† 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
57 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 (Mitchell)United States
German35.0%12.5%
Norwegian11.3%—
Irish8.7%9.4%
English6.4%9.5%
Dutch5.5%—
American4.3%5.3%
Swedish2.5%—
Danish1.1%—
Mexican3.0%11.3%
Guatemalan0.9%0.5%
Salvadoran0.5%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.8%
Rosebud Sioux1.1%—
Oglala Sioux0.2%—
African American†1.2%9.9%
Ethiopian0.4%—
African0.3%0.5%
Burmese0.3%—
Asian Indian0.2%1.4%
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 (Mitchell)
United States
Median age
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sioux Falls (Mitchell)
United States
Median household income
$74,978
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sioux Falls (Mitchell)
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.8%
13.6%
Other languages
1.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sioux Falls (Mitchell)
United States
Catholic
17.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
39.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
21.5%
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 (Mitchell), South Dakota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−32.5%
1896
−3.3%
1900
−17.5%
1904
−50.1%
1908
−24.5%
1912
+37.7%
1916
−7.0%
1920
−45.5%
1924
−35.5%
1928
−19.0%
1932
+31.6%
1936
+14.8%
1940
−13.9%
1944
−15.0%
1948
−0.5%
1952
−37.8%
1956
−15.4%
1960
−15.9%
1964
+13.5%
1968
−10.3%
1972
−5.9%
1976
+1.3%
1980
−24.2%
1984
−21.6%
1988
−2.8%
1992
−0.8%
1996
−0.6%
2000
−18.2%
2004
−19.0%
2008
−5.6%
2012
−15.3%
2016
−29.3%
2020
−26.7%
2024
−29.7%
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
34.0%Harris116,889
63.8%Trump219,044
2.2%
R+29.7
R+3.0
R+28.3
343,459
R
35.5%Biden120,413
62.2%Trump211,111
2.4%
R+26.7
D+2.6
R+31.2
339,592
R
32.1%Clinton97,303
61.4%Trump185,981
6.5%
R+29.3
R+14.0
R+31.4
302,952
R
41.3%Obama124,497
56.6%Romney170,643
2.1%
R+15.3
R+9.7
R+19.2
301,492
R
46.2%Obama145,674
51.8%McCain163,326
2.0%
R+5.6
D+13.4
R+12.9
315,445
R
39.8%Kerry128,856
58.7%Bush190,326
1.5%
R+19.0
R+0.8
R+16.5
324,035
R
39.8%Gore107,163
58.0%Bush156,237
2.3%
R+18.2
R+17.6
R+18.7
269,484
R
44.5%Clinton123,635
45.1%Dole125,335
10.4%
R+0.6
D+0.2
R+9.1
277,938
R
38.5%Clinton111,823
39.3%Bush114,126
22.2%
R+0.8
D+2.0
R+6.4
290,584
R
48.3%Dukakis132,497
51.1%Bush140,148
0.6%
R+2.8
D+18.8
D+4.9
274,401
R
39.0%Mondale109,745
60.5%Reagan170,541
0.5%
R+21.6
D+2.6
R+3.4
281,744
R
33.9%Carter100,563
58.1%Reagan172,349
8.1%
R+24.2
R+25.5
R+14.4
296,868
D
50.3%Carter140,790
49.0%Ford137,228
0.7%
D+1.3
D+7.1
R+0.8
280,018
R
46.9%McGovern134,593
52.7%Nixon151,450
0.4%
R+5.9
D+4.5
D+17.3
287,246
R
42.7%Humphrey113,963
53.0%Nixon141,560
4.4%
R+10.3
R+23.8
R+9.6
267,177
D
56.7%Johnson156,363
43.2%Goldwater119,186
0.0%
D+13.5
D+29.4
R+9.1
275,592
R
42.0%Kennedy121,902
58.0%Nixon168,085
0.0%
R+15.9
R+0.5
R+16.1
290,045
R
42.3%Stevenson117,982
57.7%Eisenhower160,989
0.0%
R+15.4
D+22.4
±0.0
279,030
R
31.1%Stevenson87,160
68.9%Eisenhower193,201
0.0%
R+37.8
R+37.3
R+27.1
280,471
R
49.2%Truman117,610
49.6%Dewey118,710
1.2%
R+0.5
D+14.5
R+4.9
239,108
R
42.5%Roosevelt96,314
57.4%Dewey130,201
0.1%
R+15.0
R+1.1
R+22.4
226,651
R
43.0%Roosevelt125,474
56.9%Willkie165,943
0.1%
R+13.9
R+28.7
R+23.8
291,614
D
55.5%Roosevelt154,401
40.7%Landon113,207
3.7%
D+14.8
R+16.8
R+9.4
278,015
D
64.9%Roosevelt173,473
33.3%Hoover88,954
1.8%
D+31.6
D+50.6
D+13.8
267,355
R
40.2%Smith99,126
59.2%Hoover145,935
0.6%
R+19.0
D+16.6
R+1.5
246,567
R
12.1%Davis23,886
47.6%Coolidge94,146
40.3%
R+35.5
D+10.0
R+10.4
197,713
R
18.1%Cox32,486
63.6%Harding114,309
18.3%
R+45.5
R+38.6
R+19.3
179,706
R
44.5%Wilson54,549
51.4%Hughes63,086
4.1%
R+7.0
R+44.6
R+10.1
122,661
O
40.3%Wilson44,553
2.7%Taft2,953
57.0%
Roosevelt +16.7
D+62.1
D+18.1
110,473
R
35.1%Bryan39,159
59.6%Taft66,462
5.3%
R+24.5
D+25.6
R+14.9
111,550
R
21.7%Parker21,748
71.8%Roosevelt71,965
6.5%
R+50.1
R+32.6
R+30.4
100,224
R
40.0%Bryan38,754
57.5%McKinley55,675
2.5%
R+17.5
R+14.2
R+9.9
96,844
R
47.8%Bryan40,300
51.1%McKinley43,082
1.1%
R+3.3
D+29.2
D+2.8
84,310
R
16.5%Cleveland11,626
49.1%Harrison34,501
34.4%
R+32.5
—
R+34.2
70,338
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+29.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+29.7
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.1 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Sioux Falls (Mitchell)
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
13,290
1,971
7,732
3,584
3
2010 (partial)
13,168
1,789
7,893
3,479
7
2012 (partial)
13,182
1,576
8,321
3,277
8
2014 (partial)
13,041
1,520
8,270
3,243
8
2026 (partial)
435,576
98,391
227,418
46,453
63,314
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,365 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +8,992 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sioux Falls (Mitchell) in Sioux Falls (Mitchell): net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+487
2012
+1,650
2013
+1,606
2014
−743
2015
−1,081
2016
−311
2017
+263
2018
−1,133
2019
−1,358
2021
+2,123
2022
+3,404
2023
+1,897
2024
+823
2025
+1,365
The Sioux Falls–Mitchell market covers much of eastern South Dakota, where fast-growing Sioux Falls increasingly drives statewide turnout patterns and has trended more competitive in recent cycles than the surrounding rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 732,442, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,978 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fargo-Valley City and Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston).
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How did Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota voted Republican by 29.7 points (R+29.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 343,459 votes cast, 116,889 went Democratic and 219,044 went Republican.
When did Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota?
Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota has a population of 732,442 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota?
Median household income in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota is $74,978 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $75,081.
What is the political history of Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sioux Falls (Mitchell), South Dakota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
