Jury Pool Profile
Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Republican +13 (2024)
- Population
- 200,689
- Median household income
- $76,074
- Unemployment
- 2.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 162,318 80.9%
- Black or African American alone 13,184 6.6%
- Asian alone 3,560 1.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,920 2.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 62 0.0%
- Some other race alone 3,837 1.9%
- Two or more races 13,808 6.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,757 6.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 35.7
- Under 18 51,268 25.5%
- 18–24 16,777 8.4%
- 25–44 58,585 29.2%
- 45–64 46,741 23.3%
- 65 and over 27,318 13.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.1%
- -0.06 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $22.4B
- 29.23% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $65,100
- Establishments
- 9,989
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 36,375 26.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 31,773 22.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 14,812 10.7%
- Professional & business services 12,870 9.3%
- Manufacturing 12,279 8.9%
- Financial activities 10,497 7.6%
- Construction 8,765 6.3%
- Public administration 4,694 3.4%
- Other services 3,708 2.7%
- Information 2,230 1.6%
- Natural resources & mining 447 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 63.5%
- Median gross rent
- $954
- Owner-occupied
- 52,328
- Renter-occupied
- 30,066
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 93,986 votes cast
- Republican 51,842 55.2%
- Democratic 39,923 42.5%
- Other / third-party 2,221 2.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
89.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 7,949 4.3%
- Other 5,392 2.9%
- Other Indo-European 1,836 1.0%
- Slavic languages 904 0.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 858 0.5%
- German 600 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 407 0.2%
- Arabic 319 0.2%
- Tagalog 243 0.1%
- Vietnamese 195 0.1%
- Korean 143 0.1%
- Chinese 120 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 82,394
- Family households
- 49,077
- 59.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 37,602
- Single-mother households
- 4,900
- Veterans
- 10,405
- 7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
66.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 49,837 25.3%
- Mainline Protestant 43,647 22.1%
- Catholic 32,957 16.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,128 1.6%
- Orthodox 2,104 1.1%
- Black Protestant 300 0.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.9%
- With a disability
- 10.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 34.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 18
- 12.05 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 16
NHTSA FARS 2023