Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupJones CountySouth DakotaUnited States
German20.7%33.1%12.5%
American13.9%4.4%5.3%
English6.8%7.7%9.5%
Dutch6.8%3.4%—
Norwegian3.8%10.4%—
Irish3.5%9.9%9.4%
Hungarian2.8%——
French1.2%—1.6%
Rosebud Sioux11.2%1.1%—
Mexican0.8%2.6%11.3%
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
Jones County
South Dakota
United States
Median age
33.9
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.5%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jones County
South Dakota
United States
Median household income
$65,119
$75,081
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.4%
31.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jones County
South Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.3%
7.1%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.8%
0.5%
Other languages
5.1%
1.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jones County
South Dakota
United States
Catholic
40.6%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
28.2%
20.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
12.6%
44.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
18.5%
18.0%
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.
Jones County, South Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 550 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Jones County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -22
46
337
12
395
11.6%
85.3%
R+73.7
Precinct -11
14
140
1
155
9.0%
90.3%
R+81.3
VTD - Murdo ward 1 (part of precinct 1)M1
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
VTD - Murdo ward 2 (part of precinct 3)M2
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
VTD - Murdo ward 3 (part of precinct 3)M3
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
VTD-precinct 11
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
VTD-precinct 33
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
VTD-precinct 55
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1920–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1920
−36.2%
1924
−44.8%
1928
−33.7%
1932
+31.4%
1936
+0.9%
1940
−24.2%
1944
−27.6%
1948
−11.4%
1952
−39.2%
1956
−12.1%
1960
−20.7%
1964
+13.8%
1968
−20.2%
1972
−29.7%
1976
−15.8%
1980
−54.4%
1984
−53.7%
1988
−33.1%
1992
−37.0%
1996
−38.3%
2000
−56.0%
2004
−60.1%
2008
−50.4%
2012
−62.7%
2016
−68.3%
2020
−68.1%
2024
−75.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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
10.9%Harris60
86.7%Trump477
1.8%Kennedy10
R+75.8
R+7.7
R+74.3
550
R
15.0%Biden90
83.1%Trump498
1.8%Jorgensen11
R+68.1
D+0.2
R+72.6
599
R
12.4%Clinton69
80.6%Trump450
5.7%Johnson32
R+68.3
R+5.6
R+70.4
558
R
17.7%Obama108
80.5%Romney490
1.8%
R+62.7
R+12.3
R+66.6
609
R
23.4%Obama147
73.8%McCain463
2.7%
R+50.4
D+9.7
R+57.7
627
R
18.7%Kerry134
78.8%Bush565
2.5%
R+60.1
R+4.1
R+57.7
717
R
20.6%Gore137
76.7%Bush509
2.7%
R+56.0
R+17.8
R+56.5
664
R
25.2%Clinton184
63.5%Dole463
10.3%Perot75
R+38.3
R+1.3
R+46.8
729
R
21.3%Clinton166
58.3%Bush454
19.8%Perot154
R+37.0
R+3.9
R+42.5
779
R
33.2%Dukakis261
66.3%Bush521
0.5%
R+33.1
D+20.6
R+25.4
786
R
22.9%Mondale206
76.6%Reagan689
0.4%
R+53.7
D+0.7
R+35.5
899
R
20.6%Carter189
75.0%Reagan689
4.5%
R+54.4
R+38.6
R+44.7
919
R
42.0%Carter374
57.9%Ford515
0.1%
R+15.8
D+13.8
R+17.9
890
R
34.7%McGovern346
64.4%Nixon642
0.9%
R+29.7
R+9.5
R+6.5
997
R
35.5%Humphrey358
55.8%Nixon562
8.7%
R+20.2
R+34.0
R+19.5
1,008
D
56.9%Johnson548
43.1%Goldwater415
0.0%
D+13.8
D+34.5
R+8.8
963
R
39.6%Kennedy423
60.4%Nixon644
0.0%
R+20.7
R+8.6
R+20.9
1,067
R
43.9%Stevenson471
56.1%Eisenhower601
0.0%
R+12.1
D+27.0
D+3.3
1,072
R
30.4%Stevenson323
69.6%Eisenhower739
0.0%
R+39.2
R+27.8
R+28.4
1,062
R
43.7%Truman414
55.1%Dewey522
1.3%
R+11.4
D+16.2
R+15.9
948
R
36.2%Roosevelt264
63.8%Dewey465
0.0%
R+27.6
R+3.4
R+35.1
729
R
37.9%Roosevelt508
62.1%Willkie832
0.0%
R+24.2
R+25.1
R+34.1
1,340
D
49.1%Roosevelt620
48.1%Landon608
2.8%
D+0.9
R+30.5
R+23.3
1,264
D
63.8%Roosevelt929
32.4%Hoover472
3.7%
D+31.4
D+65.1
D+13.6
1,455
R
32.7%Smith422
66.4%Hoover857
0.9%
R+33.7
D+11.1
R+16.3
1,290
R
10.7%Davis141
55.5%Coolidge732
33.9%La Follette447
R+44.8
R+8.5
R+19.6
1,320
R
26.1%Cox255
62.3%Harding609
11.6%
R+36.2
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R+10.0
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
9.9%46
82.4%383
465
2020
R
16.6%99
83.4%497
596
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+71.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+75.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.3 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Jones County, SD in Jones County, SD: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−13
2012
−12
2013
−14
2014
−20
2015
−41
2016
+13
2017
−7
2018
0
2019
−28
2021
−39
2022
0
2023
−16
2024
+1
2025
−14
Jones County's roughly 1,200 residents are spread across a vast stretch of the South Dakota plains, and its presidential margins have ranked among the widest of any county in recent cycles, reflecting both its rural isolation and its demographically homogeneous electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 75.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 75.8 points.
A population of 1,004, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,119 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sheridan County and Holt County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Jones County, South Dakota voted Republican by 75.8 points (R+75.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 550 votes cast, 60 went Democratic and 477 went Republican.
When did Jones County, South Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jones County, South Dakota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Jones County, South Dakota?
Jones County, South Dakota has a population of 1,004 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jones County, South Dakota?
Median household income in Jones County, South Dakota is $65,119 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $75,081.
What is the political history of Jones County, South Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jones County, South Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
