Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, South Dakota

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 26,574
Median household income: $66,766
Unemployment: 1.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,217 91.1%
Black or African American alone 137 0.5%
Asian alone 140 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 613 2.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 352 1.3%
Two or more races 1,093 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 974 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 4,466 16.8%
18–24 3,098 11.7%
25–44 5,931 22.3%
45–64 6,666 25.1%
65 and over 6,413 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.9%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 2.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,201
Establishments: 1,630

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 3,891 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,284 16.8%
Education & health services 1,757 13.0%
Professional & business services 1,112 8.2%
Construction 920 6.8%
Financial activities 547 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 525 3.9%
Manufacturing 415 3.1%
Other services 375 2.8%
Public administration 215 1.6%
Information 105 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.9%
Median gross rent: $923
Owner-occupied: 7,545
Renter-occupied: 4,267

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,409 votes cast

Republican 9,904 64.3%
Democratic 5,074 32.9%
Other / third-party 431 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 575 2.3%
German 207 0.8%
Other 120 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 98 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 53 0.2%
Other Indo-European 46 0.2%
Tagalog 41 0.2%
Chinese 23 0.1%
Korean 20 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,812
Family households: 6,384; 54.0% of households
Married w/ children: 5,283
Single-mother households: 408
Veterans: 2,401; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,995 19.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,649 10.3%
Catholic 2,364 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 179 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Belle Fourche, Bison, Buffalo, Deadwood, Dupree, McIntosh, Sturgis, Timber Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 54.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023