Hutchinson County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,723 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 200 2.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 25 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 380 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%

• Under 18 1,957 26.4%
• 18–24 466 6.3%
• 25–44 1,528 20.6%
• 45–64 1,840 24.9%
• 65 and over 1,613 21.8%

Median household income

$73,237

90% interval $65,674–$80,800

−$4,257 vs SD · 33rd of 66

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 9.8%–14.6%

+1.7 pp vs SD · 26th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

1.9%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$555.5M

0.72% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,555

Establishments

298

• Education & health services 876 31.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 666 24.0%
• Manufacturing 341 12.3%
• Natural resources & mining 170 6.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 148 5.3%
• Construction 128 4.6%
• Professional & business services 125 4.5%
• Financial activities 94 3.4%
• Other services 59 2.1%
• Information 15 0.5%
• Public administration 12 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 94.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.3%

+8.7 pp vs SD · 22nd of 66

Median gross rent

$727

−$219 vs SD · 42nd of 66

Owner-occupied

2,247

Renter-occupied

661

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $74,927/yr) pays 4.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,390/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 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,918 78.1%
• Democratic 755 20.2%
• Other / third-party 63 1.7%

• German or other West Germanic 217 3.2%
• Spanish 119 1.7%
• Tagalog 18 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.1%

Households

2,908

Family households

1,909

65.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

538

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

145

7.6% of families

Veterans

377

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,382 59.0%
• Catholic 1,209 16.3%
• Mainline Protestant 368 5.0%
• Black Protestant 150 2.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.6 pp

54th of 66

With a disability

12.0%

±1.5 pp

38th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

28.8%

±3.4 pp

−3.1 pp vs SD · 19th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 7.8%–10.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Alexandria, Armour, Chamberlain, Elk Point, Gann Valley, Lake Andes, Mitchell, Olivet, Parker, Plankinton, Salem, Tyndall, Vermillion, Yankton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

73.43 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3