Jury Pool Profile
Hand County, South Dakota
Republican +57 (2024)
- Population
- 3,045
- Median household income
- $72,054
- Unemployment
- 1.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,853 93.7%
- Black or African American alone 11 0.4%
- Asian alone 16 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 1.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 90 3.0%
- Two or more races 43 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 57 1.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.8
- Under 18 742 24.4%
- 18–24 228 7.5%
- 25–44 636 20.9%
- 45–64 688 22.6%
- 65 and over 751 24.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 1.7%
- -0.41 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $282.4M
- 0.37% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $43,934
- Establishments
- 171
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 457 31.5%
- Education & health services 218 15.0%
- Natural resources & mining 174 12.0%
- Professional & business services 136 9.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 95 6.6%
- Financial activities 43 3.0%
- Manufacturing 37 2.6%
- Construction 32 2.2%
- Public administration 18 1.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 64.2%
- Median gross rent
- $553
- Owner-occupied
- 881
- Renter-occupied
- 492
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,764 votes cast
- Republican 1,376 78.0%
- Democratic 365 20.7%
- Other / third-party 23 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.2% speak only English at home
- German 64 2.2%
- Spanish 19 0.7%
- Chinese 16 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,373
- Family households
- 774
- 56.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 662
- Single-mother households
- 47
- Veterans
- 105
- 4.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
63.2% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 749 23.8%
- Mainline Protestant 627 19.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 382 12.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 231 7.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.9%
- With a disability
- 13.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 26.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
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