Jury Pool Profile

Hamlin County, South Dakota

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 6,288
Median household income: $83,194
Unemployment: 1.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,837 92.8%
Black or African American alone 19 0.3%
Asian alone 15 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 215 3.4%
Two or more races 174 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 341 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.5

Under 18 2,087 33.2%
18–24 552 8.8%
25–44 1,403 22.3%
45–64 1,355 21.5%
65 and over 891 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.8%; -0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $424.8M; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,544
Establishments: 279

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 523 19.9%
Construction 491 18.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 442 16.8%
Leisure & hospitality 117 4.5%
Professional & business services 111 4.2%
Financial activities 74 2.8%
Public administration 10 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $769
Owner-occupied: 1,778
Renter-occupied: 403

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,226 votes cast

Republican 2,560 79.4%
Democratic 610 18.9%
Other / third-party 56 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 299 5.3%
German 41 0.7%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%
Other 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,181
Family households: 1,623; 74.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,388
Single-mother households: 76
Veterans: 281; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 863 14.0%
Catholic 367 6.0%
Evangelical Protestant 232 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 7.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023