Douglas County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 1,658 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−72.4%	219	1,419	1,658
2020	R	−73.3%	216	1,468	1,707
2016	R	−70.0%	214	1,338	1,605
2012	R	−59.3%	332	1,334	1,690
2008	R	−49.5%	424	1,293	1,756
2004	R	−59.8%	393	1,596	2,012
2000	D	+55.5%	1,311	363	1,709
1996	R	−35.9%	524	1,210	1,909
1992	R	−33.6%	481	1,175	2,067
1988	R	−34.7%	695	1,438	2,139
1984	R	−52.2%	536	1,713	2,254
1980	R	−54.7%	508	1,855	2,463
1976	R	−14.8%	975	1,315	2,295
1972	R	−23.5%	887	1,434	2,325
1968	R	−44.7%	592	1,613	2,282
1964	R	−1.7%	1,149	1,189	2,338
1960	R	−57.5%	541	2,002	2,543
1956	R	−35.6%	813	1,713	2,526
1952	R	−59.9%	528	2,103	2,631
1948	R	−27.7%	736	1,301	2,042
1944	R	−34.7%	719	1,483	2,202
1940	R	−31.1%	1,040	1,977	3,017
1936	D	+8.3%	1,680	1,418	3,169
1932	D	+31.3%	2,005	1,045	3,066
1928	R	−37.7%	879	1,949	2,838
1924	R	−36.1%	317	1,125	2,239
1920	R	−43.8%	386	1,247	1,964
1916	D	+15.4%	815	597	1,418
1912	D	+47.4%	714	0	1,506
1908	R	−12.7%	647	836	1,493
1904	R	−25.9%	499	859	1,388
1900	R	−6.7%	567	649	1,228
1896	R	−16.7%	380	533	918
1892	R	−40.6%	109	541	1,064
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: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

3.5%

4.6%

75–84

4.0%

6.1%

65–74

5.9%

7.6%

55–64

7.1%

4.2%

45–54

4.5%

5.5%

35–44

4.3%

5.0%

25–34

4.8%

3.8%

18–24

3.0%

9.0%

5–17

9.0%

3.6%

3.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,442

Douglas County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Douglas County$86,442

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

11.0%

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

Mainline Protestant

78.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.3%

Other Christian

2.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 5.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Douglas County recorded an R+72.4 margin in the 2024 presidential race, placing it among the most one-sided counties in the country. Its roughly 3,400 residents are spread across a largely agricultural landscape in south-central South Dakota.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Douglas County peaked at fifty-five points in 2000; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of sixty points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Douglas County's median household income of $86,442 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jones County and Harding County.

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