Jury Pool Profile

Moody County, South Dakota

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 6,371
Median household income: $77,500
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,807 75.5%
Black or African American alone 70 1.1%
Asian alone 108 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 771 12.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 123 1.9%
Two or more races 489 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 343 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 1,713 26.9%
18–24 407 6.4%
25–44 1,382 21.7%
45–64 1,593 25.0%
65 and over 1,276 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; +0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $485.8M; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,179
Establishments: 218

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 414 16.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 413 16.1%
Public administration 338 13.2%
Manufacturing 260 10.2%
Education & health services 256 10.0%
Construction 228 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 86 3.4%
Professional & business services 61 2.4%
Financial activities 44 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $723
Owner-occupied: 1,776
Renter-occupied: 728

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,189 votes cast

Republican 2,068 64.8%
Democratic 1,052 33.0%
Other / third-party 69 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 206 3.5%
Other 66 1.1%
Chinese 47 0.8%
Tagalog 44 0.7%
German 27 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.4%
Vietnamese 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,504
Family households: 1,736; 69.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,314
Single-mother households: 92
Veterans: 330; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,747 27.6%
Evangelical Protestant 1,306 20.6%
Catholic 1,010 15.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.0%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023