Corson County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 1,143 votes cast

Trump · R+12

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−11.9%	495	631	1,143
2020	R	−1.9%	622	647	1,283
2016	R	−4.5%	535	588	1,175
2012	D	+11.1%	648	515	1,200
2008	D	+21.5%	837	535	1,406
2004	D	+14.6%	972	720	1,724
2000	D	+6.4%	629	549	1,243
1996	D	+0.5%	539	533	1,300
1992	R	−3.1%	444	483	1,251
1988	D	+0.8%	722	710	1,448
1984	R	−9.3%	792	955	1,753
1980	R	−38.3%	522	1,233	1,855
1976	D	+6.6%	967	846	1,823
1972	R	−17.1%	689	975	1,673
1968	R	−14.3%	821	1,108	2,009
1964	D	+12.4%	1,328	1,034	2,362
1960	R	−8.3%	1,093	1,290	2,383
1956	R	−11.3%	1,112	1,394	2,506
1952	R	−38.0%	789	1,757	2,546
1948	D	+0.0%	1,154	1,154	2,325
1944	R	−12.4%	786	1,008	1,794
1940	R	−12.5%	1,328	1,709	3,037
1936	D	+11.3%	1,781	1,408	3,295
1932	D	+41.8%	2,403	946	3,484
1928	R	−14.6%	1,374	1,847	3,245
1924	R	−50.7%	140	1,364	2,414
1920	R	−40.5%	484	1,448	2,378
1916	R	−11.6%	503	641	1,192
1912	D	+44.3%	455	0	1,028
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
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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: 29.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.1%

85+

0.4%

1.4%

75–84

2.3%

4.7%

65–74

4.3%

6.0%

55–64

6.0%

4.7%

45–54

3.8%

5.4%

35–44

5.4%

4.6%

25–34

5.9%

5.0%

18–24

4.6%

12.2%

5–17

13.0%

5.5%

4.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$46,406

Corson County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Corson County$46,406

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

44.2%

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

25.6%

Mainline Protestant

20.1%

Other Christian

5.9%

Non-Christian

1.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Corson County's electorate is roughly split between Native American communities on the Standing Rock Reservation and non-Native ranching households, a tension that produces competitive local races even as federal contests have trended toward double-digit Republican margins.

The Democratic margin in Corson County has rarely exceeded forty-four points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-one points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by twelve points.

Corson County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 30% non-Hispanic-white share, a 44% poverty rate, and a median household income of $46,406 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson County and Ziebach County.

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