Jury Pool Profile

Beadle County, South Dakota

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 19,279
Median household income: $63,082
Unemployment: 2.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,740 71.3%
Black or African American alone 208 1.1%
Asian alone 1,726 9.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 244 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 242 1.3%
Some other race alone 1,848 9.6%
Two or more races 1,271 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,772 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.9

Under 18 5,482 28.4%
18–24 1,405 7.3%
25–44 4,402 22.8%
45–64 4,467 23.2%
65 and over 3,523 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.0%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 1.61% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,493
Establishments: 690

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,898 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,827 21.3%
Education & health services 1,799 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 649 7.6%
Financial activities 565 6.6%
Professional & business services 396 4.6%
Construction 342 4.0%
Public administration 242 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 225 2.6%
Other services 198 2.3%
Information 54 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.2%
Median gross rent: $834
Owner-occupied: 5,257
Renter-occupied: 2,228

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,010 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,485 8.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,031 5.8%
Vietnamese 319 1.8%
German 219 1.2%
Tagalog 71 0.4%
Other Indo-European 52 0.3%
Other 21 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,485
Family households: 4,702; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,768
Single-mother households: 287
Veterans: 786; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 13.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023