† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
5 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSioux Falls, SD-MNUnited States
German33.2%12.5%
Norwegian12.5%—
Irish9.8%9.4%
English6.9%9.5%
Dutch6.2%—
American4.7%5.3%
Swedish3.0%—
Danish1.4%—
Mexican2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran1.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.9%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.8%
African American†2.6%9.9%
Ethiopian0.8%—
African0.6%0.5%
Liberian0.3%—
Oglala Sioux0.2%—
Asian Indian0.4%1.4%
Nepalese0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
United States
Median age
36.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
United States
Median household income
$82,081
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
13.6%
Other languages
2.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
United States
Catholic
13.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
20.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−37.1%
1896
−4.3%
1900
−21.4%
1904
−57.0%
1908
−34.5%
1912
+34.0%
1916
−14.4%
1920
−51.2%
1924
−42.3%
1928
−32.2%
1932
+16.8%
1936
+3.4%
1940
−23.1%
1944
−23.7%
1948
−12.4%
1952
−47.5%
1956
−29.8%
1960
−24.5%
1964
+7.9%
1968
−14.3%
1972
−4.6%
1976
−3.4%
1980
−16.1%
1984
−15.2%
1988
+1.4%
1992
+1.2%
1996
+1.7%
2000
−13.8%
2004
−18.7%
2008
−4.0%
2012
−12.9%
2016
−20.6%
2020
−15.9%
2024
−19.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.3%Harris56,266
58.4%Trump83,754
2.3%
R+19.2
R+3.3
R+17.7
143,321
R
40.7%Biden55,927
56.6%Trump77,807
2.7%
R+15.9
D+4.7
R+20.4
137,410
R
36.2%Clinton41,651
56.8%Trump65,374
7.0%
R+20.6
R+7.7
R+22.7
115,088
R
42.6%Obama46,918
55.5%Romney61,133
2.0%
R+12.9
R+8.9
R+16.8
110,204
R
47.1%Obama53,459
51.1%McCain58,013
1.9%
R+4.0
D+14.7
R+11.3
113,591
R
39.9%Kerry42,762
58.6%Bush62,787
1.4%
R+18.7
R+4.9
R+16.2
107,087
R
42.3%Gore35,346
56.1%Bush46,870
1.6%
R+13.8
R+15.4
R+14.3
83,570
D
46.7%Clinton38,423
45.1%Dole37,064
8.2%
D+1.7
D+0.4
R+6.9
82,269
D
41.1%Clinton34,639
39.8%Bush33,594
19.1%
D+1.2
R+0.2
R+4.3
84,321
D
50.5%Dukakis38,032
49.1%Bush36,976
0.4%
D+1.4
D+16.6
D+9.1
75,308
R
42.2%Mondale30,790
57.4%Reagan41,855
0.4%
R+15.2
D+0.9
D+3.1
72,957
R
37.2%Carter26,950
53.3%Reagan38,625
9.5%
R+16.1
R+12.8
R+6.4
72,465
R
48.1%Carter31,522
51.4%Ford33,721
0.5%
R+3.4
D+1.2
R+5.4
65,575
R
47.5%McGovern31,078
52.1%Nixon34,088
0.4%
R+4.6
D+9.6
D+18.6
65,401
R
41.1%Humphrey23,510
55.4%Nixon31,661
3.5%
R+14.3
R+22.1
R+13.6
57,197
D
53.9%Johnson31,026
46.1%Goldwater26,497
0.0%
D+7.9
D+32.3
R+14.7
57,525
R
37.8%Kennedy22,304
62.2%Nixon36,755
0.0%
R+24.5
D+5.3
R+24.6
59,064
R
35.1%Stevenson19,140
64.9%Eisenhower35,402
0.0%
R+29.8
D+17.7
R+14.4
54,546
R
26.3%Stevenson13,999
73.7%Eisenhower39,315
0.0%
R+47.5
R+35.1
R+36.7
53,321
R
43.2%Truman18,631
55.6%Dewey23,965
1.1%
R+12.4
D+11.3
R+16.9
43,086
R
38.1%Roosevelt15,957
61.8%Dewey25,867
0.1%
R+23.7
R+0.6
R+31.2
41,851
R
38.4%Roosevelt19,760
61.5%Willkie31,643
0.0%
R+23.1
R+26.5
R+33.1
51,427
D
49.4%Roosevelt24,084
46.0%Landon22,419
4.6%
D+3.4
R+13.4
R+20.8
48,749
D
57.6%Roosevelt24,695
40.8%Hoover17,508
1.5%
D+16.8
D+49.0
R+1.0
42,861
R
33.7%Smith12,914
65.9%Hoover25,233
0.3%
R+32.2
D+10.1
R+14.7
38,275
R
9.1%Davis2,792
51.4%Coolidge15,788
39.5%
R+42.3
D+8.9
R+17.1
30,721
R
16.6%Cox4,586
67.8%Harding18,768
15.7%
R+51.2
R+36.8
R+25.0
27,692
R
40.7%Wilson7,290
55.2%Hughes9,872
4.1%
R+14.4
R+48.5
R+17.6
17,897
O
37.1%Wilson5,629
3.1%Taft463
59.9%
Roosevelt +22.8
D+68.5
D+14.5
15,177
R
30.3%Bryan4,791
64.8%Taft10,247
5.0%
R+34.5
D+22.6
R+24.9
15,822
R
18.3%Parker2,879
75.3%Roosevelt11,848
6.3%
R+57.0
R+35.7
R+37.4
15,725
R
38.3%Bryan6,099
59.6%McKinley9,507
2.1%
R+21.4
R+17.0
R+13.8
15,944
R
47.3%Bryan6,822
51.7%McKinley7,448
1.0%
R+4.3
D+32.7
D+1.7
14,413
R
15.6%Cleveland1,764
52.6%Harrison5,959
31.8%
R+37.1
—
R+38.7
11,321
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+25.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+19.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.8 points more Republican.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Sioux Falls, SD-MN
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
198,279
45,610
95,232
25,197
32,240
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,420 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +27,583 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sioux Falls, SD-MN in Sioux Falls, SD-MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+618
2012
+1,782
2013
+2,440
2014
+1,467
2015
+1,066
2016
+912
2017
+1,923
2018
+1,310
2019
+1,956
2021
+2,927
2022
+4,006
2023
+2,850
2024
+1,906
2025
+2,420
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 57.0 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.2 points.
A population of 298,181, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,081 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fargo, ND-MN and Brookings, SD.
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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+19.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 143,321 votes cast, 56,266 went Democratic and 83,754 went Republican.
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 1996.
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 34 presidential elections in Sioux Falls, SD-MN, South Dakota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
