Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, South Dakota

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 68,286
Median household income: $96,552
Unemployment: 1.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,767 90.5%
Black or African American alone 1,548 2.3%
Asian alone 1,105 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 186 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 595 0.9%
Two or more races 3,085 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,970 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 18,429 27.0%
18–24 5,172 7.6%
25–44 20,001 29.3%
45–64 14,967 21.9%
65 and over 9,717 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 1.8%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.8B; 11.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,125
Establishments: 2,515

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,634 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,742 16.0%
Professional & business services 3,987 13.4%
Financial activities 3,344 11.3%
Construction 2,855 9.6%
Manufacturing 2,650 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,594 8.7%
Other services 937 3.2%
Public administration 374 1.3%
Information 308 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 237 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.0%
Median gross rent: $1,237
Owner-occupied: 19,180
Renter-occupied: 7,465

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,393 votes cast

Republican 22,621 62.2%
Democratic 12,981 35.7%
Other / third-party 791 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,119 1.8%
Slavic languages 1,049 1.6%
Other Indo-European 411 0.6%
German 242 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 183 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 112 0.2%
Other 94 0.1%
Vietnamese 70 0.1%
Arabic 57 0.1%
Korean 46 0.1%
Chinese 19 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,645
Family households: 18,653; 70.0% of households
Married w/ children: 15,469
Single-mother households: 1,748
Veterans: 2,922; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.9% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 8,318 12.8%
Evangelical Protestant 6,474 9.9%
Catholic 1,551 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 555 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 8.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 16 (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: Canton, Sioux Falls

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 22.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023