Jury Pool Profile

Custer County, South Dakota

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 8,686
Median household income: $81,958
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,892 90.9%
Black or African American alone 32 0.4%
Asian alone 31 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 159 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 29 0.3%
Two or more races 543 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 251 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 57.2

Under 18 1,202 13.8%
18–24 332 3.8%
25–44 1,590 18.3%
45–64 2,735 31.5%
65 and over 2,827 32.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $397.6M; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,494
Establishments: 421

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 769 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 418 15.6%
Education & health services 286 10.7%
Professional & business services 198 7.4%
Construction 193 7.2%
Public administration 135 5.0%
Financial activities 107 4.0%
Other services 89 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 33 1.2%
Information 16 0.6%
Manufacturing 9 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.6%
Median gross rent: $1,117
Owner-occupied: 3,451
Renter-occupied: 582

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,001 votes cast

Republican 4,313 71.9%
Democratic 1,567 26.1%
Other / third-party 121 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 121 1.4%
German 110 1.3%
Slavic languages 68 0.8%
Tagalog 18 0.2%
Other 17 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.2%
Other Indo-European 8 0.1%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,033
Family households: 2,878; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,529
Single-mother households: 85
Veterans: 1,123; 15% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,493 17.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,424 17.1%
Catholic 361 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 130 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (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: Custer, Hot Springs, Pine Ridge, Rapid City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 53.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023