Jury Pool Profile
Dewey County, South Dakota
Democratic +13 (2024)
- Population
- 5,230
- Median household income
- $57,928
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 1,056 20.2%
- Black or African American alone 21 0.4%
- Asian alone 3 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,920 75.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.6%
- Some other race alone 2 0.0%
- Two or more races 197 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79 1.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 27.6
- Under 18 1,968 37.6%
- 18–24 468 8.9%
- 25–44 1,249 23.9%
- 45–64 1,027 19.6%
- 65 and over 518 9.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.8%
- +2.69 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $270.6M
- 0.35% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,085
- Establishments
- 156
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 843 34.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 306 12.5%
- Professional & business services 128 5.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 88 3.6%
- Financial activities 55 2.2%
- Natural resources & mining 49 2.0%
- Public administration 36 1.5%
- Information 25 1.0%
- Other services 14 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 61.5%
- Median gross rent
- $714
- Owner-occupied
- 1,033
- Renter-occupied
- 648
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,871 votes cast
- Democratic 1,032 55.2%
- Republican 793 42.4%
- Other / third-party 46 2.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
92.2% speak only English at home
- Other 340 7.3%
- Spanish 13 0.3%
- German 7 0.2%
- Chinese 3 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,681
- Family households
- 1,171
- 69.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 613
- Single-mother households
- 173
- Veterans
- 148
- 4.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
45.0% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 1,307 24.9%
- Mainline Protestant 517 9.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 290 5.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 243 4.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 76.5%
- With a disability
- 9.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 4th 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
- Belle Fourche, Bison, Buffalo, Deadwood, Dupree, McIntosh, Sturgis, Timber Lake
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 30.66 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023