Clark County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,554 90.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 209 5.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 21 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 27 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 75 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 23 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 8 0.2%

• Under 18 1,151 29.4%
• 18–24 200 5.1%
• 25–44 846 21.6%
• 45–64 799 20.4%
• 65 and over 921 23.5%

Median household income

$79,333

90% interval $71,351–$87,315

+$1,839 vs SD · 15th of 66

Below poverty line

10.0%

90% interval 7.5%–12.5%

−0.5 pp vs SD · 45th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.1%

−0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$337.4M

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,196

Establishments

188

• Trade, transportation & utilities 244 20.2%
• Natural resources & mining 168 13.9%
• Manufacturing 148 12.3%
• Construction 115 9.5%
• Public administration 110 9.1%
• Education & health services 103 8.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 67 5.6%

The sectors listed cover 79.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+8.9 pp vs SD · 21st of 66

Median gross rent

$782

−$164 vs SD · 27th of 66

Owner-occupied

1,036

Renter-occupied

300

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 46% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $59,242/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,564/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,382 75.0%
• Democratic 415 22.5%
• Other / third-party 45 2.4%

• German or other West Germanic 142 3.9%
• Spanish 82 2.3%
• Korean 10 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.1%

Households

1,336

Family households

845

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

243

28.8% of families

Single-mother families

17

2.0% of families

Veterans

212

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,336 34.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 913 23.8%
• Catholic 286 7.5%

Health insured

93.0%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

7.0%

±2.4 pp

36th of 66

With a disability

11.2%

±1.9 pp

44th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

19.7%

±4.3 pp

−12.2 pp vs SD · 53rd of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 13.3%–16.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0