Hyde County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 695 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.0%	148	530	695
2020	R	−60.3%	136	564	710
2016	R	−60.6%	125	543	690
2012	R	−46.7%	189	531	733
2008	R	−40.9%	226	547	785
2004	R	−41.3%	259	631	900
2000	D	+44.8%	592	218	835
1996	R	−20.4%	309	493	904
1992	R	−14.6%	301	440	955
1988	R	−10.8%	436	546	1,019
1984	R	−38.9%	350	797	1,148
1980	R	−48.4%	273	864	1,221
1976	R	−9.1%	572	687	1,263
1972	R	−19.3%	533	789	1,326
1968	R	−16.2%	499	713	1,325
1964	D	+5.0%	736	666	1,402
1960	R	−7.9%	660	773	1,433
1956	R	−11.7%	597	755	1,352
1952	R	−45.6%	393	1,051	1,444
1948	R	−19.1%	553	817	1,379
1944	R	−29.9%	454	842	1,296
1940	R	−20.6%	670	1,018	1,688
1936	R	−7.4%	683	795	1,514
1932	D	+13.6%	895	678	1,596
1928	R	−22.3%	608	961	1,580
1924	R	−31.1%	257	669	1,324
1920	R	−46.0%	233	710	1,036
1916	D	+16.9%	438	305	788
1912	D	+33.1%	232	0	700
1908	R	−34.4%	212	455	706
1904	R	−61.1%	91	443	576
1900	R	−41.7%	115	286	410
1896	R	−29.5%	121	223	346
1892	R	−40.8%	51	184	326
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

0.5%

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: 53.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

4.5%

4.3%

75–84

2.7%

8.6%

65–74

7.2%

8.5%

55–64

10.7%

4.5%

45–54

7.8%

5.0%

35–44

5.8%

4.8%

25–34

2.0%

2.6%

18–24

2.0%

8.3%

5–17

3.8%

4.3%

1.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,472

Hyde County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Hyde County$73,472

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

5.7%

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

39.4%

Other Christian

26.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

17.4%

Methodist

5.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 10.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hyde County's 2020 presidential margin of R+60.3 reflects a pattern common to the Great Plains' sparsely settled ranching counties, where fewer than 1,700 residents spread across open grassland produce some of the nation's most lopsided electoral results.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Hyde County peaked at forty-five points in 2000; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of forty-one points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Hyde County's median household income of $73,472 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Perkins County and Stanley County.

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