Jury Pool Profile
Sanborn County, South Dakota
Republican +55 (2024)
- Population
- 2,370
- Median household income
- $69,870
- Unemployment
- 1.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,249 94.9%
- Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 24 1.0%
- Two or more races 97 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 100 4.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38.6
- Under 18 658 27.8%
- 18–24 127 5.4%
- 25–44 573 24.2%
- 45–64 537 22.7%
- 65 and over 475 20.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 1.6%
- -0.51 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $157.6M
- 0.21% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $41,586
- Establishments
- 90
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 102 15.9%
- Construction 70 10.9%
- Education & health services 56 8.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 38 5.9%
- Professional & business services 25 3.9%
- Financial activities 16 2.5%
- Public administration 6 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.6%
- Median gross rent
- $717
- Owner-occupied
- 721
- Renter-occupied
- 208
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,212 votes cast
- Republican 929 76.7%
- Democratic 259 21.4%
- Other / third-party 24 2.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 40 1.8%
- German 26 1.2%
- Other 6 0.3%
- Slavic languages 4 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 929
- Family households
- 562
- 60.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 474
- Single-mother households
- 35
- Veterans
- 122
- 7.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
56.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 550 23.6%
- Catholic 425 18.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 333 14.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.6%
- With a disability
- 12.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
South Dakota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 58.41 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023