Spink County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 3,139 votes cast

Trump · R+39

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−39.0%	921	2,145	3,139
2020	R	−35.0%	998	2,104	3,163
2016	R	−31.7%	919	1,854	2,951
2012	R	−12.2%	1,300	1,670	3,041
2008	R	−3.4%	1,550	1,660	3,269
2004	R	−20.7%	1,478	2,259	3,774
2000	D	+20.8%	1,957	1,274	3,284
1996	R	−0.4%	1,636	1,651	3,669
1992	D	+5.0%	1,732	1,527	4,112
1988	D	+2.5%	2,071	1,969	4,062
1984	R	−21.9%	1,680	2,627	4,324
1980	R	−27.8%	1,572	2,915	4,834
1976	D	+13.8%	2,650	2,003	4,679
1972	R	−4.6%	2,321	2,547	4,880
1968	D	+12.2%	2,669	2,068	4,915
1964	D	+23.0%	3,120	1,953	5,073
1960	R	−3.3%	2,563	2,738	5,301
1956	D	+3.4%	2,873	2,683	5,556
1952	R	−30.1%	1,983	3,693	5,676
1948	D	+7.7%	2,702	2,310	5,067
1944	R	−1.7%	2,285	2,365	4,650
1940	D	+2.6%	3,134	2,975	6,109
1936	D	+25.4%	3,569	2,078	5,871
1932	D	+24.3%	4,046	2,433	6,635
1928	R	−22.3%	2,451	3,868	6,352
1924	R	−44.6%	595	2,613	4,520
1920	R	−47.6%	785	2,923	4,491
1916	D	+1.1%	1,660	1,622	3,415
1912	D	+44.5%	1,347	0	3,025
1908	R	−23.2%	1,121	1,847	3,130
1904	R	−57.3%	492	2,127	2,854
1900	R	−15.4%	1,087	1,496	2,652
1896	R	−3.2%	1,061	1,132	2,206
1892	R	−45.0%	171	1,133	2,136
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%

African American

1.3%

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: 45.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

2.5%

3.3%

75–84

4.2%

7.0%

65–74

6.3%

8.1%

55–64

7.7%

5.0%

45–54

5.4%

5.5%

35–44

5.5%

6.4%

25–34

4.4%

3.2%

18–24

3.2%

7.5%

5–17

7.2%

3.5%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,139

Spink County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Spink County$70,139

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

10.1%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

24.5%

Mainline Protestant

23.6%

Other Christian

12.7%

Methodist

8.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Baptist

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spink County sits in northeast South Dakota's Coteau des Prairies, where agriculture dominates both land use and political identity. Its small, dispersed population has delivered lopsided Republican margins consistently across recent election cycles.

The Republican margin in Spink County reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Spink County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,139, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,219 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 Aurora County and Kingsbury County.

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