Jury Pool Profile

Bennett County, South Dakota

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 3,354
Median household income: $44,569
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,252 37.3%
Black or African American alone 6 0.2%
Asian alone 54 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,930 57.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 33 1.0%
Two or more races 79 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 156 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 28.8

Under 18 1,154 34.4%
18–24 344 10.3%
25–44 804 24.0%
45–64 540 16.1%
65 and over 512 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; +0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $142.7M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,513
Establishments: 98

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 280 33.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 176 20.8%
Construction 130 15.4%
Leisure & hospitality 65 7.7%
Public administration 29 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 29 3.4%
Other services 18 2.1%
Information 13 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.7%
Median gross rent: $616
Owner-occupied: 591
Renter-occupied: 433

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,088 votes cast

Republican 676 62.1%
Democratic 389 35.8%
Other / third-party 23 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.3% speak only English at home

Other 327 10.7%
Tagalog 23 0.7%
Chinese 6 0.2%
Spanish 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,024
Family households: 731; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 428
Single-mother households: 85
Veterans: 139; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 301 8.9%
Mainline Protestant 288 8.5%
Catholic 226 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 3.3%
Black Protestant 30 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 70.9%
With a disability: 9.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Burke, Fort Pierre, Gettysburg, Highmore, Kadoka, Kennebec, Martin, Mission, Murdo, Onida, Philip, Pierre, White River, Winner

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023