Jury Pool Profile
Faulk County, South Dakota
Republican +65 (2024)
- Population
- 2,137
- Median household income
- $58,000
- Unemployment
- 1.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,068 96.8%
- Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 2 0.1%
- Two or more races 63 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51 2.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.2
- Under 18 530 24.8%
- 18–24 162 7.6%
- 25–44 427 20.0%
- 45–64 496 23.2%
- 65 and over 522 24.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 1.6%
- -0.52 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $169.3M
- 0.22% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $42,528
- Establishments
- 126
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 159 23.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 140 20.3%
- Natural resources & mining 69 10.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 47 6.8%
- Financial activities 34 4.9%
- Public administration 13 1.9%
- Professional & business services 10 1.5%
- Other services 8 1.2%
- Information 7 1.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 81.9%
- Median gross rent
- $692
- Owner-occupied
- 685
- Renter-occupied
- 151
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,130 votes cast
- Republican 920 81.4%
- Democratic 183 16.2%
- Other / third-party 27 2.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.9% speak only English at home
- German 65 3.2%
- Other 34 1.7%
- Spanish 5 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 836
- Family households
- 489
- 58.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 453
- Single-mother households
- 10
- Veterans
- 107
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
73.3% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 570 26.8%
- Evangelical Protestant 561 26.4%
- Mainline Protestant 427 20.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.7%
- With a disability
- 12.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 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