Jury Pool Profile
Brookings County, South Dakota
Republican +17 (2024)
- Population
- 34,968
- Median household income
- $67,341
- Unemployment
- 2.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 31,023 88.7%
- Black or African American alone 417 1.2%
- Asian alone 1,190 3.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 450 1.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 571 1.6%
- Two or more races 1,317 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,504 4.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 28
- Under 18 7,379 21.1%
- 18–24 8,538 24.4%
- 25–44 8,370 23.9%
- 45–64 6,034 17.3%
- 65 and over 4,647 13.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.1%
- -0.01 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.1B
- 3.99% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $56,994
- Establishments
- 1,382
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 4,386 22.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,969 15.4%
- Education & health services 2,597 13.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,219 11.5%
- Professional & business services 1,159 6.0%
- Construction 958 5.0%
- Financial activities 765 4.0%
- Public administration 584 3.0%
- Other services 578 3.0%
- Natural resources & mining 506 2.6%
- Information 139 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 58.9%
- Median gross rent
- $874
- Owner-occupied
- 7,941
- Renter-occupied
- 5,549
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 14,939 votes cast
- Republican 8,575 57.4%
- Democratic 5,978 40.0%
- Other / third-party 386 2.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 997 3.0%
- Other Indo-European 599 1.8%
- Other 320 1.0%
- German 300 0.9%
- Chinese 193 0.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 96 0.3%
- Slavic languages 58 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.1%
- Tagalog 32 0.1%
- Arabic 27 0.1%
- Vietnamese 14 0.0%
- Korean 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 13,490
- Family households
- 6,881
- 51.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,825
- Single-mother households
- 376
- Veterans
- 1,340
- 4.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
50.6% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 6,656 19.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 6,425 18.7%
- Catholic 3,579 10.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 737 2.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.7%
- With a disability
- 9.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 44.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 14.5 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023