Jerauld County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,584 89.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 124 7.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 61 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.2%

• Under 18 404 22.8%
• 18–24 47 2.7%
• 25–44 397 22.4%
• 45–64 379 21.4%
• 65 and over 545 30.8%

Median household income

$66,644

90% interval $59,042–$74,246

−$10,850 vs SD · 44th of 66

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 10.8%–17.8%

+3.8 pp vs SD · 18th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

1.8%

−0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$171.8M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,003

Establishments

106

• Trade, transportation & utilities 210 13.5%
• Education & health services 97 6.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 75 4.8%
• Natural resources & mining 57 3.7%
• Professional & business services 37 2.4%
• Financial activities 22 1.4%
• Public administration 3 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 32.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.1%

+15.5 pp vs SD · 4th of 66

Median gross rent

$632

−$314 vs SD · 54th of 66

Owner-occupied

660

Renter-occupied

125

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 25% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $100,339/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,257/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 708 70.9%
• Democratic 276 27.6%
• Other / third-party 15 1.5%

• Spanish 48 2.9%
• German or other West Germanic 4 0.2%

Households

785

Family households

486

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

162

33.3% of families

Single-mother families

34

7.0% of families

Veterans

112

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 578 34.8%
• Catholic 304 18.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 220 13.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.1%

Health insured

96.6%

±1.8 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

12.8%

±3 pp

33rd of 66

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±3.7 pp

−10.6 pp vs SD · 49th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.0%–9.4% · Census SAHIE

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

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

73.1 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1