Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted R+19%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+19MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: BellwetherAkashic typology
Population: 298,1812024 5-year
Median household income: $82,0812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 83.1%2024 5-year
Black: 5.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 5.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+34 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+57 in 1904MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

5 counties · 0 D · 5 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−19.2%	56,266	83,754	143,321
2020	R	−15.9%	55,927	77,807	137,410
2016	R	−20.6%	41,651	65,374	115,088
2012	R	−12.9%	46,918	61,133	110,204
2008	R	−4.0%	53,459	58,013	113,591
2004	R	−18.7%	42,762	62,787	107,087
2000	D	+12.1%	46,179	36,037	83,570
1996	D	+1.7%	38,423	37,064	82,269
1992	D	+1.2%	34,639	33,594	84,321
1988	D	+1.4%	38,032	36,976	75,308
1984	R	−15.2%	30,790	41,855	72,957
1980	R	−16.1%	26,950	38,625	72,465
1976	R	−3.4%	31,522	33,721	65,575
1972	R	−4.6%	31,078	34,088	65,401
1968	R	−14.3%	23,510	31,661	57,197
1964	D	+7.9%	31,026	26,497	57,525
1960	R	−24.5%	22,304	36,755	59,064
1956	R	−29.8%	19,140	35,402	54,546
1952	R	−47.5%	13,999	39,315	53,321
1948	R	−12.4%	18,631	23,965	43,086
1944	R	−23.7%	15,957	25,867	41,851
1940	R	−23.1%	19,760	31,643	51,427
1936	D	+3.4%	24,084	22,419	48,749
1932	D	+16.8%	24,695	17,508	42,861
1928	R	−32.2%	12,914	25,233	38,275
1924	R	−42.3%	2,792	15,788	30,721
1920	R	−51.2%	4,586	18,768	27,692
1916	D	+8.9%	9,381	7,781	17,897
1912	O	+34.0%	5,629	463	15,177
1908	R	−34.5%	4,791	10,247	15,822
1904	R	−57.0%	2,879	11,848	15,725
1900	R	−21.4%	6,099	9,507	15,944
1896	R	−4.3%	6,822	7,448	14,413
1892	R	−27.2%	2,321	5,402	11,321
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.

German

33.2%

Irish

9.8%

English

6.9%

American

4.7%

French

1.6%

Polish

1.3%

Italian

1.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.1%

1.7%

75–84

2.0%

4.6%

65–74

4.7%

5.8%

55–64

5.8%

45–54

5.4%

7.5%

35–44

6.8%

7.3%

25–34

7.0%

4.1%

18–24

3.9%

9.7%

5–17

9.2%

3.5%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$82,081

Sioux Falls, SD-MN ranks near the middle of US counties.

Sioux Falls, SD-MN$82,081

South Dakota$89,062

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.1%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 189.4%

Working age (18–64)7.5%

Seniors (65+)9.1%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

91.3%

speak English only

Spanish3.6%

Other Indo-European2.2%

Other languages2.2%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Mainline Protestant

21.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.8%

Other Christian

12.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.4%

Methodist

2.8%

Baptist

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sioux Falls has been one of the fastest-growing metros in the Great Plains for over a decade, drawing in-migrants whose varied backgrounds have gradually shifted its voter composition even as the broader region remains reliably Republican by wide margins.

The Democratic margin in Sioux Falls, SD-MN has rarely exceeded thirty-four points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-seven points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Republican candidate by nineteen points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 83% non-Hispanic-white share, a 8% poverty rate, and a median household income of $82,081 — all within the broad national range.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota vote in 2024?

In 2024, Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota voted Republican by 19.2 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 143,321 votes cast, 56,266 went Democratic and 83,754 went Republican.

What is Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.

When did Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota voted Democratic was 2000.

How many people live in Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota?

Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota has a population of 298,181 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota?

Median household income in Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota is $82,081 — above the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $89,062.

What is the political history of Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Sioux Falls, SD-MN delivered R+19 in 2024.

Key facts

Demographics

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