Faulk County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 1,130 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−65.2%	183	920	1,130
2020	R	−64.8%	198	964	1,182
2016	R	−58.5%	204	858	1,118
2012	R	−38.5%	331	765	1,127
2008	R	−26.3%	426	739	1,192
2004	R	−38.5%	418	945	1,369
2000	D	+38.8%	904	388	1,329
1996	R	−16.8%	493	726	1,389
1992	R	−11.9%	488	658	1,434
1988	R	−8.2%	714	842	1,561
1984	R	−31.9%	579	1,124	1,706
1980	R	−40.1%	520	1,300	1,945
1976	D	+10.1%	1,063	868	1,937
1972	R	−0.9%	986	1,004	2,005
1968	R	−8.8%	819	997	2,015
1964	D	+11.4%	1,225	974	2,199
1960	R	−8.6%	1,043	1,240	2,283
1956	R	−4.3%	1,155	1,260	2,415
1952	R	−37.4%	738	1,619	2,357
1948	R	−4.1%	971	1,054	2,047
1944	R	−9.8%	896	1,090	1,986
1940	R	−8.8%	1,199	1,431	2,630
1936	D	+11.5%	1,404	1,111	2,555
1932	D	+20.5%	1,743	1,141	2,930
1928	R	−25.3%	1,135	1,907	3,053
1924	R	−42.1%	277	1,112	1,983
1920	R	−48.6%	346	1,341	2,047
1916	D	+9.1%	759	629	1,435
1912	D	+47.4%	615	0	1,298
1908	R	−31.0%	421	835	1,335
1904	R	−58.3%	165	727	964
1900	R	−33.3%	302	618	950
1896	R	−28.8%	237	430	671
1892	R	−49.3%	107	473	742
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%

French

6.7%

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: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

3.4%

4.3%

75–84

3.1%

6.8%

65–74

5.3%

7.1%

55–64

5.9%

4.4%

45–54

5.6%

5.9%

35–44

3.7%

6.6%

25–34

3.8%

4.9%

18–24

3.0%

6.6%

5–17

13.9%

1.7%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,750

Faulk County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Faulk County$57,750

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

28.3%

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

26.8%

Other Christian

18.2%

Mainline Protestant

16.6%

Methodist

11.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Faulk County's sparse, agricultural population of roughly 2,600 has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in multiple consecutive cycles, making it a reliable benchmark for measuring rural realignment on the northern plains.

The Democratic margin in Faulk County peaked at forty-seven points in 1912. By 2004 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-five points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Faulk County's median household income of $57,750 sits well below state and national norms, and 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hamlin County and Hand County.

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Faulk County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.