Gregory County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,462 86.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24 0.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 35 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 43 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 280 7.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 162 4.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 979 24.4%
• 18–24 252 6.3%
• 25–44 785 19.5%
• 45–64 932 23.2%
• 65 and over 1,068 26.6%

Median household income

$56,836

90% interval $50,427–$63,245

−$20,658 vs SD · 56th of 66

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 10.7%–17.5%

+3.6 pp vs SD · 20th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−0.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$237.7M

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,781

Establishments

228

• Education & health services 485 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 448 28.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 153 9.7%
• Financial activities 95 6.0%
• Public administration 87 5.5%
• Natural resources & mining 85 5.4%
• Professional & business services 81 5.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.7%

+8.1 pp vs SD · 24th of 66

Median gross rent

$614

−$332 vs SD · 56th of 66

Owner-occupied

1,234

Renter-occupied

375

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $66,826/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,467/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,790 79.0%
• Democratic 426 18.8%
• Other / third-party 51 2.2%

• Tagalog 23 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.3%
• Spanish 8 0.2%

Households

1,609

Family households

972

60.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

294

30.2% of families

Single-mother families

32

3.3% of families

Veterans

243

8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,518 38.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,015 25.4%
• Mainline Protestant 684 17.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 58 1.5%

Health insured

91.7%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

8.3%

±1.8 pp

29th of 66

With a disability

13.8%

±2.2 pp

23rd of 66

Bachelor's or higher

22.2%

±3.1 pp

−9.7 pp vs SD · 44th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.4%

90% interval 11.8%–15.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Burke, Fort Pierre, Gettysburg, Highmore, Kadoka, Kennebec, Martin, Mission, Murdo, Onida, Philip, Pierre, White River, Winner

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0