Brule County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 2,423 votes cast

Trump · R+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.4%	666	1,694	2,423
2020	R	−43.3%	673	1,750	2,490
2016	R	−43.4%	571	1,565	2,288
2012	R	−28.4%	824	1,499	2,379
2008	R	−18.1%	965	1,407	2,439
2004	R	−19.2%	1,040	1,544	2,629
2000	D	+20.8%	1,268	818	2,167
1996	D	+4.6%	1,091	981	2,404
1992	D	+5.7%	1,060	908	2,676
1988	D	+1.0%	991	971	1,974
1984	R	−24.1%	961	1,578	2,556
1980	R	−26.8%	925	1,674	2,800
1976	D	+13.2%	1,534	1,175	2,723
1972	D	+7.9%	1,665	1,421	3,097
1968	D	+6.7%	1,425	1,237	2,815
1964	D	+39.0%	2,205	968	3,173
1960	D	+6.6%	1,600	1,403	3,003
1956	D	+18.0%	1,894	1,317	3,211
1952	R	−6.3%	1,392	1,578	2,970
1948	D	+21.5%	1,646	1,056	2,744
1944	D	+17.0%	1,412	1,002	2,414
1940	D	+15.2%	1,835	1,352	3,187
1936	D	+39.0%	2,274	982	3,317
1932	D	+50.3%	2,465	797	3,315
1928	D	+5.5%	1,599	1,431	3,080
1924	R	−14.4%	650	1,060	2,856
1920	R	−18.0%	671	1,036	2,030
1916	R	−14.1%	729	975	1,750
1912	D	+53.6%	842	0	1,570
1908	D	+4.4%	823	753	1,609
1904	R	−6.3%	608	693	1,343
1900	D	+5.3%	716	644	1,366
1896	D	+20.4%	668	441	1,114
1892	R	−27.7%	200	538	1,222
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%

French

0.9%

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: 41.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

2.0%

3.4%

75–84

3.7%

6.0%

65–74

5.3%

7.7%

55–64

6.8%

5.6%

45–54

5.2%

6.1%

35–44

5.2%

4.4%

25–34

5.3%

3.4%

18–24

4.9%

10.2%

5–17

8.1%

4.4%

1.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,720

Brule County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Brule County$73,720

South Dakota$75,081

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.7%

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

30.4%

Other Christian

20.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

11.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Methodist

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Brule County sits along the Missouri River in central South Dakota, where a sparse, agriculture-driven population has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, consistent with broader trends across the state's rural interior.

The Republican margin in Brule County reached its widest at forty-three points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was forty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Brule County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,720, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,283 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 Alleghany County and Edmunds County.

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