,344	3,031
1972	R	−9.6%	1,331	1,616	2,966
1968	R	−2.7%	1,308	1,386	2,849
1964	D	+21.5%	1,840	1,189	3,033
1960	D	+2.0%	1,655	1,591	3,248
1956	R	−6.0%	1,473	1,662	3,142
1952	R	−32.0%	1,090	2,124	3,230
1948	D	+3.9%	1,506	1,387	3,033
1944	R	−2.1%	1,426	1,488	2,934
1940	R	−0.7%	1,894	1,922	3,843
1936	D	+40.3%	2,306	863	3,577
1932	D	+54.8%	2,818	785	3,709
1928	D	+5.7%	1,989	1,772	3,780
1924	R	−36.8%	232	1,468	3,361
1920	R	−59.3%	673	2,787	3,565
1916	R	−9.1%	868	1,050	1,996
1912	D	+2.2%	641	605	1,635
1908	R	−26.5%	576	1,012	1,646
1904	R	−50.4%	310	1,045	1,459
1900	R	−14.8%	564	765	1,360
1896	D	+4.0%	636	587	1,227
1892	R	−47.4%	0	491	1,036
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%

Polish

0.5%

African American

2.6%

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: 44.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

4.1%

75–84

3.6%

7.3%

65–74

6.5%

8.2%

55–64

6.8%

6.3%

45–54

4.7%

6.0%

35–44

4.5%

7.7%

25–34

5.3%

3.3%

18–24

2.9%

7.6%

5–17

7.2%

2.6%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,946

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

Sargent County$77,946

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

6.9%

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

58.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

15.1%

Methodist

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 24.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sargent County's roughly 4,400 residents are spread across a flat, agricultural landscape near the Minnesota and South Dakota borders, and its voting pattern in 2024 tracked closely with North Dakota's broader rural Republican lean, landing at R+32.4.

The Republican margin in Sargent County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sargent County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,946, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,804 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 Fayette County and Kittson County.

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