Clark County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 1,842 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−52.5%	415	1,382	1,842
2020	R	−50.6%	437	1,373	1,850
2016	R	−44.7%	398	1,139	1,657
2012	R	−19.4%	713	1,067	1,821
2008	R	−12.1%	830	1,065	1,940
2004	R	−24.1%	875	1,435	2,327
2000	D	+22.8%	1,272	791	2,108
1996	R	−1.9%	956	998	2,242
1992	R	−0.2%	799	803	2,375
1988	R	−3.4%	1,164	1,247	2,424
1984	R	−29.0%	960	1,748	2,718
1980	R	−40.8%	774	1,963	2,911
1976	R	−2.6%	1,376	1,449	2,838
1972	R	−9.5%	1,336	1,617	2,962
1968	R	−8.9%	1,325	1,596	3,040
1964	D	+7.9%	1,771	1,511	3,282
1960	R	−22.1%	1,406	2,204	3,610
1956	R	−17.7%	1,521	2,173	3,694
1952	R	−42.9%	1,076	2,692	3,768
1948	R	−2.1%	1,559	1,625	3,212
1944	R	−23.1%	1,209	1,936	3,145
1940	R	−23.5%	1,624	2,622	4,246
1936	D	+3.7%	2,036	1,883	4,087
1932	D	+25.0%	2,649	1,572	4,300
1928	R	−31.8%	1,370	2,665	4,071
1924	R	−45.9%	325	1,684	2,962
1920	R	−45.2%	437	1,753	2,910
1916	D	+9.0%	1,226	1,016	2,326
1912	D	+38.5%	668	0	1,736
1908	R	−35.3%	557	1,234	1,917
1904	R	−59.4%	276	1,409	1,908
1900	R	−13.3%	752	996	1,839
1896	D	+7.8%	816	695	1,544
1892	R	−34.5%	197	731	1,549
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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

3.1%

2.1%

75–84

3.1%

7.2%

65–74

6.3%

6.5%

55–64

5.8%

4.3%

45–54

3.8%

6.3%

35–44

4.3%

4.9%

25–34

6.2%

2.3%

18–24

2.8%

10.6%

5–17

10.5%

4.3%

4.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,726

Clark County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Clark County$70,726

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

10.9%

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

34.0%

Other Christian

16.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.5%

Methodist

6.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clark County's sparse, agriculture-dependent population of roughly 4,100 has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, with 2024's R+52.5 result consistent with the broader trend across the state's rural Great Plains interior.

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

Clark County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,726, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,917 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 Bon Homme County and Grant County.

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