Jury Pool Profile

Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 5,210
Median household income: $70,221
Unemployment: 2.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,935 94.7%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 4 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 39 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 21 0.4%
Two or more races 211 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 142 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 1,320 25.3%
18–24 338 6.5%
25–44 1,086 20.8%
45–64 1,270 24.4%
65 and over 1,196 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.2%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $370.0M; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,846
Establishments: 265

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 410 22.6%
Education & health services 376 20.7%
Manufacturing 268 14.8%
Natural resources & mining 157 8.7%
Construction 153 8.4%
Public administration 128 7.1%
Financial activities 114 6.3%
Leisure & hospitality 105 5.8%
Other services 52 2.9%
Professional & business services 34 1.9%
Information 6 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.4%
Median gross rent: $725
Owner-occupied: 1,653
Renter-occupied: 378

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,801 votes cast

Republican 1,989 71.0%
Democratic 760 27.1%
Other / third-party 52 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

German 60 1.2%
Spanish 31 0.6%
Other Indo-European 12 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,031
Family households: 1,270; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,135
Single-mother households: 49
Veterans: 267; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

81.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,898 55.9%
Catholic 850 16.4%
Evangelical Protestant 450 8.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 25.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023