Brown County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,081 84.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,770 4.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 495 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,114 2.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,269 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,088 2.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 32 0.1%

• Under 18 8,948 23.6%
• 18–24 4,010 10.6%
• 25–44 9,158 24.2%
• 45–64 9,030 23.8%
• 65 and over 6,731 17.8%

Median household income

$72,244

90% interval $67,456–$77,032

−$5,250 vs SD · 35th of 66

Below poverty line

11.6%

90% interval 9.6%–13.6%

+1.1 pp vs SD · 31st of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.2B

4.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,565

Establishments

1,528

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,346 22.2%
• Education & health services 3,795 19.4%
• Manufacturing 2,478 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,094 10.7%
• Professional & business services 1,397 7.1%
• Financial activities 1,066 5.4%
• Construction 1,009 5.2%
• Other services 586 3.0%
• Public administration 495 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 380 1.9%
• Information 157 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 90.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.6%

−1.0 pp vs SD · 51st of 66

Median gross rent

$777

−$169 vs SD · 30th of 66

Owner-occupied

11,014

Renter-occupied

5,271

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $88,412/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,667/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 10,645 62.5%
• Democratic 6,075 35.6%
• Other / third-party 323 1.9%

• Spanish 933 2.6%
• German or other West Germanic 525 1.5%
• Tagalog 148 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 95 0.3%
• Korean 67 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 31 0.1%
• Chinese 26 0.1%
• Vietnamese 20 0.1%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

16,285

Family households

8,960

55.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,059

34.1% of families

Single-mother families

796

8.9% of families

Veterans

1,899

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 11,140 29.1%
• Mainline Protestant 9,183 24.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,757 20.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 720 1.9%

Health insured

94.3%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±1.1 pp

47th of 66

With a disability

13.6%

±1.4 pp

25th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

33.8%

±2.7 pp

+1.9 pp vs SD · 10th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.4%–10.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Aberdeen, Britton, Faulkton, Ipswich, Leola, Mound City, Redfield, Selby, Sisseton, Webster

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

10.37 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2