Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota
AkashicSioux Falls (Mitchell)TrumpR+29.7
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 63.8% | 219,044 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 34.0% | 116,889 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other | 2.2% | 7,526 |
D+60R+60
57 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (57 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora County, SD | Republican | R+54.1 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+51.4 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Brule County, SD | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+70.1 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Clay County, SD | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Davison County, SD | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Day County, SD | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Dewey County, SD | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+72.4 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+60.8 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+65.2 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+60.2 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+60.4 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Hanson County, SD | Republican | R+59.2 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+57.9 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+55.0 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Lyon County, IA | Republican | R+69.6 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+24.0 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+49.3 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+69.2 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Miner County, SD | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Murray County, MN | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Nobles County, MN | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Osceola County, IA | Republican | R+64.0 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Republican | R+48.0 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+65.1 |
| Roberts County, SD | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Rock County, MN | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+55.3 |
| Spink County, SD | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Stanley County, SD | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+60.8 |
| Todd County, SD | Democratic | D+50.5 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+63.3 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+51.3 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+59.2 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+25.5 |
34 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 34.0%Harris116,889 | 63.8%Trump219,044 | 2.2%Kennedy7,526 | 343,459 | ||
| R | 35.5%Biden120,413 | 62.2%Trump211,111 | 2.4%Jorgensen8,068 | 339,592 | ||
| R | 32.1%Clinton97,303 | 61.4%Trump185,981 | 6.5%Johnson19,668 | 302,952 | ||
| R | 41.3%Obama124,497 | 56.6%Romney170,643 | 2.1%Johnson6,352 | 301,492 | ||
| R | 46.2%Obama145,674 | 51.8%McCain163,326 | 2.0%Nader6,445 | 315,445 | ||
| R | 39.8%Kerry128,856 | 58.7%Bush190,326 | 1.5%Nader4,853 | 324,035 | ||
| R | 39.8%Gore107,163 | 58.0%Bush156,237 | 2.3%Buchanan6,084 | 269,484 | ||
| R | 44.5%Clinton123,635 | 45.1%Dole125,335 | 10.4%Browne28,968 | 277,938 | ||
| R | 38.5%Clinton111,823 | 39.3%Bush114,126 | 22.2%Perot64,635 | 290,584 | ||
| R | 48.3%Dukakis132,497 | 51.1%Bush140,148 | 0.6%Paul1,756 | 274,401 | ||
| R | 39.0%Mondale109,745 | 60.5%Reagan170,541 | 0.5%Serrette1,458 | 281,744 | ||
| R | 33.9%Carter100,563 | 58.1%Reagan172,349 | 8.1%Anderson23,956 | 296,868 | ||
| D | 50.3%Carter140,790 | 49.0%Ford137,228 | 0.7%Macbride2,000 | 280,018 | ||
| R | 46.9%McGovern134,593 | 52.7%Nixon151,450 | 0.4%Schmitz1,203 | 287,246 | ||
| R | 42.7%Humphrey113,963 | 53.0%Nixon141,560 | 4.4%Wallace11,654 | 267,177 | ||
| D | 56.7%Johnson156,363 | 43.2%Goldwater119,186 | 0.0%Hass43 | 275,592 | ||
| R | 42.0%Kennedy121,902 | 58.0%Nixon168,085 | 0.0%Byrd58 | 290,045 | ||
| R | 42.3%Stevenson117,982 | 57.7%Eisenhower160,989 | 0.0%Andrews59 | 279,030 | ||
| R | 31.1%Stevenson87,160 | 68.9%Eisenhower193,201 | 0.0%Hallinan110 | 280,471 | ||
| R | 49.2%Truman117,610 | 49.6%Dewey118,710 | 1.2%Thurmond2,788 | 239,108 | ||
| R | 42.5%Roosevelt96,314 | 57.4%Dewey130,201 | 0.1%Thomas136 | 226,651 | ||
| R | 43.0%Roosevelt125,474 | 56.9%Willkie165,943 | 0.1%Thomas197 | 291,614 | ||
| D | 55.5%Roosevelt154,401 | 40.7%Landon113,207 | 3.7%Lemke10,407 | 278,015 | ||
| D | 64.9%Roosevelt173,473 | 33.3%Hoover88,954 | 1.8%Thomas4,928 | 267,355 | ||
| R | 40.2%Smith99,126 | 59.2%Hoover145,935 | 0.6%Thomas1,506 | 246,567 | ||
| R | 12.1%Davis23,886 | 47.6%Coolidge94,146 | 40.3%La Follette79,681 | 197,713 | ||
| R | 18.1%Cox32,486 | 63.6%Harding114,309 | 18.3%Debs32,911 | 179,706 | ||
| R | 44.5%Wilson54,549 | 51.4%Hughes63,086 | 4.1%Benson5,026 | 122,661 | ||
| O | 40.3%Wilson44,553 | 2.7%Taft2,953 | 57.0%Roosevelt62,967 | 110,473 | ||
| R | 35.1%Bryan39,159 | 59.6%Taft66,462 | 5.3%Debs5,929 | 111,550 | ||
| R | 21.7%Parker21,748 | 71.8%Roosevelt71,965 | 6.5%Debs6,511 | 100,224 | ||
| R | 40.0%Bryan38,754 | 57.5%McKinley55,675 | 2.5%Woolley2,415 | 96,844 | ||
| R | 47.8%Bryan40,300 | 51.1%McKinley43,082 | 1.1%Palmer928 | 84,310 | ||
| R | 16.5%Cleveland11,626 | 49.1%Harrison34,501 | 34.4%Weaver24,211 | 70,338 |
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −32.5% |
| 1896 | −3.3% |
| 1900 | −17.5% |
| 1904 | −50.1% |
| 1908 | −24.5% |
| 1912 | +37.7% |
| 1916 | −7.0% |
| 1920 | −45.5% |
| 1924 | −35.5% |
| 1928 | −19.0% |
| 1932 | +31.6% |
| 1936 | +14.8% |
| 1940 | −13.9% |
| 1944 | −15.0% |
| 1948 | −0.5% |
| 1952 | −37.8% |
| 1956 | −15.4% |
| 1960 | −15.9% |
| 1964 | +13.5% |
| 1968 | −10.3% |
| 1972 | −5.9% |
| 1976 | +1.3% |
| 1980 | −24.2% |
| 1984 | −21.6% |
| 1988 | −2.8% |
| 1992 | −0.8% |
| 1996 | −0.6% |
| 2000 | −18.2% |
| 2004 | −19.0% |
| 2008 | −5.6% |
| 2012 | −15.3% |
| 2016 | −29.3% |
| 2020 | −26.7% |
| 2024 | −29.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
The Sioux Falls–Mitchell market covers much of eastern South Dakota, where fast-growing Sioux Falls increasingly drives statewide turnout patterns and has trended more competitive in recent cycles than the surrounding rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 732,442, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,978 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fargo-Valley City and Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston).
Political twins — media markets
The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Fargo-Valley City
North Dakota
89.1twin score
Norwegian ancestry12-yr trendelasticity≠ French ancestry
Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston)
North Dakota
86.0twin score
elasticityNorwegian ancestryGerman ancestry
Sioux City
Iowa
77.1twin score
% unaffiliatedGerman ancestry% Black≠ Norwegian ancestry
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota voted Republican by 29.7 points (R+29.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 343,459 votes cast, 116,889 went Democratic and 219,044 went Republican.
When did Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota?
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota has a population of 732,442 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota?
Median household income in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota is $74,978 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $75,081.
What is the political history of Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.