Jury Pool Profile

Miner County, South Dakota

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 2,299
Median household income: $72,589
Unemployment: 2.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,176 94.6%
Black or African American alone 23 1.0%
Asian alone 4 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 11 0.5%
Two or more races 44 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 41 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.9

Under 18 470 20.4%
18–24 168 7.3%
25–44 398 17.3%
45–64 684 29.8%
65 and over 579 25.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.1%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $176.7M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,524
Establishments: 108

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 145 18.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 141 17.5%
Professional & business services 91 11.3%
Public administration 79 9.8%
Manufacturing 67 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 64 8.0%
Other services 51 6.3%
Natural resources & mining 41 5.1%
Construction 36 4.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $563
Owner-occupied: 754
Renter-occupied: 162

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,167 votes cast

Republican 841 72.1%
Democratic 293 25.1%
Other / third-party 33 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

German 15 0.7%
Spanish 13 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 916
Family households: 563; 61.5% of households
Married w/ children: 469
Single-mother households: 10
Veterans: 107; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 573 24.9%
Catholic 411 17.9%
Evangelical Protestant 262 11.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.1%

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: 2; 109.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023