Deuel County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,062 93.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 136 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 22 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 104 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,048 24.2%
• 18–24 338 7.8%
• 25–44 922 21.3%
• 45–64 1,064 24.6%
• 65 and over 956 22.1%

Median household income

$83,163

90% interval $76,281–$90,045

+$5,669 vs SD · 7th of 66

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 6.5%–10.7%

−1.9 pp vs SD · 55th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

+0.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$553.0M

0.72% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,879

Establishments

198

• Trade, transportation & utilities 374 24.4%
• Manufacturing 239 15.6%
• Construction 145 9.5%
• Natural resources & mining 115 7.5%
• Education & health services 107 7.0%
• Public administration 102 6.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 93 6.1%
• Information 58 3.8%
• Professional & business services 56 3.7%
• Other services 56 3.7%
• Financial activities 36 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 90.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.8%

+14.2 pp vs SD · 7th of 66

Median gross rent

$642

−$304 vs SD · 53rd of 66

Owner-occupied

1,452

Renter-occupied

302

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 50% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $93,317/yr) pays 10.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $9,128/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,717 74.7%
• Democratic 528 23.0%
• Other / third-party 53 2.3%

• German or other West Germanic 141 3.5%
• Spanish 78 1.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

1,754

Family households

1,151

65.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

436

37.9% of families

Single-mother families

36

3.1% of families

Veterans

246

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,604 37.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,213 28.2%
• Catholic 538 12.5%

Health insured

93.1%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±1.5 pp

38th of 66

With a disability

12.2%

±2.2 pp

36th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

25.1%

±3.8 pp

−6.8 pp vs SD · 34th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.6%–11.0% · 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

3

91.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3