Jury Pool Profile

Brule County, South Dakota

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 5,261
Median household income: $74,043
Unemployment: 1.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,314 82.0%
Black or African American alone 76 1.4%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 585 11.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 21 0.4%
Two or more races 265 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 1,283 24.4%
18–24 383 7.3%
25–44 1,192 22.7%
45–64 1,337 25.4%
65 and over 1,066 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.5%; -0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $335.7M; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,127
Establishments: 256

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 474 23.6%
Education & health services 388 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 350 17.4%
Professional & business services 86 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 73 3.6%
Construction 62 3.1%
Public administration 55 2.7%
Manufacturing 33 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.5%
Median gross rent: $700
Owner-occupied: 1,401
Renter-occupied: 531

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,423 votes cast

Republican 1,694 69.9%
Democratic 666 27.5%
Other / third-party 63 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

German 79 1.6%
Spanish 64 1.3%
Other Indo-European 23 0.5%
Tagalog 11 0.2%
Vietnamese 10 0.2%
Arabic 5 0.1%
Other 4 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,932
Family households: 1,148; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 995
Single-mother households: 49
Veterans: 224; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,429 27.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,051 20.0%
Catholic 622 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 292 5.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.2%

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; 25.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023