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1876–2024
Williston, ND·North Dakota

Williston, ND has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

Bakken shale boomtown where oil-patch economics drive the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ND
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
39,555
2024 ACS

Williston, ND, North Dakota: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+68%. Republican peak: R+68 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+68MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
39,5552024 5-year
Median household income
$85,5952024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
79.9%2024 5-year
Black
4.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+52 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+68 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−67.6%
2,27612,50115,122
R
−66.8%
2,16911,73914,334
R
−65.1%
1,73510,06912,807
R
−49.6%
2,3227,1849,808
R
−36.0%
2,9216,2919,373
R
−42.2%
2,5126,2788,929
R
−36.6%
2,3305,1877,807
R
−7.3%
3,0183,5907,840
R
−6.6%
3,0083,6649,917
R
−16.9%
4,0045,6539,768
R
−43.3%
3,1778,16611,523
R
−40.2%
2,5456,5309,904
R
−0.5%
4,1894,2308,692
R
−22.6%
2,9894,8008,014
R
−9.3%
3,2633,9807,726
D
+27.0%
5,3523,0768,439
D
+2.1%
4,6834,4929,177
R
−0.4%
4,1574,1888,364
R
−17.8%
2,9994,3077,367
D
+8.0%
2,5712,1335,495
D
+25.3%
3,7482,2176,063
D
+29.2%
4,5792,4707,211
D
+51.9%
4,9031,0217,473
D
+48.1%
4,8231,5096,884
R
−17.3%
2,5033,5916,272
O
−30.7%
3081,8655,073
R
−42.3%
1,3303,7685,769
D
+27.1%
1,7699033,193
O
+6.4%
6965492,280
R
−28.8%
1,0341,9793,276
R
−43.8%
3168251,163
R
−44.5%
95249346
R
−10.6%
83103188
O
−44.6%
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.5%
English
6.2%
Irish
5.9%
American
4.4%
Polish
1.6%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 31.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.3%
85+
0.7%
1.2%
75–84
1.4%
3.2%
65–74
3.1%
4.6%
55–64
4.1%
5.4%
45–54
3.9%
8.8%
35–44
8.5%
9.0%
25–34
7.9%
4.3%
18–24
3.5%
11.6%
5–17
10.1%
4.5%
<5
4.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$85,595
Williston, ND ranks near the middle of US counties.
Williston, ND$85,595
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
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.2%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.5%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Other languages1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
13.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.2%
Other Christian
6.0%
Methodist
0.7%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Williston's population roughly doubled during the 2010s fracking boom, pulling in transient workers and reshaping housing and services. Energy prices and extraction-industry sentiment have since become the dominant lens through which local voters read federal candidates.

The Republican margin in Williston, ND reached its widest at sixty-eight points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $85,595, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 39,555 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
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Williston, ND, North Dakota — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/48780/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Williston, ND, North Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Williston, ND, North Dakota voted Republican by 67.6 points (R+68), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,122 votes cast, 2,276 went Democratic and 12,501 went Republican.
What is Williston, ND, North Dakota's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Williston, ND, North Dakota as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 23 times, and other 3 times.
When did Williston, ND, North Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Williston, ND, North Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Williston, ND, North Dakota?
Williston, ND, North Dakota has a population of 39,555 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Williston, ND, North Dakota?
Median household income in Williston, ND, North Dakota is $85,595 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Dakota state median is $76,657.
What is the political history of Williston, ND, North Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Williston, ND, North Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.