Hamlin County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 3,226 votes cast

Trump · R+60

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.4%	610	2,560	3,226
2020	R	−56.0%	647	2,372	3,083
2016	R	−54.2%	555	2,051	2,762
2012	R	−31.6%	921	1,803	2,793
2008	R	−22.2%	1,043	1,661	2,787
2004	R	−30.9%	1,015	1,946	3,011
2000	D	+29.7%	1,731	923	2,723
1996	R	−9.1%	1,101	1,352	2,758
1992	R	−11.2%	826	1,133	2,740
1988	R	−4.6%	1,258	1,380	2,651
1984	R	−29.7%	963	1,782	2,761
1980	R	−32.7%	903	1,885	3,007
1976	R	−1.7%	1,402	1,452	2,866
1972	R	−14.0%	1,276	1,693	2,978
1968	R	−17.1%	1,149	1,649	2,926
1964	D	+1.2%	1,561	1,525	3,086
1960	R	−27.0%	1,230	2,139	3,369
1956	R	−23.4%	1,294	2,083	3,377
1952	R	−43.0%	954	2,391	3,345
1948	R	−9.5%	1,326	1,608	2,979
1944	R	−27.9%	1,020	1,811	2,831
1940	R	−28.0%	1,282	2,279	3,561
1936	R	−6.6%	1,622	1,857	3,554
1932	D	+20.2%	1,920	1,267	3,230
1928	R	−28.1%	1,088	1,959	3,100
1924	R	−42.9%	207	1,144	2,184
1920	R	−47.4%	337	1,322	2,076
1916	D	+19.3%	1,039	692	1,797
1912	D	+29.9%	474	0	1,584
1908	R	−41.4%	434	1,095	1,597
1904	R	−56.3%	307	1,197	1,580
1900	R	−28.3%	509	928	1,478
1896	R	−11.2%	559	702	1,274
1892	R	−35.6%	161	537	1,057
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: 31.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.7%

1.9%

75–84

1.5%

4.5%

65–74

4.0%

5.7%

55–64

5.4%

5.3%

45–54

4.6%

6.1%

35–44

5.4%

5.9%

25–34

5.2%

4.4%

18–24

4.6%

11.8%

5–17

11.2%

5.3%

4.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,101

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

Hamlin County$87,101

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

6.9%

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

14.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.0%

Other Christian

3.3%

Methodist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hamlin County, anchored by the small city of Hayti, sits in the eastern Coteau des Prairies and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep conservative lean common across the state's agricultural northeast.

The Republican margin in Hamlin County reached its widest at sixty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Hamlin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,101, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,373 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 Faulk County and Edmunds County.

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