Jury Pool Profile

Lake County, South Dakota

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 11,052
Median household income: $73,792
Unemployment: 1.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,175 92.1%
Black or African American alone 55 0.5%
Asian alone 65 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 265 2.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.1%
Some other race alone 213 1.9%
Two or more races 273 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 560 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 2,174 19.7%
18–24 1,177 10.6%
25–44 2,384 21.6%
45–64 2,714 24.6%
65 and over 2,603 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.7%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $934.4M; 1.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,802
Establishments: 492

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,014 19.4%
Education & health services 985 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 896 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 584 11.2%
Professional & business services 282 5.4%
Construction 252 4.8%
Financial activities 205 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 191 3.7%
Other services 92 1.8%
Public administration 47 0.9%
Information 45 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.4%
Median gross rent: $868
Owner-occupied: 3,309
Renter-occupied: 1,323

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,906 votes cast

Republican 3,819 64.7%
Democratic 1,978 33.5%
Other / third-party 109 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 272 2.6%
German 74 0.7%
Tagalog 20 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%
Other 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,632
Family households: 2,865; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,309
Single-mother households: 114
Veterans: 628; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,482 31.5%
Catholic 1,519 13.7%
Evangelical Protestant 1,392 12.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 233 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.7%

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: 3; 33.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023