Minnehaha County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

81 precincts · 93,986 votes cast

Trump · R+13

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−12.7%	39,923	51,842	93,986
2020	R	−9.5%	40,482	49,249	92,326
2016	R	−14.6%	30,618	42,053	78,281
2012	R	−7.4%	34,674	40,342	76,583
2008	D	+0.7%	39,838	39,251	80,552
2004	R	−15.3%	32,314	44,189	77,632
2000	D	+10.4%	33,428	27,042	61,369
1996	D	+3.8%	29,790	27,432	62,004
1992	D	+3.0%	27,016	25,081	63,786
1988	D	+4.2%	29,135	26,765	56,095
1984	R	−12.9%	23,042	29,908	53,171
1980	R	−12.1%	20,008	26,256	51,478
1976	R	−2.7%	22,068	23,286	45,556
1972	R	−0.1%	22,386	22,447	44,988
1968	R	−9.7%	16,462	20,141	37,780
1964	D	+11.0%	20,929	16,766	37,695
1960	R	−21.1%	15,152	23,238	38,390
1956	R	−26.0%	13,093	22,285	35,378
1952	R	−43.0%	9,390	23,559	32,949
1948	R	−8.7%	11,770	14,047	26,125
1944	R	−15.3%	10,216	13,920	24,136
1940	R	−15.2%	12,259	16,664	28,923
1936	D	+2.9%	13,174	12,418	26,508
1932	D	+10.1%	12,646	10,288	23,273
1928	R	−33.7%	6,805	13,741	20,608
1924	R	−46.3%	1,524	8,822	15,773
1920	R	−43.8%	2,534	8,290	13,127
1916	D	+10.0%	4,318	3,494	8,203
1912	D	+42.4%	2,576	0	6,078
1908	R	−33.8%	1,948	4,125	6,438
1904	R	−56.7%	1,046	4,455	6,017
1900	R	−16.2%	2,440	3,410	5,978
1896	D	+4.6%	2,667	2,429	5,146
1892	R	−40.8%	484	2,208	4,221
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%

Polish

0.9%

African American

5.2%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 36.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.1%

1.5%

75–84

1.8%

4.5%

65–74

4.6%

6.0%

55–64

5.9%

5.8%

45–54

5.4%

7.7%

35–44

6.7%

7.6%

25–34

7.2%

4.3%

18–24

4.0%

9.5%

5–17

8.9%

3.6%

3.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$76,880

Minnehaha County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Minnehaha County$76,880

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

8.8%

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

22.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

17.8%

Other Christian

15.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

7.2%

Methodist

2.8%

Baptist

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Sioux Falls, Minnehaha holds roughly one-sixth of South Dakota's total population, and its suburban growth has gradually compressed what was once a wider Republican presidential margin over the past decade.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-two points in 1912; the Republican margin reached fifty-seven points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Minnehaha County's demographics — a population of 203,289, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,880 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Spink County and Brown County.

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Minnehaha County delivered a near-tie in 2024.