Jury Pool Profile
Deuel County, South Dakota
Republican +52 (2024)
- Population
- 4,318
- Median household income
- $79,556
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,087 94.7%
- Black or African American alone 15 0.3%
- Asian alone 7 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 29 0.7%
- Two or more races 164 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 139 3.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42
- Under 18 1,048 24.3%
- 18–24 329 7.6%
- 25–44 919 21.3%
- 45–64 1,076 24.9%
- 65 and over 946 21.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.5%
- +0.43 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $553.0M
- 0.72% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,171
- Establishments
- 200
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 339 22.1%
- Manufacturing 232 15.1%
- Construction 158 10.3%
- Education & health services 150 9.8%
- Public administration 102 6.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 99 6.4%
- Professional & business services 81 5.3%
- Natural resources & mining 73 4.8%
- Information 58 3.8%
- Other services 54 3.5%
- Financial activities 38 2.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 80.6%
- Median gross rent
- $668
- Owner-occupied
- 1,451
- Renter-occupied
- 349
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,298 votes cast
- Republican 1,717 74.7%
- Democratic 528 23.0%
- Other / third-party 53 2.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.1% speak only English at home
- German 116 2.9%
- Spanish 80 2.0%
- Other Indo-European 3 0.1%
- Korean 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,800
- Family households
- 1,144
- 63.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 980
- Single-mother households
- 50
- Veterans
- 290
- 8.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
78.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 1,604 37.3%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,213 28.2%
- Catholic 538 12.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.3%
- With a disability
- 12.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
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