Jury Pool Profile

Clark County, South Dakota

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 3,876
Median household income: $62,885
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,559 91.8%
Black or African American alone 21 0.5%
Asian alone 28 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 63 1.6%
Two or more races 182 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 178 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 1,130 29.2%
18–24 189 4.9%
25–44 820 21.2%
45–64 831 21.4%
65 and over 906 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $337.4M; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,772
Establishments: 188

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 239 20.0%
Natural resources & mining 174 14.6%
Manufacturing 150 12.6%
Construction 119 10.0%
Public administration 105 8.8%
Education & health services 101 8.5%
Leisure & hospitality 67 5.6%
Financial activities 31 2.6%
Professional & business services 31 2.6%
Other services 17 1.4%
Information 6 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $709
Owner-occupied: 1,088
Renter-occupied: 234

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,842 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.6% speak only English at home

German 151 4.3%
Spanish 96 2.7%
Korean 9 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.1%
Other Indo-European 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,322
Family households: 828; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 707
Single-mother households: 23
Veterans: 230; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.1% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023