2024 state desk · SD

South Dakota

County-level election administration with source coverage visible.

66matched counties

63.1% registered-voter turnout across reporting county groups

0.49% reported mail-ballot rejection rate

435,739 voters represented in county-allocatable EAVS totals

County range

Reported turnout is not one state-wide experience

Higher reported rates

Haakon County77.8%Douglas County77.5%Harding County77.1%Jones County76.3%Jerauld County75.9%

Lower reported rates

Potter County19.2%Oglala Lakota County34.5%Todd County40.4%Corson County45.6%Buffalo County46.6%

Across state lines

Counties that look alike, then administer differently

Sioux County, ND vs. Corson County, SD 79.7% structural similarity Largest administrative gap: polling-place density Sioux County, ND vs. Jackson County, SD 65.3% structural similarity Largest administrative gap: polling-place density Nelson County, ND vs. Potter County, SD 83.3% structural similarity Largest administrative gap: polling-place density Jones County, SD vs. McMullen County, TX 55.9% structural similarity Largest administrative gap: polling-place density Terrell County, GA vs. Ziebach County, SD 63.4% structural similarity Largest administrative gap: polling-place density Trego County, KS vs. Harding County, SD 78.1% structural similarity Largest administrative gap: polling-place density

Complete directory

All matched South Dakota county records

County	Turnout	Mail rejection	Polling places / 10k	Coverage
Aurora County	72.8%	0.00%	21.19	high
Beadle County	65.0%	0.38%	5.59	high
Bennett County	54.0%	0.00%	36.56	high
Bon Homme County	71.5%	0.00%	16.34	high
Brookings County	66.0%	0.04%	5.89	high
Brown County	64.5%	0.17%	6.91	high
Brule County	70.0%	0.50%	16.16	high
Buffalo County	46.6%	1.60%	64.79	high
Butte County	61.7%	0.23%	5.84	high
Campbell County	70.0%	1.21%	47.23	high
Charles Mix County	62.3%	0.99%	24.49	high
Clark County	68.7%	0.00%	42.4	high
Clay County	59.3%	1.45%	6.9	high
Codington County	66.9%	0.15%	5.81	high
Corson County	45.6%	1.46%	68.85	high
Custer County	67.5%	0.25%	11.46	high
Davison County	64.7%	0.13%	3.22	high
Day County	71.8%	0.19%	23.44	high
Deuel County	71.3%	0.19%	30.06	high
Dewey County	52.8%	0.61%	57.53	high
Douglas County	77.5%	0.61%	29.73	high
Edmunds County	71.8%	0.25%	29.06	high
Fall River County	62.8%	0.10%	11.58	high
Faulk County	71.0%	1.30%	51.72	high
Grant County	71.3%	0.42%	29.75	high
Gregory County	75.5%	0.00%	12.99	high
Haakon County	77.8%	0.31%	35.06	high
Hamlin County	71.7%	0.87%	21.73	high
Hand County	74.7%	0.00%	22.3	high
Hanson County	54.6%	3.38%	19.12	high
Harding County	77.1%	0.00%	72.2	high
Hughes County	66.5%	0.34%	6.96	high
Hutchinson County	72.5%	0.54%	13.12	high
Hyde County	72.6%	0.00%	14.1	high
Jackson County	59.0%	0.00%	69.38	high
Jerauld County	75.9%	0.36%	19.78	high
Jones County	76.3%	0.00%	35.91	high
Kingsbury County	71.8%	0.31%	24.48	high
Lake County	59.4%	0.08%	8.41	high
Lawrence County	63.4%	0.61%	4.45	high
Lincoln County	68.4%	0.33%	5.66	high
Lyman County	63.5%	0.00%	47.91	high
Marshall County	72.1%	0.34%	27.84	high
McCook County	74.6%	0.80%	19.37	high
McPherson County	70.5%	0.22%	15.02	high
Meade County	66.2%	0.38%	10.05	high
Mellette County	59.8%	0.90%	40.54	high
Miner County	70.2%	0.00%	33.39	high
Minnehaha County	61.9%	0.43%	6.69	high
Moody County	70.5%	0.20%	12.28	high
Oglala Lakota County	34.5%	0.55%	29.63	high
Pennington County	57.3%	1.08%	6.57	high
Perkins County	68.5%	0.60%	43.24	high
Potter County	19.2%	0.00%	56.98	high
Roberts County	62.5%	4.13%	23.89	high
Sanborn County	70.6%	0.00%	24.94	high
Spink County	71.8%	0.28%	21.87	high
Stanley County	71.8%	1.71%	17.09	high
Sully County	75.3%	0.00%	43.76	high
Todd County	40.4%	0.69%	42	high
Tripp County	67.5%	1.43%	26.16	high
Turner County	73.1%	0.11%	17.3	high
Union County	60.5%	1.32%	8.86	high
Walworth County	55.9%	0.25%	25.99	high
Yankton County	67.0%	0.08%	5.42	high
Ziebach County	46.8%	0.00%	87.72	high