Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted D+71%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+71MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,4912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $41,4172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sioux County, ND · similarity 0.91
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Oglala Lakota CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Oglala Lakota County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | −81.1% |
| 1928 | +10.3% |
| 1932 | +29.5% |
| 1936 | +2.5% |
| 1940 | −13.3% |
| 1944 | −7.9% |
| 1948 | +11.1% |
| 1952 | −10.6% |
| 1956 | +9.6% |
| 1960 | +26.8% |
| 1964 | +51.7% |
| 1968 | +37.2% |
| 1972 | +55.2% |
| 1976 | +42.1% |
| 1980 | +41.1% |
| 1984 | +63.7% |
| 1988 | +64.2% |
| 1992 | −18.4% |
| 1996 | −18.3% |
| 2000 | +37.1% |
| 2004 | +72.1% |
| 2008 | +78.8% |
| 2012 | +87.4% |
| 2016 | +78.1% |
| 2020 | +79.1% |
| 2024 | +70.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,567 | 406 | 3,062 | ||
| D | 2,829 | 297 | 3,200 | ||
| D | 2,510 | 241 | 2,905 | ||
| D | 2,937 | 188 | 3,145 | ||
| D | 2,971 | 331 | 3,350 | ||
| D | 3,566 | 526 | 4,214 | ||
| D | 24,696 | 11,123 | 36,557 | ||
| R | 12,784 | 19,293 | 35,516 | ||
| R | 11,106 | 18,052 | 37,669 | ||
| D | 1,206 | 256 | 1,479 | ||
| D | 1,489 | 324 | 1,829 | ||
| D | 1,132 | 438 | 1,687 | ||
| D | 756 | 301 | 1,081 | ||
| D | 1,246 | 356 | 1,611 | ||
| D | 1,202 | 533 | 1,796 | ||
| D | 1,748 | 557 | 2,305 | ||
| D | 1,135 | 655 | 1,790 | ||
| D | 949 | 782 | 1,731 | ||
| R | 774 | 957 | 1,731 | ||
| D | 803 | 641 | 1,454 | ||
| R | 480 | 562 | 1,042 | ||
| R | 1,093 | 1,429 | 2,522 | ||
| D | 868 | 825 | 1,728 | ||
| D | 1,140 | 620 | 1,765 | ||
| D | 829 | 674 | 1,508 | ||
| R | 107 | 1,269 | 1,432 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
2.3%
German
1.6%
French
1.2%
English
0.9%
Irish
0.6%
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. 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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 28.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$41,417
Oglala Lakota County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Oglala Lakota County$41,417
South Dakota$75,081
United States$80,734
Oglala Lakota County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
57.6%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1860.1%
Working age (18–64)55.9%
Seniors (65+)62.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.4%
speak English only
Other languages14.0%
Spanish0.4%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Oglala Lakota County, coextensive with the Pine Ridge Reservation, routinely posts presidential margins exceeding 70 points, reflecting both its nearly 90% Lakota population and decades of consistent Native American electoral solidarity.
The Democratic margin here once reached eighty-seven points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-one points.
A population of 13,491, a 7% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,417 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sioux County and Humboldt County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota voted Democratic by 70.6 points (D+71), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,062 votes cast, 2,567 went Democratic and 406 went Republican.
What is Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota's political typology?
Akashic places Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota in the "Florida Surge" typology — Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply Republican across the Trump era. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota voted Republican was 1996.
How many people live in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota?
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota has a population of 13,491 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota?
Median household income in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota is $41,417 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $75,081.
What is the political history of Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.