Sanborn County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,150 90.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 123 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 55 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 56 2.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 618 25.9%
• 18–24 160 6.7%
• 25–44 574 24.1%
• 45–64 550 23.1%
• 65 and over 482 20.2%

Median household income

$74,310

90% interval $67,627–$80,993

−$3,184 vs SD · 30th of 66

Below poverty line

12.7%

90% interval 9.5%–15.9%

+2.2 pp vs SD · 25th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

1.6%

−0.58 pp vs. state

County GDP

$157.6M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,664

Establishments

89

• Trade, transportation & utilities 98 15.7%
• Construction 68 10.9%
• Manufacturing 62 9.9%
• Education & health services 56 8.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 42 6.7%
• Natural resources & mining 41 6.5%
• Professional & business services 18 2.9%
• Public administration 6 1.0%

The sectors listed cover 62.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.6%

+10.0 pp vs SD · 19th of 66

Median gross rent

$725

−$221 vs SD · 43rd of 66

Owner-occupied

744

Renter-occupied

202

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 36% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $66,826/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,807/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 929 76.7%
• Democratic 259 21.4%
• Other / third-party 24 2.0%

• Spanish 49 2.2%
• German or other West Germanic 38 1.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.2%

Households

946

Family households

586

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

205

35.0% of families

Single-mother families

20

3.4% of families

Veterans

111

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 550 23.6%
• Catholic 425 18.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 333 14.3%

Health insured

94.7%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±2.2 pp

50th of 66

With a disability

11.9%

±2.4 pp

41st of 66

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±3.6 pp

−10.6 pp vs SD · 50th of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.2%

90% interval 13.4%–17.0% · 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

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0