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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.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Deuel County, South Dakota to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.