Grant County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,751 89.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 559 7.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 28 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 59 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 145 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,677 22.2%
• 18–24 619 8.2%
• 25–44 1,542 20.4%
• 45–64 1,958 25.9%
• 65 and over 1,767 23.4%

Median household income

$77,781

90% interval $69,114–$86,448

+$287 vs SD · 19th of 66

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 6.5%–10.7%

−1.9 pp vs SD · 56th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

+0.8 pp vs. state

County GDP

$831.0M

1.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,495

Establishments

381

• Trade, transportation & utilities 885 23.6%
• Manufacturing 725 19.4%
• Education & health services 439 11.7%
• Natural resources & mining 278 7.4%
• Construction 276 7.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 246 6.6%
• Financial activities 174 4.6%
• Professional & business services 168 4.5%
• Other services 111 3.0%
• Information 43 1.1%
• Public administration 20 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 89.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.6%

+7.0 pp vs SD · 31st of 66

Median gross rent

$763

−$183 vs SD · 33rd of 66

Owner-occupied

2,291

Renter-occupied

738

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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, $73,718/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,791/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 9.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,594 71.5%
• Democratic 946 26.1%
• Other / third-party 90 2.5%

• Spanish 430 6.0%
• German or other West Germanic 226 3.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 30 0.4%
• Korean 25 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

3,029

Family households

1,943

64.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

592

30.5% of families

Single-mother families

85

4.4% of families

Veterans

442

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,935 25.6%
• Catholic 1,800 23.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,672 22.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

92.2%

±3 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±3 pp

32nd of 66

With a disability

15.1%

±2.6 pp

12th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

25.3%

±5.5 pp

−6.6 pp vs SD · 33rd of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 9.9%–12.5% · 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

1

16.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1