Codington County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,997 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 946 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 198 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 176 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 792 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 536 1.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 122 0.4%

• Under 18 6,612 23.0%
• 18–24 2,529 8.8%
• 25–44 7,006 24.4%
• 45–64 6,995 24.3%
• 65 and over 5,625 19.6%

Median household income

$78,115

90% interval $70,623–$85,607

+$621 vs SD · 17th of 66

Below poverty line

8.3%

90% interval 6.3%–10.3%

−2.2 pp vs SD · 58th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

2.75% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,666

Establishments

1,428

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,130 24.0%
• Manufacturing 3,275 19.1%
• Education & health services 2,144 12.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,804 10.5%
• Construction 1,033 6.0%
• Professional & business services 897 5.2%
• Financial activities 780 4.5%
• Other services 485 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 269 1.6%
• Public administration 244 1.4%
• Information 98 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 88.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.8%

+1.2 pp vs SD · 48th of 66

Median gross rent

$938

−$8 vs SD · 14th of 66

Owner-occupied

8,747

Renter-occupied

3,779

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $99,509/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,695/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 544 2.0%
• German or other West Germanic 188 0.7%
• Vietnamese 10 0.0%
• Tagalog 10 0.0%
• Arabic 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

12,526

Family households

7,346

58.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,350

32.0% of families

Single-mother families

512

7.0% of families

Veterans

1,581

7.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.7%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±1.2 pp

43rd of 66

With a disability

10.6%

±1.4 pp

53rd of 66

Bachelor's or higher

21.4%

±2.5 pp

−10.5 pp vs SD · 48th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.5%–10.5% · 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

5

22.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5