Miner County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,208 96.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30 1.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 16 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 25 1.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 504 21.9%
• 18–24 137 6.0%
• 25–44 414 18.0%
• 45–64 649 28.2%
• 65 and over 596 25.9%

Median household income

$74,548

90% interval $70,274–$78,822

−$2,946 vs SD · 29th of 66

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 8.6%–14.0%

+0.8 pp vs SD · 34th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.1%

−0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$176.7M

0.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,707

Establishments

106

• Education & health services 149 19.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 134 17.2%
• Professional & business services 80 10.3%
• Manufacturing 61 7.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 59 7.6%
• Other services 48 6.2%
• Public administration 9 1.2%

The sectors listed cover 69.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.8%

+16.2 pp vs SD · 3rd of 66

Median gross rent

$644

−$302 vs SD · 52nd of 66

Owner-occupied

790

Renter-occupied

142

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Other services, $81,922/yr) pays 5.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,269/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• German or other West Germanic 15 0.7%
• Spanish 14 0.6%

Households

932

Family households

607

65.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

191

31.5% of families

Single-mother families

15

2.5% of families

Veterans

105

5.8% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

94.1%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±2.5 pp

46th of 66

With a disability

15.9%

±3.3 pp

8th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

16.7%

±4.4 pp

−15.2 pp vs SD · 61st of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.0%–10.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0