Edmunds County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,796 93.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 108 2.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 30 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 89 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 20 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%

• Under 18 956 23.6%
• 18–24 203 5.0%
• 25–44 886 21.9%
• 45–64 1,075 26.6%
• 65 and over 928 22.9%

Median household income

$80,423

90% interval $71,263–$89,583

+$2,929 vs SD · 9th of 66

Below poverty line

11.0%

90% interval 8.4%–13.6%

+0.5 pp vs SD · 35th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

1.9%

−0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$257.3M

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,300

Establishments

187

• Trade, transportation & utilities 360 29.2%
• Natural resources & mining 176 14.3%
• Manufacturing 83 6.7%
• Construction 80 6.5%
• Professional & business services 67 5.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 62 5.0%
• Financial activities 54 4.4%
• Other services 27 2.2%
• Education & health services 18 1.5%
• Public administration 10 0.8%
• Information 4 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 76.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.1%

+12.5 pp vs SD · 12th of 66

Median gross rent

$992

+$46 vs SD · 7th of 66

Owner-occupied

1,322

Renter-occupied

308

• 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 (Manufacturing, $83,463/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,470/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 6.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,618 79.7%
• Democratic 384 18.9%
• Other / third-party 29 1.4%

• German or other West Germanic 135 3.7%
• Spanish 92 2.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.1%

Households

1,630

Family households

1,116

68.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

318

28.5% of families

Single-mother families

48

4.3% of families

Veterans

263

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 943 23.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 936 23.5%
• Mainline Protestant 688 17.3%

Health insured

95.6%

±2 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±2 pp

58th of 66

With a disability

11.0%

±2.3 pp

46th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

28.2%

±3.7 pp

−3.7 pp vs SD · 22nd of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0