Charles Mix County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 3,615 votes cast

Trump · R+43

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.9%	1,000	2,551	3,615
2020	R	−36.3%	1,177	2,552	3,783
2016	R	−42.1%	935	2,382	3,433
2012	R	−19.8%	1,483	2,230	3,764
2008	R	−7.6%	1,807	2,109	3,978
2004	R	−8.4%	2,155	2,556	4,798
2000	D	+25.3%	2,205	1,300	3,579
1996	D	+5.0%	1,913	1,711	4,035
1992	D	+1.7%	1,639	1,570	4,099
1988	D	+5.7%	2,205	1,966	4,184
1984	R	−17.1%	1,879	2,660	4,563
1980	R	−18.9%	1,741	2,608	4,599
1976	D	+18.5%	2,593	1,779	4,394
1972	D	+14.2%	2,691	2,020	4,721
1968	D	+5.9%	2,369	2,093	4,675
1964	D	+36.4%	3,488	1,625	5,113
1960	D	+5.9%	2,754	2,446	5,200
1956	D	+17.2%	3,117	2,202	5,319
1952	R	−8.6%	2,790	3,316	6,106
1948	D	+26.1%	3,086	1,800	4,935
1944	D	+10.9%	2,701	2,171	4,872
1940	D	+4.9%	3,303	2,993	6,296
1936	D	+35.0%	4,628	2,209	6,912
1932	D	+58.5%	5,399	1,397	6,846
1928	R	−0.8%	3,039	3,087	6,140
1924	R	−6.9%	1,306	1,680	5,382
1920	R	−17.8%	1,305	2,021	4,028
1916	R	−16.0%	1,450	2,011	3,514
1912	D	+45.8%	1,625	0	3,545
1908	R	−14.2%	1,391	1,863	3,334
1904	R	−34.6%	823	1,765	2,722
1900	R	−2.3%	1,058	1,108	2,197
1896	R	−8.0%	594	698	1,303
1892	R	−44.6%	115	516	899
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: 36.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.4%

2.5%

75–84

3.3%

5.5%

65–74

5.0%

6.2%

55–64

6.2%

4.9%

45–54

4.6%

5.1%

35–44

5.2%

4.9%

25–34

5.3%

4.2%

18–24

3.6%

11.8%

5–17

10.7%

4.2%

4.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$64,038

Charles Mix County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Charles Mix County$64,038

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

24.0%

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

23.4%

Mainline Protestant

21.1%

Other Christian

19.9%

Methodist

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Charles Mix sits along the Missouri River and includes the Yankton Sioux Reservation, giving it one of South Dakota's more demographically complex electorates despite its small population — yet Republican presidential margins have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Charles Mix County reached its widest at forty-five points in 1892. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Charles Mix County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,038, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,281 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 McCook County and Yancey County.

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Charles Mix County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.