Jury Pool Profile

Codington County, South Dakota

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 28,556
Median household income: $65,080
Unemployment: 1.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,064 91.3%
Black or African American alone 292 1.0%
Asian alone 167 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 550 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 230 0.8%
Two or more races 1,253 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 854 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 6,675 23.4%
18–24 2,383 8.3%
25–44 7,053 24.7%
45–64 7,015 24.6%
65 and over 5,430 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.9%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 2.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,139
Establishments: 1,431

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,147 24.0%
Manufacturing 3,374 19.5%
Education & health services 3,129 18.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,838 10.6%
Construction 1,008 5.8%
Professional & business services 913 5.3%
Financial activities 807 4.7%
Other services 510 3.0%
Public administration 250 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 233 1.3%
Information 93 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $901
Owner-occupied: 8,332
Renter-occupied: 4,029

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,510 votes cast

Republican 9,349 69.2%
Democratic 3,840 28.4%
Other / third-party 321 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 431 1.6%
German 204 0.8%
Other 174 0.6%
Tagalog 13 0.0%
Other Indo-European 12 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,361
Family households: 7,203; 58.3% of households
Married w/ children: 5,525
Single-mother households: 610
Veterans: 1,750; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 6,942 24.5%
Catholic 5,984 21.1%
Evangelical Protestant 5,101 18.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 485 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.9%

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: 4; 18.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023