Roberts County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,770 56.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 269 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 33 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 83 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 529 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,522 34.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%

• Under 18 2,887 28.2%
• 18–24 762 7.5%
• 25–44 2,087 20.4%
• 45–64 2,348 23.0%
• 65 and over 2,137 20.9%

Median household income

$62,083

90% interval $57,078–$67,088

−$15,411 vs SD · 52nd of 66

Below poverty line

16.2%

90% interval 12.6%–19.8%

+5.7 pp vs SD · 15th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

+1.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$563.0M

0.73% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,899

Establishments

305

• Education & health services 942 27.5%
• Public administration 685 20.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 593 17.3%
• Manufacturing 296 8.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 213 6.2%
• Natural resources & mining 123 3.6%
• Financial activities 89 2.6%
• Other services 81 2.4%
• Professional & business services 79 2.3%
• Construction 74 2.2%
• Information 31 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.2%

+2.6 pp vs SD · 46th of 66

Median gross rent

$658

−$288 vs SD · 49th of 66

Owner-occupied

2,580

Renter-occupied

1,045

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $70,131/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,438/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 2,514 60.6%
• Democratic 1,560 37.6%
• Other / third-party 75 1.8%

• Spanish 178 1.9%
• Vietnamese 31 0.3%
• Tagalog 24 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 22 0.2%
• Korean 2 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

3,625

Family households

2,381

65.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

482

20.2% of families

Single-mother families

234

9.8% of families

Veterans

561

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,035 29.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,482 14.4%
• Catholic 1,183 11.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 324 3.2%

Health insured

81.8%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

18.2%

±1.9 pp

10th of 66

With a disability

10.4%

±1.3 pp

57th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

18.6%

±2.1 pp

−13.3 pp vs SD · 58th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.2%

90% interval 10.9%–13.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Aberdeen, Britton, Faulkton, Ipswich, Leola, Mound City, Redfield, Selby, Sisseton, Webster

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

27.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2