Jury Pool Profile

Butte County, South Dakota

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 10,538
Median household income: $67,692
Unemployment: 1.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,399 89.2%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 43 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 233 2.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.1%
Some other race alone 121 1.1%
Two or more races 731 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 442 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 2,551 24.2%
18–24 758 7.2%
25–44 2,428 23.0%
45–64 2,721 25.8%
65 and over 2,080 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.9%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $474.8M; 0.62% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,795
Establishments: 474

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 741 25.2%
Education & health services 583 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 338 11.5%
Construction 243 8.3%
Professional & business services 228 7.8%
Manufacturing 182 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 121 4.1%
Other services 115 3.9%
Public administration 54 1.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $940
Owner-occupied: 3,405
Renter-occupied: 825

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,082 votes cast

Republican 4,024 79.2%
Democratic 942 18.5%
Other / third-party 116 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 117 1.2%
German 32 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.1%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,230
Family households: 2,750; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,267
Single-mother households: 178
Veterans: 619; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,484 24.3%
Mainline Protestant 981 9.6%
Catholic 931 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 349 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.2%
With a disability: 13.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th 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: Belle Fourche, Bison, Buffalo, Deadwood, Dupree, McIntosh, Sturgis, Timber Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 12.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023