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South Dakota At-Large Congressional District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1892–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1892 → 2024

2024

District by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German33.5%33.1%12.5%

Norwegian10.5%10.4%—

Irish10.0%9.9%9.4%

English7.8%7.7%9.5%

American4.4%4.4%5.3%

Dutch3.4%3.4%—

Swedish2.5%2.5%—

French0.8%—1.6%

Oglala Sioux2.8%2.0%—

Rosebud Sioux1.5%1.1%—

Mexican2.4%2.6%11.3%

Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%

Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%

Salvadoran0.3%0.3%0.7%

African American†1.0%1.1%9.9%

Ethiopian0.3%0.3%—

African0.2%0.2%0.5%

Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%

Asian Indian0.2%0.2%1.4%

Burmese0.2%0.2%—

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Median age	38	38.2	39.1
Age 18–24	9.2%	9.2%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.0%	18.0%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Median household income	$75,081	$75,081	$84,427
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	31.9%	31.9%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Owner-occupied homes	68.6%	68.6%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	31.4%	31.4%	34.8%
Median home value	—	$257,400	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	—	$946	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	39.8%	39.8%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	10.5%	10.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Mean commute	17.8 min	17.8 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	3.6%	3.6%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	77.0%	77.0%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.5%	0.5%	3.2%
Works from home	9.7%	9.7%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	7.1%	7.1%	22.3%
Spanish	2.6%	2.6%	13.6%
Other languages	1.9%	1.9%	0.8%

Religious landscape

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Catholic	—	14.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	20.1%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	44.9%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	SD-AL	South Dakota	United States
Foreign-born residents	4.0%	4.0%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	1.7%	1.7%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	2.3%	2.3%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.9%	7.9%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	—	0.449	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083) · District housing, commuting and origins figures are constituent-county values weighted by each county’s share of the district — the Census publishes these at 119th-Congress lines and Akashic maps districts on the 2026 (cd:120) lines.

President results by year

Vote totals, margins, and source status

HarrisDemocratic33.7%124,883TrumpRepublican64.0%237,117OtherAll other candidates2.3%8,592

R+30.3

Lead: 112,234
Total: 370,592
vs nation: R+28.8

exact aggregate

BidenDemocratic35.6%150,471TrumpRepublican61.8%261,043OtherAll other candidates2.6%11,095

R+26.2

Lead: 110,572
Total: 422,609
vs nation: R+30.6

exact aggregate

ClintonDemocratic31.7%117,466TrumpRepublican61.5%227,731OtherAll other candidates6.7%24,914

R+29.8

Lead: 110,265
Total: 370,111
vs nation: R+31.9

exact aggregate

ObamaDemocratic39.9%145,039RomneyRepublican57.9%210,610OtherAll other candidates2.2%8,166

R+18.0

Lead: 65,571
Total: 363,815
vs nation: R+21.9

exact aggregate

ObamaDemocratic44.7%170,924McCainRepublican53.2%203,054OtherAll other candidates2.1%7,997

R+8.4

Lead: 32,130
Total: 381,975
vs nation: R+15.7

exact aggregate

KerryDemocratic38.4%149,244BushRepublican59.9%232,584OtherAll other candidates1.6%6,387

R+21.5

Lead: 83,340
Total: 388,215
vs nation: R+19.0

exact aggregate

GoreDemocratic37.6%118,804BushRepublican60.3%190,700OtherAll other candidates2.1%6,765

R+22.7

Lead: 71,896
Total: 316,269
vs nation: R+23.3

exact aggregate

ClintonDemocratic42.6%139,333DoleRepublican46.0%150,543OtherAll other candidates11.4%37,384

R+3.4

Lead: 11,210
Total: 327,260
vs nation: R+11.9

exact aggregate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+30.3MIT Election Lab
Population: 886,6672024 5-year
Population density: 12 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 75,808 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $75,0812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 79.6%2024 5-year
Black: 1.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 4.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+42.1 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+49.4 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Congressional District 4, IA · twin score 85.0

presidential history

Party record book

South Dakota At-Large Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1932

63.6%

183,515 votes · D+29.2

Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 55.6%

Republican

Theodore Roosevelt1904

71.1%

72,083 votes · R+49.4

Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 69.3%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1932

183,515votes

63.6% of the vote · D+29.2

Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 170,924 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2020

261,043votes

61.8% of the vote · R+26.2

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 237,117 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

Woodrow Wilson1912

+22.5pts D vs U.S.

Place D+42.1 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place

Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +14.5 pts

Republican

Benjamin Harrison1892

+38.5pts R vs U.S.

Place R+36.8 · U.S. D+1.7

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +31.9 pts

U.S. House elections · 22 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	At-large	R	28.0%117,818	72.0%303,630	421,448
2022	At-large	R	0.0%0	77.4%253,821	327,841
2020	At-large	R	0.0%0	81.0%321,984	397,732
2018	At-large	R	36.0%120,816	60.3%202,446	335,471
2016	At-large	R	35.9%132,810	64.1%237,163	369,973
2014	At-large	R	33.5%92,485	66.5%183,834	276,319
2012	At-large	R	42.6%153,789	57.4%207,640	361,429
2010	At-large	R	45.9%146,589	48.1%153,703	319,426
2008	At-large	D	67.6%256,041	32.4%122,966	379,007
2006	At-large	D	69.1%230,468	29.3%97,864	333,562
2004	At-large	D	53.4%207,837	45.9%178,823	389,468
2002	At-large	R	45.6%153,551	53.5%180,023	336,691
2000	At-large	R	24.9%78,321	73.4%231,083	314,761
1998	At-large	R	24.9%64,433	75.1%194,157	258,590
1996	At-large	R	37.0%119,547	57.7%186,393	323,203
1994	At-large	D	59.8%183,036	36.6%112,054	305,922
1992	At-large	D	69.1%230,070	26.8%89,375	332,902
1990	At-large	D	67.6%173,814	32.4%83,484	257,298
1988	At-large	D	71.7%223,759	28.3%88,157	311,916
1986	At-large	D	59.2%171,462	40.8%118,261	289,723
1984	At-large	D	57.4%181,401	42.6%134,821	316,222
1982	At-large	D	51.6%142,122	48.4%133,530	275,652

South Dakota's single at-large seat covers the entire state, where the 2024 presidential contest ran nearly 30 points to the right — a gap consistent with the state's decades-long shift away from competitive federal races.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.4 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.3 points.

A population of 886,667, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,081 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 4 and Congressional District 1.

Political twins — districts

The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Congressional District 4

Iowa

85.0twin score

2016–2024 trajectoryelasticity≠ population scale

Congressional District 1

Idaho

84.7twin score

population scale2016–2020 trajectoryelasticity≠ Scottish ancestry

Congressional District (at Large)

North Dakota

81.9twin score

2012–2024 trajectory≠ population scale

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did South Dakota At-Large Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, South Dakota At-Large Congressional District voted Republican by 30.3 points (R+30.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 370,592 votes cast, 124,883 went Democratic and 237,117 went Republican.

When did South Dakota At-Large Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which South Dakota At-Large Congressional District voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District?

South Dakota At-Large Congressional District has a population of 886,667 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District?

Median household income in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District is $75,081 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $75,081.

What is the political history of South Dakota At-Large Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Median age

38.2

39.1

Age 18–24

9.2%

Age 65 and older

18.0%

17.2%

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Median household income

$75,081

$84,427

Poverty rate

11.9%

12.0%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

31.9%

35.6%

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Owner-occupied homes

68.6%

65.2%

Renter-occupied homes

31.4%

34.8%

Median home value

—

$257,400

$332,700

Median gross rent (monthly)

—

$946

$1,413

Renters paying 30%+ of income

39.8%

51.1%

Vacant housing units

10.5%

10.1%

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Mean commute

17.8 min

26.4 min

Commutes 60 minutes or more

3.6%

8.6%

Drives alone to work

77.0%

68.8%

Takes public transit

0.5%

3.2%

Works from home

9.7%

15.1%

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

7.1%

22.3%

Spanish

2.6%

13.6%

Other languages

1.9%

0.8%

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Catholic

—

14.8%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

—

20.1%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

—

44.9%

51.5%

Measure

SD-AL

South Dakota

United States

Foreign-born residents

4.0%

14.1%

Naturalized citizens

1.7%

7.4%

Not U.S. citizens

2.3%

6.8%

Veterans (18+)

7.9%

6.2%

Income inequality (Gini)

—

0.449

0.483

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

R+30.3MIT Election Lab

Population

886,6672024 5-year

Population density

12 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line

Land area

75,808 sq miTIGER/Line

Median household income

$75,0812024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

79.6%2024 5-year

Black

1.9%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

4.4%2024 5-year

Peak Democratic margin

D+42.1 in 1912MIT Election Lab

Peak Republican margin

R+49.4 in 1904MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Congressional District 4, IA · twin score 85.0

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.

Year

District

Won

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

At-large

28.0%117,818

72.0%303,630

421,448

2022

At-large

0.0%0

77.4%253,821

327,841

2020

At-large

0.0%0

81.0%321,984

397,732

2018

At-large

36.0%120,816

60.3%202,446

335,471

2016

At-large

35.9%132,810

64.1%237,163

369,973

2014

At-large

33.5%92,485

66.5%183,834

276,319

2012

At-large

42.6%153,789

57.4%207,640

361,429

2010

At-large

45.9%146,589

48.1%153,703

319,426

2008

At-large

67.6%256,041

32.4%122,966

379,007

2006

At-large

69.1%230,468

29.3%97,864

333,562

2004

At-large

53.4%207,837

45.9%178,823

389,468

2002

At-large

45.6%153,551

53.5%180,023

336,691

2000

At-large

24.9%78,321

73.4%231,083

314,761

1998

At-large

24.9%64,433

75.1%194,157

258,590

1996

At-large

37.0%119,547

57.7%186,393

323,203

1994

At-large

59.8%183,036

36.6%112,054

305,922

1992

At-large

69.1%230,070

26.8%89,375

332,902

1990

At-large

67.6%173,814

32.4%83,484

257,298

1988

At-large

71.7%223,759

28.3%88,157

311,916

1986

At-large

59.2%171,462

40.8%118,261

289,723

1984

At-large

57.4%181,401

42.6%134,821

316,222

1982

At-large

51.6%142,122

48.4%133,530

275,652