2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 367 | 622 | 1,015 | |
| 2020 | R | 392 | 652 | 1,088 | |
| 2016 | R | 361 | 538 | 999 | |
| 2012 | D | 518 | 498 | 1,042 | |
| 2008 | D | 614 | 404 | 1,032 | |
| 2004 | D | 616 | 586 | 1,213 | |
| 2000 | R | 475 | 655 | 1,210 | |
| 1996 | D | 620 | 486 | 1,225 | |
| 1992 | D | 598 | 503 | 1,370 | |
| 1988 | D | 895 | 690 | 1,595 | |
| 1984 | R | 781 | 941 | 1,740 | |
| 1980 | R | 617 | 997 | 1,870 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,066 | 835 | 1,926 | |
| 1972 | R | 892 | 1,063 | 1,970 | |
| 1968 | D | 991 | 952 | 2,031 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,404 | 796 | 2,203 | |
| 1960 | R | 1,173 | 1,209 | 2,382 | |
| 1956 | R | 1,148 | 1,188 | 2,337 | |
| 1952 | R | 911 | 1,513 | 2,434 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,163 | 1,052 | 2,338 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,320 | 1,042 | 2,374 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,434 | 1,328 | 2,784 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,444 | 724 | 2,873 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,925 | 695 | 2,685 | |
| 1928 | R | 1,152 | 1,574 | 2,745 | |
| 1924 | R | 85 | 1,247 | 2,363 | |
| 1920 | R | 337 | 2,222 | 2,609 | |
| 1916 | R | 515 | 676 | 1,268 | |
| 1912 | D | 253 | 237 | 1,005 | |
| 1908 | R | 366 | 881 | 1,282 | |
| 1904 | R | 69 | 817 | 941 | |
| 1900 | R | 214 | 724 | 973 | |
| 1896 | R | 322 | 572 | 901 | |
| 1892 | R | 0 | 398 | 756 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
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: 46.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,500
Steele County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Steele County$77,500
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
12.9%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Steele County's roughly 2,200 residents are spread across flat Red River valley cropland, and its presidential margins have tracked North Dakota's broader rural Republican lean consistently across recent cycles.
The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-six points in 1932; the Republican margin reached seventy-nine points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.
Steele County's demographics — a population of 1,804, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,500 — 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 Kittson County and Price County.
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