Wells County, North Dakota

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 2,253 votes cast

Trump · R+63

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−62.6%	405	1,815	2,253
2020	R	−61.1%	442	1,893	2,374
2016	R	−57.8%	419	1,796	2,383
2012	R	−41.2%	673	1,654	2,379
2008	R	−26.4%	841	1,468	2,377
2004	R	−31.1%	858	1,654	2,561
2000	R	−39.4%	661	1,610	2,410
1996	R	−9.0%	962	1,192	2,542
1992	R	−9.7%	888	1,171	2,916
1988	R	−18.0%	1,317	1,901	3,241
1984	R	−39.6%	1,036	2,426	3,506
1980	R	−53.2%	746	2,660	3,599
1976	R	−5.3%	1,742	1,941	3,767
1972	R	−31.3%	1,297	2,519	3,910
1968	R	−26.5%	1,265	2,266	3,782
1964	D	+10.5%	2,314	1,875	4,189
1960	R	−16.7%	1,885	2,641	4,535
1956	R	−33.9%	1,434	2,912	4,355
1952	R	−56.6%	1,016	3,709	4,762
1948	R	−22.4%	1,492	2,385	3,986
1944	R	−23.7%	1,557	2,529	4,106
1940	R	−27.8%	1,878	3,335	5,232
1936	D	+34.9%	3,114	1,263	5,298
1932	D	+55.9%	3,823	1,062	4,939
1928	R	−5.3%	2,123	2,364	4,512
1924	R	−40.7%	138	1,644	3,703
1920	R	−73.5%	456	3,202	3,736
1916	R	−19.9%	810	1,226	2,093
1912	D	+9.1%	494	356	1,510
1908	R	−38.8%	535	1,243	1,826
1904	R	−68.2%	209	1,330	1,644
1900	R	−41.8%	388	966	1,382
1896	R	−29.4%	317	584	909
1892	R	−50.8%	0	157	309
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: 46.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

2.8%

4.0%

75–84

4.7%

7.0%

65–74

6.6%

7.5%

55–64

7.7%

4.0%

45–54

5.0%

4.8%

35–44

4.0%

5.6%

25–34

4.6%

3.4%

18–24

3.4%

8.1%

5–17

8.1%

4.1%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,114

Wells County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Wells County$66,114

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

9.1%

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

37.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

24.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

7.4%

Other Christian

6.5%

Baptist

2.0%

Methodist

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wells County's 2024 presidential margin of R+62.6 reflects the overwhelmingly rural, agricultural character common to the state's interior counties, where small-town populations have shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.

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

Wells County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,114, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,890 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 McKenzie County and Sherman County.

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