Jury Pool Profile

Hyde County, South Dakota

Republican +55.0 (2024)

County seat: Highmore
Judicial district: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 1,191; Census PEP.

At a glance

Hyde County is a 1,191-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $62,207, $15,287 below the SD state median of $77,494; 20.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.3% of covered employment, average pay $71,212/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 1.55%, below the 2.15% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 79% of the vote across the three.

Population: 1,191
Median household income: $73,472
Unemployment: 1.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 0%.

Hyde County has a population of 1,191, with a median age of 53.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.1%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 1.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $62,207; 20.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 1,025 86.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19 1.6%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.3%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 133 11.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 53.7

Under 18 214 18.0%
18–24 55 4.6%
25–44 210 17.6%
45–64 375 31.5%
65 and over 337 28.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $62,207; 90% interval $55,579–$68,835; −$15,287 vs SD · 50th of 66
Below poverty line: 11.7%; 90% interval 8.7%–14.7%; +1.2 pp vs SD · 29th of 66

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Energy-sector presence

BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 11.7%.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.3% of covered employment, followed by Natural resources & mining at 11.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 1.55%, below the South Dakota state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.6%; −0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $173.0M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,388
Establishments: 77

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 149 27.3%
Natural resources & mining 64 11.7%
Education & health services 61 11.2%
Construction 23 4.2%
Public administration 6 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 55.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 83.5%; +14.9 pp vs SD · 5th of 66
Median gross rent: $836; −$110 vs SD · 23rd of 66
Owner-occupied: 420
Renter-occupied: 83

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Diversified

Top three sectors employ 50% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.
Compressed wage spread

Highest-paid sector pays only 1.8× the lowest ($71,212 vs $38,680/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 7.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Hyde County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.3% in 2024, 79.4% in 2020, 78.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 695 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 530 76.3%
Democratic 148 21.3%
Other / third-party 17 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

0.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. Veterans account for 4.1% of the adult civilian population (40 individuals).

Household composition

Households: 503
Family households: 318; 63.2% of households
Married couples w/ children: 119; 37.4% of families
Single-mother families: 8; 2.5% of families
Veterans: 40; 4.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

89.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 571 45.2%
Evangelical Protestant 336 26.6%
Catholic 220 17.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%; ±3.6 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
With a disability: 14.0%; ±3.9 pp; 21st of 66
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%; ±5.3 pp; −11.6 pp vs SD · 51st of 66
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 10.6%; 90% interval 9.3%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Hyde totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 1; 102.35 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	78.7%	18.1%
2020	79.4%	19.2%
2024	76.3%	21.3%