Moody County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,729 73.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 371 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 108 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 377 5.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 796 12.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,682 26.3%
• 18–24 431 6.7%
• 25–44 1,385 21.7%
• 45–64 1,606 25.1%
• 65 and over 1,293 20.2%

Median household income

$77,922

90% interval $69,517–$86,327

+$428 vs SD · 18th of 66

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 8.0%–12.2%

−0.4 pp vs SD · 44th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

+0.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$485.8M

0.63% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,560

Establishments

214

• Trade, transportation & utilities 412 16.1%
• Natural resources & mining 411 16.1%
• Public administration 331 13.0%
• Education & health services 260 10.2%
• Manufacturing 250 9.8%
• Construction 248 9.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 77 3.0%
• Financial activities 48 1.9%
• Professional & business services 46 1.8%
• Other services 39 1.5%
• Information 20 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 83.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.5%

+4.9 pp vs SD · 34th of 66

Median gross rent

$758

−$188 vs SD · 35th of 66

Owner-occupied

1,880

Renter-occupied

679

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 45% 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 (Information, $77,190/yr) pays 5.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,198/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 2,068 64.8%
• Democratic 1,052 33.0%
• Other / third-party 69 2.2%

• Spanish 229 3.9%
• Tagalog 35 0.6%
• Chinese 30 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 27 0.5%
• Vietnamese 13 0.2%

Households

2,559

Family households

1,778

69.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

553

31.1% of families

Single-mother families

84

4.7% of families

Veterans

338

7.2% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.0%

±2 pp

Uninsured

11.0%

±2 pp

17th of 66

With a disability

12.9%

±1.8 pp

32nd of 66

Bachelor's or higher

30.4%

±3.9 pp

−1.5 pp vs SD · 15th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.7%–12.1% · 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

2

42.42 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2