Jury Pool Profile
Hutchinson County, South Dakota
Republican +58 (2024)
- Population
- 7,393
- Median household income
- $74,459
- Unemployment
- 1.9%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 6,774 91.6%
- Black or African American alone 5 0.1%
- Asian alone 30 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 60 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 59 0.8%
- Two or more races 465 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 193 2.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.6
- Under 18 1,949 26.4%
- 18–24 477 6.5%
- 25–44 1,530 20.7%
- 45–64 1,832 24.8%
- 65 and over 1,605 21.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 1.9%
- -0.24 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $555.5M
- 0.72% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,418
- Establishments
- 306
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 896 32.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 667 24.2%
- Manufacturing 346 12.6%
- Natural resources & mining 169 6.1%
- Public administration 140 5.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 140 5.1%
- Professional & business services 128 4.6%
- Financial activities 96 3.5%
- Construction 86 3.1%
- Other services 64 2.3%
- Information 10 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.3%
- Median gross rent
- $714
- Owner-occupied
- 2,304
- Renter-occupied
- 640
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,736 votes cast
- Republican 2,918 78.1%
- Democratic 755 20.2%
- Other / third-party 63 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.2% speak only English at home
- German 250 3.7%
- Spanish 88 1.3%
- Other 30 0.4%
- Tagalog 17 0.2%
- Slavic languages 11 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,944
- Family households
- 1,887
- 64.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,594
- Single-mother households
- 116
- Veterans
- 366
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
82.3% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.8%
- With a disability
- 12.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 countys.
Traffic safety context
South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 36.74 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023