Jury Pool Profile

Marshall County, South Dakota

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 4,355
Median household income: $72,500
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,750 86.1%
Black or African American alone 11 0.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 283 6.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 79 1.8%
Two or more races 232 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 266 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 1,036 23.8%
18–24 392 9.0%
25–44 854 19.6%
45–64 1,088 25.0%
65 and over 985 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $453.8M; 0.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,097
Establishments: 212

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 329 19.6%
Manufacturing 299 17.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 290 17.3%
Natural resources & mining 287 17.1%
Public administration 103 6.1%
Construction 91 5.4%
Leisure & hospitality 85 5.1%
Professional & business services 70 4.2%
Financial activities 61 3.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 1,319
Renter-occupied: 327

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,109 votes cast

Republican 1,288 61.1%
Democratic 782 37.1%
Other / third-party 39 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

German 94 2.3%
Spanish 78 1.9%
Other 15 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,646
Family households: 1,049; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 940
Single-mother households: 52
Veterans: 275; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,257 29.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,056 24.5%
Catholic 680 15.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Aberdeen, Britton, Faulkton, Ipswich, Leola, Mound City, Redfield, Selby, Sisseton, Webster

Court reference

Traffic safety context

South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 60.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023