Jury Pool Profile

Charles Mix County, South Dakota

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 9,281
Median household income: $64,850
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,939 64.0%
Black or African American alone 12 0.1%
Asian alone 48 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,615 28.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.1%
Some other race alone 42 0.5%
Two or more races 620 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 250 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.1

Under 18 2,859 30.8%
18–24 730 7.9%
25–44 1,900 20.5%
45–64 2,079 22.4%
65 and over 1,713 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $599.6M; 0.78% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,616
Establishments: 377

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,060 29.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 622 17.5%
Public administration 364 10.3%
Professional & business services 241 6.8%
Construction 236 6.7%
Leisure & hospitality 192 5.4%
Natural resources & mining 190 5.4%
Financial activities 138 3.9%
Manufacturing 106 3.0%
Other services 77 2.2%
Information 27 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $727
Owner-occupied: 2,221
Renter-occupied: 785

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,615 votes cast

Republican 2,551 70.6%
Democratic 1,000 27.7%
Other / third-party 64 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Other 328 3.9%
Slavic languages 90 1.1%
German 61 0.7%
Spanish 41 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 23 0.3%
Vietnamese 21 0.2%
Tagalog 5 0.1%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,006
Family households: 1,977; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,503
Single-mother households: 130
Veterans: 460; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,882 30.7%
Catholic 2,196 23.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,333 14.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.9%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

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: 3; 46.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023