Jury Pool Profile

Bon Homme County, South Dakota

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 7,024
Median household income: $61,275
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,105 86.9%
Black or African American alone 132 1.9%
Asian alone 8 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 466 6.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 50 0.7%
Two or more races 263 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 162 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 1,298 18.5%
18–24 557 7.9%
25–44 1,901 27.1%
45–64 1,773 25.2%
65 and over 1,495 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $284.4M; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,372
Establishments: 239

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 545 31.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 365 21.3%
Public administration 146 8.5%
Manufacturing 133 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 85 5.0%
Financial activities 81 4.7%
Natural resources & mining 44 2.6%
Other services 41 2.4%
Construction 36 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $620
Owner-occupied: 1,902
Renter-occupied: 524

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,992 votes cast

Republican 2,236 74.7%
Democratic 697 23.3%
Other / third-party 59 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 128 1.9%
Other 124 1.9%
German 68 1.0%
Slavic languages 38 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.4%
Other Indo-European 11 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,426
Family households: 1,603; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,318
Single-mother households: 80
Veterans: 426; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,311 18.7%
Evangelical Protestant 1,260 18.0%
Mainline Protestant 977 14.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Alexandria, Armour, Chamberlain, Elk Point, Gann Valley, Lake Andes, Mitchell, Olivet, Parker, Plankinton, Salem, Tyndall, Vermillion, Yankton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 17.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023