Todd County, South Dakota

• White (non-Hispanic) 747 8.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 224 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 287 3.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 377 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7,541 81.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 22 0.2%

• Under 18 3,583 38.8%
• 18–24 974 10.5%
• 25–44 2,378 25.7%
• 45–64 1,583 17.1%
• 65 and over 726 7.9%

Median household income

$45,187

90% interval $39,806–$50,568

−$32,307 vs SD · 62nd of 66

Below poverty line

32.9%

90% interval 24.9%–40.9%

+22.4 pp vs SD · 5th of 66

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+3.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$312.8M

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,514

Establishments

105

• Education & health services 1,038 36.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 278 9.8%
• Other services 80 2.8%
• Public administration 38 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 23 0.8%
• Professional & business services 20 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 52.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

46.3%

−22.3 pp vs SD · 66th of 66

Median gross rent

$532

−$414 vs SD · 63rd of 66

Owner-occupied

1,179

Renter-occupied

1,365

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% 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 (Professional & business services, $358,428/yr) pays 9.7× the lowest (Trade, transportation & utilities, $36,952/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 27 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 1,570 73.8%
• Republican 497 23.4%
• Other / third-party 59 2.8%

• Tagalog 141 1.7%
• German or other West Germanic 39 0.5%
• Korean 16 0.2%
• Spanish 7 0.1%

Households

2,544

Family households

1,809

71.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

313

17.3% of families

Single-mother families

461

25.5% of families

Veterans

298

5.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 998 10.7%
• Catholic 960 10.3%
• Mainline Protestant 687 7.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 417 4.5%

Health insured

77.2%

±3.4 pp

Uninsured

22.8%

±3.4 pp

7th of 66

With a disability

12.3%

±2.3 pp

35th of 66

Bachelor's or higher

16.6%

±3.4 pp

−15.3 pp vs SD · 62nd of 66

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.1%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Burke, Fort Pierre, Gettysburg, Highmore, Kadoka, Kennebec, Martin, Mission, Murdo, Onida, Philip, Pierre, White River, Winner

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0