Jury Pool Profile

Grant County, South Dakota

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 7,544
Median household income: $73,818
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,872 91.1%
Black or African American alone 44 0.6%
Asian alone 47 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 156 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 241 3.2%
Two or more races 184 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 506 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 1,650 21.9%
18–24 652 8.6%
25–44 1,557 20.6%
45–64 1,946 25.8%
65 and over 1,739 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; +1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $831.0M; 1.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,491
Establishments: 382

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 942 24.4%
Manufacturing 738 19.1%
Education & health services 473 12.3%
Natural resources & mining 287 7.4%
Construction 274 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 253 6.6%
Professional & business services 175 4.5%
Financial activities 153 4.0%
Other services 109 2.8%
Information 44 1.1%
Public administration 19 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.6%
Median gross rent: $668
Owner-occupied: 2,439
Renter-occupied: 550

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,630 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 391 5.5%
German 238 3.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 65 0.9%
Korean 27 0.4%
Slavic languages 21 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%
Other 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,989
Family households: 2,023; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,862
Single-mother households: 85
Veterans: 399; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

71.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 16.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023