Corson County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,138 29.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20 0.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 116 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,532 66.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,345 35.3%
• 18–24 365 9.6%
• 25–44 812 21.3%
• 45–64 783 20.6%
• 65 and over 501 13.2%

Median household income

$42,573

90% interval $37,600–$47,546

−$34,921 vs SD · 65th of 66

Below poverty line

37.9%

90% interval 30.8%–45.0%

+27.4 pp vs SD · 2nd of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+1.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$121.1M

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,820

Establishments

65

• Education & health services 336 44.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 113 15.0%
• Public administration 78 10.3%
• Financial activities 8 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 70.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

59.1%

−9.5 pp vs SD · 60th of 66

Median gross rent

$496

−$450 vs SD · 65th of 66

Owner-occupied

667

Renter-occupied

461

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($57,766 vs $33,640/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• 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 631 55.2%
• Democratic 495 43.3%
• Other / third-party 17 1.5%

• Spanish 14 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.3%

Households

1,128

Family households

832

73.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

140

16.8% of families

Single-mother families

97

11.7% of families

Veterans

172

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 997 25.6%
• Mainline Protestant 721 18.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 281 7.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 109 2.8%

Health insured

83.1%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

16.9%

±2.2 pp

12th of 66

With a disability

18.3%

±2.1 pp

3rd of 66

Bachelor's or higher

19.0%

±2.9 pp

−12.9 pp vs SD · 56th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 8.9%–11.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Belle Fourche, Bison, Buffalo, Deadwood, Dupree, McIntosh, Sturgis, Timber Lake

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

40.63 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1