Beadle County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,156 68.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,878 14.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 189 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,892 9.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 908 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 208 1.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 74 0.4%

• Under 18 5,397 28.0%
• 18–24 1,462 7.6%
• 25–44 4,325 22.4%
• 45–64 4,564 23.6%
• 65 and over 3,561 18.4%

Median household income

$75,646

90% interval $71,187–$80,105

−$1,848 vs SD · 23rd of 66

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.2%–13.2%

+0.2 pp vs SD · 40th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−0.15 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

1.61% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,994

Establishments

680

• Manufacturing 1,966 23.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,759 20.6%
• Education & health services 1,174 13.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 625 7.3%
• Financial activities 531 6.2%
• Professional & business services 399 4.7%
• Construction 357 4.2%
• Public administration 234 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 229 2.7%
• Other services 180 2.1%
• Information 48 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 88.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.9%

+4.3 pp vs SD · 36th of 66

Median gross rent

$879

−$67 vs SD · 19th of 66

Owner-occupied

5,494

Renter-occupied

2,042

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $89,935/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,589/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 4,826 68.8%
• Democratic 2,017 28.8%
• Other / third-party 167 2.4%

• Spanish 1,770 9.8%
• Vietnamese 230 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 162 0.9%
• Tagalog 123 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.1%

Households

7,536

Family households

4,785

63.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,626

34.0% of families

Single-mother families

236

4.9% of families

Veterans

859

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,624 29.4%
• Mainline Protestant 3,147 16.4%
• Catholic 2,303 12.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 551 2.9%

Health insured

92.6%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

7.4%

±2.2 pp

35th of 66

With a disability

14.3%

±2.3 pp

19th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

27.2%

±3.3 pp

−4.7 pp vs SD · 28th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.4%

90% interval 12.9%–15.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

7 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal trial jurisdiction); vintage 2026 ujs.sd.gov directory + SDCL § 16-5-1. SD has 46 Circuit Court judges statewide (2025 UJS Guide to South Dakota Courts); the per-circuit figures shown are approximate (judges may sit by assignment across circuits). Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, small claims) are separately allocated and not counted here.)

Court seats

Brookings, Clark, Clear Lake, De Smet, Flandreau, Hayti, Howard, Huron, Madison, Milbank, Miller, Watertown, Wessington Springs, Woonsocket

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

28.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4