Hutchinson County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 3,736 votes cast

Trump · R+58

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−57.9%	755	2,918	3,736
2020	R	−57.9%	762	2,944	3,767
2016	R	−54.2%	692	2,517	3,365
2012	R	−44.6%	923	2,451	3,425
2008	R	−28.9%	1,242	2,285	3,608
2004	R	−41.5%	1,177	2,899	4,147
2000	D	+39.9%	2,497	1,052	3,625
1996	R	−22.8%	1,285	2,177	3,911
1992	R	−19.0%	1,211	2,002	4,156
1988	R	−25.6%	1,594	2,700	4,316
1984	R	−46.2%	1,237	3,372	4,624
1980	R	−51.0%	1,145	3,789	5,180
1976	R	−15.5%	2,062	2,822	4,906
1972	R	−15.8%	2,248	3,092	5,348
1968	R	−41.6%	1,412	3,544	5,131
1964	R	−13.7%	2,189	2,884	5,073
1960	R	−43.4%	1,557	3,948	5,505
1956	R	−46.3%	1,420	3,870	5,290
1952	R	−66.3%	875	4,322	5,197
1948	R	−40.9%	1,209	2,906	4,151
1944	R	−68.9%	699	3,799	4,498
1940	R	−64.2%	1,103	5,051	6,154
1936	R	−5.2%	2,500	2,804	5,801
1932	D	+40.9%	3,630	1,504	5,192
1928	R	−6.1%	1,898	2,145	4,077
1924	R	−19.7%	180	893	3,623
1920	R	−44.5%	243	1,873	3,662
1916	D	+50.0%	1,636	519	2,235
1912	D	+30.2%	647	0	2,139
1908	R	−40.7%	619	1,507	2,183
1904	R	−63.6%	365	1,752	2,181
1900	R	−47.8%	534	1,528	2,080
1896	R	−50.7%	458	1,413	1,885
1892	R	−48.6%	254	1,034	1,605
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: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.7%

85+

3.4%

2.5%

75–84

2.3%

5.9%

65–74

6.0%

7.2%

55–64

6.2%

5.8%

45–54

5.6%

5.9%

35–44

5.1%

4.8%

25–34

4.8%

3.3%

18–24

3.0%

8.8%

5–17

10.0%

3.8%

3.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,977

Hutchinson County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hutchinson County$73,977

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

12.2%

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

39.5%

Other Christian

23.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

16.3%

Baptist

2.0%

Methodist

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 17.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hutchinson County's German-Russian settler heritage anchors a deeply rural agricultural community where Republican presidential margins have exceeded 50 points in multiple consecutive cycles, making it among the state's most predictable precincts.

The Republican margin in Hutchinson County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1944. The margin in 2024 was fifty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Hutchinson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,977, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,404 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 Walworth County and Perkins County.

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