Jury Pool Profile
Day County, South Dakota
Republican +30 (2024)
- Population
- 5,460
- Median household income
- $62,270
- Unemployment
- 2.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,661 85.4%
- Black or African American alone 3 0.1%
- Asian alone 9 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 520 9.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 25 0.5%
- Two or more races 242 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 145 2.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 47.1
- Under 18 1,251 22.9%
- 18–24 331 6.1%
- 25–44 1,086 19.9%
- 45–64 1,357 24.9%
- 65 and over 1,435 26.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.4%
- +0.3 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $380.7M
- 0.5% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,886
- Establishments
- 268
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 529 27.1%
- Education & health services 459 23.5%
- Manufacturing 183 9.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 179 9.2%
- Construction 121 6.2%
- Natural resources & mining 86 4.4%
- Professional & business services 75 3.8%
- Public administration 65 3.3%
- Financial activities 64 3.3%
- Other services 36 1.8%
- Information 13 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.8%
- Median gross rent
- $623
- Owner-occupied
- 1,776
- Renter-occupied
- 567
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,932 votes cast
- Republican 1,876 64.0%
- Democratic 1,000 34.1%
- Other / third-party 56 1.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.0% speak only English at home
- Other 34 0.7%
- Spanish 27 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.4%
- Slavic languages 8 0.2%
- German 6 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,343
- Family households
- 1,371
- 58.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,031
- Single-mother households
- 64
- Veterans
- 408
- 9.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
68.7% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 1,838 33.7%
- Catholic 1,279 23.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 626 11.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.5%
- With a disability
- 13.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 5th 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
- Aberdeen, Britton, Faulkton, Ipswich, Leola, Mound City, Redfield, Selby, Sisseton, Webster
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023