Minnehaha County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 159,712 78.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,457 6.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,724 6.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,158 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,895 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,588 1.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 80 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 675 0.3%

• Under 18 51,607 25.4%
• 18–24 17,017 8.4%
• 25–44 59,341 29.2%
• 45–64 47,018 23.1%
• 65 and over 28,306 13.9%

Median household income

$80,546

90% interval $74,349–$86,743

+$3,052 vs SD · 8th of 66

Below poverty line

7.5%

90% interval 6.3%–8.7%

−3.0 pp vs SD · 63rd of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.1%

−0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$22.4B

29.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,906

Establishments

10,086

• Education & health services 36,507 26.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 31,951 22.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 15,169 10.9%
• Professional & business services 13,214 9.5%
• Manufacturing 12,241 8.8%
• Financial activities 10,417 7.5%
• Construction 8,834 6.3%
• Public administration 4,870 3.5%
• Other services 3,771 2.7%
• Information 2,226 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 464 0.3%

Home ownership

63.1%

−5.5 pp vs SD · 55th of 66

Median gross rent

$978

+$32 vs SD · 9th of 66

Owner-occupied

53,507

Renter-occupied

31,307

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $96,403/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,485/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 51,842 55.2%
• Democratic 39,923 42.5%
• Other / third-party 2,221 2.4%

• Spanish 8,392 4.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 874 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 851 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 450 0.2%
• Arabic 323 0.2%
• Chinese 227 0.1%
• Vietnamese 222 0.1%
• Tagalog 195 0.1%
• Korean 141 0.1%

Households

84,814

Family households

49,313

58.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

16,368

33.2% of families

Single-mother families

4,646

9.4% of families

Veterans

10,167

6.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.8%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

8.2%

±0.8 pp

30th of 66

With a disability

10.9%

±0.6 pp

47th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

35.2%

±1.2 pp

+3.3 pp vs SD · 7th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.7%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

16

10.55 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14